Meaning of train set | Babel Free

Definitions

A toy consisting of one or more miniature model trains and the tracks, equipment, scenery, etc. that go with them.

Examples

“It has its charms though. Royal Oak is like⟳ a country branch line dropped down amid the main line approaches to Paddington. It's as if two very different train⟳ sets got mixed up in the same box.”

“To me it seems that extensive investment in relatively low-powered units may have⟳ the same ultimate result⟳ of motive power shortage as that which afflicts the London Midland Region today, and which has compelled the re-engining of some of the earlier multiple-unit diesel train⟳ sets.”

“In a review⟳ of operating experience⟳ with the Southern Region diesel-electric multiple-units on the Hastings line, read⟳ to the Institution of Locomotive Engineers in October, Mr. W. J. A. Sykes, Mechanical & Electrical Engineer of the S.R., revealed how the somehat unprepossessing appearance of these train⟳ sets came about.”

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