Meaning

1 senses
  1. An uncontrolled railroad incident where a train or rolling stock moves without operator control, often due to brake failure, loss of power, or an accidental release on the main line.

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Runaway trains are stopped by derailing shoes.

    deAußer Kontrolle geratene Züge werden mit Entgleisungsschuhen aufgehalten.

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Forms

plural: runaway trains
Singularrunaway train
Pluralrunaway trains

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