- Even though some of the terms are standard technical terms, they might have quite a few different translations → I need to select one of them consistently, which I add here.
- Some translations I forget → here I can look them up.
- For some parts of Austrian interlockings, there are no English terms; and for some parts of old interlockings (my 12SA!), I do not even know the German terms! → therefore I make up terms which I put in here.
I hope to align my terms with those used in Jörn Pachl's German Block and Interlocking Principles - An Introduction for the Anglo-Saxon Reader in the near future.
Update Sept. 2013: At http://www.tu-cottbus.de/fakultaet2/de/verkehrswesen/publikationen/lehrunterlagen.html, there is a quite comprehensive dictionary under "0-7WortschatzDE.pdf". There are a number of typos and errors in it ("ooking"? "booking"!), but it has got many words. I'll try to use it and adhere to it in future postings; and therefore also bring my list below in line with it.
Update May 2016: Another dictionary by J.Calvert could be found here; as of 2022, it is no longer available.
Some terms are marked with *: This means that the translation is "wrong" in the sense that the Austrian part is not the same as the English part indicated by this term. However, the part is functionally close enough so that it is, in my opinion, better to use the well-known term than to invent an artificial term. When I find time, I might explain the differences between the two.
The English translations marked with # are my own invention. If anyone knows a better one, or one that is actually used elsewhere, let me please know!
For my convenience, the list is sorted by the German terms.
| A | |
| Abliegende Zunge (einer Weiche) | open blade |
| Anfangsfeld (eines Felderstreckenblocks) | entry block instrument |
| Anliegende Zunge (einer Weiche) | closed blade |
| Auffahren einer Weiche | to run through points |
| Ausfahrsignal | starting signal* |
| Ausfahr(fahr)straße | departure route |
| Ausweichgleis | loop (track) |
| B | |
| Backenschiene (einer Weiche) | stock rail |
| Bahnhofsblock | station block (apparatus), station block working |
| Bahnhofskopf | station throat |
| Bahnhofsvorstand | station master [see this discussion; see also Fahrdienstleiter] |
| Bahnsteigdach | platform shelter |
| Befehlswerk | command frame# |
| Besonderer Verschluss | special exclusion |
| Blockaufsatz | block shelf |
| Blocken (eines Blockfeldes) | to block (a block instrument) |
| Blockfeld | block instrument* |
| Blocksperre | block sequence lock# |
| Blockwelle | block sequence lock drive# |
| D | |
| Diagonalverbinder (an doppeltem Isolierstoß) | transverse bond, traction return bond (gen.), traction bond (of staggered [polarity] track circuits) (gen.) [not: "cross bond"—bond between adjacent tracks] |
| Drahtleitung | (signal) wire, wire line |
| Doppeldrahtzug, -leitung | double-wire line |
| Drahtleitungsrollen | (signal) wire pulleys |
| Drucktastenstellwerk | entry-exit interlocking (panel)* |
| Durchgehendes Hauptgleis | main (track) |
| E | |
| Einfahrsignal | home signal* |
| Einfahr(fahr)straße | arrival route |
| Einschnitt, Ausschnitt (z.B. an einer Rolle) | notch, cutout |
| Elektromechanisches Stellwerk | electro-mechanical interlocking electro-mechanical interlocking frame |
| Endfeld (eines Felderstreckenblocks) | exit block instrument |
| Endstellwerk | throat (signal) box# |
| Entblocken (eines Blockfeldes) | to unblock# (a block instrument) |
| F | |
| Fahrdienstleiter | "train director" (see German ...Principles) |
| Fahrdienstleitung | traffic bureau* |
| Fahrstraße | route |
| Fahrstraßenschubstange, -schieber | route bar |
| Fahrstraßenauflösung | route release |
| Fahrstraßenfestlegung | (electric) route lock |
| Fahrstraßenverschluss | (mechanical) route lock |
| Fahrstraßen-Verschlusslogik | route locking |
| Fdl (→ Fahrdienstleitung) | abbreviation for "Fahrdienstleitung" |
| Flankenfahrt | side collision |
| Flankenschutz | flank protection |
| Flügelsignal | semaphore |
| Flügelkupplung | electric signal arm clutch# |
| Formsignal | semaphore (with arms) disc signal (with disc), mechanical signal (general term; specific terms preferred) |
| Fühlschiene (-nhebel) | fouling bar (lever) |
| G | |
| Gestängeleitungen | rodding, rods |
| Gegen die Spitze (Befahren einer Weiche) | facing (direction) |
| Gleisanzeiger | track indicator |
| Gleissperre, Gleissperrschuh | derail* |
| Grundstellung | normal position |
| H | |
| Handfalle (eines Hebels) | catch, catch handle |
| Hauptgleis | signalled track# (not main track; this is "durchgehendes Hauptgleis") |
| Hauptsignal | stop signal |
| Hebel | lever |
| Hebelbank | lever frame |
| Hebelersatzschloss | frame lock# |
