Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
| aerobus | a type of monorail that is suspended by an overhead cable. |
| balise | an electronic beacon or transponder placed between the rails of a railway as part of an Automatic Train Protection (ATS) system. |
| bankerly | like a banker. |
| boxcar | an enclosed railway goods wagon. |
| branchline | a secondary line, usually of a railroad. |
| bulgine | (US sl.) a steam locomotive. |
| bullgine | (US sl.) a steam locomotive. |
| chairlift | a series of chairs on an endless cable for carrying passengers up a mountain etc. |
| checkrail | an inner rail on a railway track, aka guardrail. |
| cocopan | (Zulu) a wagon on a narrow gauge railway serving a mine. |
| cogway | a railway operating on a steep slope. |
| derail | to run off the rails of a track. |
| derailer | one who derails. |
| detrain | to alight, or to cause to alight, from a railway train. |
| dieselisation | the process of dieselising. |
| dieselise | to equip eg a train with a diesel engine. |
| dieselization | the process of dieselizing. |
| dieselize | to equip eg a train with a diesel engine. |
| dinkey | a small locomotive used in a railroad yard. |
| downbound | of e.g. a train, heading in a southerly direction. |
| drawbar | a sliding bar. |
| el | (US) an elevated railroad. |
| elevated | raised, lofty; (noun) an elevated railroad. |
| euroterminal | the end station of a railway line, coach-route, etc that operates a direct service from the UK into Europe. |
| fishplate | an iron plate used to join railway lines. |
| flanger | a vertical scraper for clearing snow from railway tracks to allow room for the wheel-flanges. |
| flatcar | a railroad car without sides or roof. |
| footplate | a platform for a footplateman, an assistant to a train driver. |
| funicular | relating to a string or cable; (noun) a cable railway ascending a mountain. |
| gricer | a train-spotter or railway enthusiast. |
| gyrocar | a monorail car balanced by a gyroscope. |
| handcar | a workman's small open-sided railway car. |
| hotbox | an overheated bearing of a railroad car; (verb) to smoke marijuana in a small confined area until it is full of smoke. |
| hovertrain | a train that moves supported by a cushion of air, like a hovercraft. |
| intercity | between cities. |
| interrail | to travel between cities by train. |
| interrailer | one who travels by interrail. |
| jerkwater | not on a branch line, hick, insignificant; (noun) a train on a branch line. |
| kingbolt | a vertical iron bolt, by which the forward axle and wheels of a vehicle or the trucks of a railroad car are connected with the other parts. |
| loco | crazy; (noun) a locomotive; (verb) to poison with locoweed. |
| locomotive | moving from place to place (noun) a self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails and is used for moving railroad cars |
| locomotively | (Adv.) LOCOMOTIVE, moving from place to place. |
| mailcar | a railway coach specially constructed for the transport of mail. |
| mailcoach | a railway coach specially constructed for the transport of mail. |
| manrider | the formal name for a paddy train. |
| metro | an urban railway system running wholly or partly underground. |
| monorail | a railway with carriages running on a single rail. |
| motorail | a system of carrying cars and passengers on certain routes. |
| nonmetro | designating a railway that is not metropolitan. |
| nonrailroad | not related to a railroad. |
| petcock | a valve for draining condensed steam from engine cylinders. |
| platelaying | laying plates for a railway. |
| pullman | a railroad sleeping car. |
| railage | transportation by railway; the cost of this. |
| railbed | the roadbed of a railway track. |
| railbus | a lightweight railway bus. |
| railcar | a powered railway carriage. |
| railcard | a card allowing the holder reduced travel on the railways. |
| railhead | a railway terminus. |
| railroad | the railway; (verb) to put through a process forcefully and rapidly. |
| shunter | an engine used for shunting. |
| sidetrack | a railway siding; (verb) to divert or turn aside. |
| station | a fixed stopping-place, esp one on a railway; (verb) to assign to a position. |
| straphang | of a passenger in a train or bus, to hold on to a strap for safety. |
| subway | an underground railway; (verb) to travel by an underground railway. |
| superexpress | a very fast express. |
| teleferique | (Fr.) a cableway. |
| telepherique | (Fr.) a cableway. |
| train | a procession; a string of railway carriages or wagons; (verb) to instruct systematically. |
| transmanche | (Fr.) relating to the tunnel under the English Channel. |
| trolly | a form of truck which can be tilted, for carrying railroad materials, or the like; (verb) to convey by trolley. |