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Derailment

Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-001666

An incident where one or more wheels of a train leave the rails. This can be caused by track defects, equipment failure, excessive speed, or obstructions on the track. Derailments range in severity from minor incidents with no damage to catastrophic accidents involving multiple cars and extensive property damage.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-IND-001666
FieldIndustrial and trades
SubjectRail equipment
TranslationsGerman: Entgleisung; Spanish: descarrilamiento; French: déraillement
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-IND-001666",
  "term": "Derailment",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "An incident where one or more wheels of a train leave the rails. This can be caused by track defects, equipment failure, excessive speed, or obstructions on the track. Derailments range in severity from minor incidents with no damage to catastrophic accidents involving multiple cars and extensive property damage.",
  "subject": "Rail equipment",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Entgleisung",
    "es": "descarrilamiento",
    "fr": "déraillement"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/derailment/"
}

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