| Hebelschild | lever plate |
| Hebelsperre | (electric) lever lock |
| I | |
| Isolierstoß | insulated (rail) joint [not "isolated joint"] |
| K | |
| Kaskaden-Verschlusslogik | "tappet or similar locking" [actually, there is no term in English, because all locking was "cascading"] |
| Kettenrolle (eines Weichen- oder Signalhebels) | chain wheel (of a points or signal lever [with double-wire working]) |
| Klammerspitzenverschluss (Klammerzungenverschluss) | claw locks (claw blade locks) |
| Klinke → Verschlussstück | |
| Knagge → Knebel | |
| Knebel (österr. kleiner Hebel am Verschlusskasten) | (small) lever |
| Kreuzung (sowohl Gleiskreuzung als auch Zugkreuzung auf eingleisiger Strecke) | crossing (both the intersection of tracks and the passing of two opposing trains on a single line) |
| Kuppelrolle (eines Doppelstellers) | connection pulley# |
| L | |
| Lichtsignal | colour light signal position light signal light signal (general term; specific terms preferred) |
| M | |
| Mechanisches Stellwerk | mechanical interlocking (mechanical) lever frame |
| Minusstellung | reverse position (for two-position levers) lower position (for three-position levers) |
| Mittelstellwerk | central box# |
| N | |
| Nachtsperre (einer Strecke) | nightly closing (of a line) |
| Nebengleis | shunting track |
| P | |
| Plusstellung | normal position (for two-position levers) upper position (for three-position levers) |
| R | |
| Rangiersignal | shunting signal |
| Räumungssignal (in Bayern und der Schweiz) | clearing signal# (were used in Bavaria and Switzerland) |
| Riegel (an einer Weiche) | FPL (facing point lock)* |
| Riegelstange (eines Blockfelds) | lever rod# |
| Rückblocken (beim Streckenblock) | signal "line clear"* operating the exit block instrument |
| S | |
| Schalter (eines österr. elektromech. Stw. (Schalterwerk); in D und CH als "Hebel" bezeichnet) | lever |
| Schieberkasten | locking bed |
| (Schienen-)Stuhl | chair |
| Schlüsselwerk → Zentralschloss | |
| Signalschirm | (lamp) screen |
| Signalschubstange, -schieber | signal sliding bar |
| Sperrenplan (siehe auch Verschlussanordnung) | dog chart* |
| Sperrgewicht (der Stellwerksbauart 12SA) | locking weight#, weight |
| Sperrgewichtshebel# (der Stellwerksbauart 12SA) | locking weight lever# |
| Sperrschuh → Gleissperrschuh | |
| Sperrsignal | shunting signal* |
| Sperrstange (eines Blockfelds) | locking rod# |
| Spiegelfeld (Signalnachahmer am Stellwerk) | (signal) repeater |
| Spitzenverschluss (Weiche); → Klammerspitzenverschluss | blade locks |
| Spurplan-Verschlusslogik | geographical locking |
| Stellprüfer# (der Stellwerksbauart 12SA) | position check# |
| Stellrolle# (der Stellwerksbauart 12SA) | lever wheel# |
| Stellwerk | signal box (the building) interlocking (the machine providing the "logic") frame (the machine providing the "logic" including levers and handles) |
| Stellwerkswärter | pointsman* [signalman has too many other connotations, in my opinion] |
| Streckenblock | line block (apparatus), line block working |
| Stuhlschiene | bullhead rail |
| Stw (→ Stellwerk) | abbreviation for "Stellwerk"; like SB for "signal box" |
| Summer | buzzer |
| T | |
| Taste (eines Blockfeldes) | plunger (of a block instrument) button [J.Pachl] |
| Tastensperre (auf einem Blockapparat) | (electric) plunger lock [Röll, 1912 and J.Calvert] button lock (of a block instrument) [J.Pachl] |
| Temperaturausgleichshebel (einer Gestängeleitung) | compensator |
| Trageisen (einer Hebelbank) | beams (of a lever frame) |
| U | |
| Überholgleis → Ausweichgleis | |
| Umlenkrollen (für Drahtseile, z.B. für Signale) | (deflection) wheels |
| V | |
| Verschluss | lock |
| Verschlussanordnung = Sperrenplan eines Einheitsstellwerks → Sperrenplan | |
| Verschlussbalken | locking bar |
| Verschlussplan | locking chart |
| Verschlussstück (fest montiert auf Schubstange etc.) | (locking) pin (when simple) (locking) hook (when formed like a hook) (locking) segment (when turning around some axle) (locking) piece (general term) |
| Verschubsignal | shunting signal* |
| Vignoles-Schiene | flat-bottom rail |
| Vom Herzstück her (Befahren einer Weiche) | trailing (direction) |
| Vorblocken, Vorblock abgeben (Felderstreckenblock) | signal "line occupied"* operating the entrance block instrument |
| Vorsignal | distant signal |
| W | |
| Wärter → Stellwerkswärter | |
| Wecker | bell |
| Weiche | points (pl.) |
| (elektrischer) Weichenantrieb | point machine |
| Weichenverschluss → Fahrstraßenverschluss | |
| Z | |
| Zentralschloss | central lock, key interlocking* |
| Zugschluss | rear end (of train) |
| Zunge, Zungenschiene (einer Weiche) | blade |
| Zustimmung, Zustimmungsblockfeld | approval# (block instrument) |
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