Of a train or other public service vehicle. transitive. To operate along (a specified route). Also of a railway company: to hold a lease to…

To move (a train or some portion of it) from the main line to a side-track or from one line of rails to another; also to move back.

To inform or warn by flag-signals. spec. To stop (a train) by signalling with a flag. Hence, to stop (a vehicle, person, etc.) by waving or…

To detach (the end carriage or coach) from an express or non-stopping train while running, in order to allow passengers to get out at a certain…

With down, off: To put on, or take off (the brakes of a railway engine).

Chiefly North American. transitive. To move (a railway train, part of a train, cargo, etc.) into a siding.

transitive. To equip (a railway) with signalling apparatus. Also: to operate the signals on (a railway). Usually in passive.

To turn (a railway train, car, etc.) on to another line by means of a switch; to shunt; also intransitive for passive.

U.S. To signal the position of (a railway switch, etc.) by means of a target (target, n.1 4d).

transitive. Railways slang. To give (a train or train driver) a signal to proceed. Also in extended use: to alert. Also and in earliest use intrans…

transitive. To depress (a plunger or similar switch). Also intransitive. Hence transitive (Railways): to release (points or a signal) by doing this.