fully-fitted
English
Adjective
fully-fitted (not comparable)
- (rail transport) Usually of a freight train, having all brakes connected to the brake pipe running throughout the train, thus being under the control of the train driver.
- 1959 March, “The 2,500 h.p. electric locomotives for the Kent Coast electrification”, in Trains Illustrated, page 123:
- They will be called upon to deal with freight trains of up to 900 tons over gradients considerably steeper than those of the Central Section—for example, the frequent stretches of 1 in 100 between Victoria and the Medway towns—and their running to fast schedules will include the haulage of the "Night Ferry", which may load up to as much as 700 tons, and fully-fitted trains of 30 or more heavy Continental train ferry wagons.
Alternative forms
- fully fitted
Antonyms
- unfitted
Usage notes
This term was mainly used before the withdrawal of unfitted wagons, virtually every freight train is fully fitted now. A fully-fitted train is allowed to run at speeds higher than that permitted for an unfitted train.