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Lifting shop

Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-003332

A railway workshop facility specifically equipped for raising locomotives or rolling stock off their wheels for maintenance, repair, or bogie exchange. This shop contains heavy-duty lifting jacks or overhead cranes capable of handling the substantial weight of railway vehicles. Regular 'lifts' are part of routine heavy maintenance schedules.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-IND-003332
FieldIndustrial and trades
SubjectRail equipment
TranslationsGerman: Aufzugwerkstatt; Spanish: taller de elevación; French: atelier de levage
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-003332",
  "term": "Lifting shop",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "A railway workshop facility specifically equipped for raising locomotives or rolling stock off their wheels for maintenance, repair, or bogie exchange. This shop contains heavy-duty lifting jacks or overhead cranes capable of handling the substantial weight of railway vehicles. Regular 'lifts' are part of routine heavy maintenance schedules.",
  "subject": "Rail equipment",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Aufzugwerkstatt",
    "es": "taller de elevación",
    "fr": "atelier de levage"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/lifting-shop/"
}

Record 3,656 of 7,361 in Industrial and trades terminology (MLC-0113). Request the full dataset.