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railway sleeper

railway sleeper

A crosswise support that holds the rails at the correct spacing and spreads their load into the track bed.

All languages

English
railway sleeper
Norwegian
jernbanesville
Japanese
枕木 — まくらぎ — makuragi
Korean
철도 침목 — cheoldo chimmok
Spanish
traviesa ferroviaria
French
traverse de chemin de fer
German
Eisenbahnschwelle

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