| Rad |
wheel |
| Radbremse |
wheel brake |
| Radbremsscheibe |
wheel brake disk |
| Radlast |
wheel load |
| Radlenker |
check rail |
| Radmaterial |
wheel material |
| Radreifen |
wheel tyre, wheel tire |
| Radsatz |
wheel set |
| Radsatzlast |
axle load |
| Radsatzwechsler |
wheel set changer |
| Radsatzwelle |
wheel set axle |
| Radscheibe |
wheel disk |
| Rahmen |
frame |
| Rand |
edge, frame |
| Rangier- u. Sperrsignale |
shunt, hump and switch signals |
| Rangierbahnhof mit Ablaufbetrieb |
gravity marshalling yard |
| Rangierbahnhof |
railroad shunting yard, hump yard (us), marshalling yard (uk) |
| Rangierer |
shunter |
| Rangierfahrt |
shunting moves, switching moves |
| Rangiergleis |
sorting sidings, track in a marshalling yard |
| Rangierhalttafel |
limit-of-shunt board |
| Rangierlok |
switcher, shunter |
| Rangierlokomotive |
shunting locomotive, shunter, switcher |
| Rangiersignal |
shunting signal |
| Rastnase, Rasthaken |
latch, snap Tab |
| Raucherbereich |
smoking area |
| Rauchgenerator |
smoke generator |
| Rauchkammer |
smoke box |
| Regelbauart |
standard construction |
| Regelfahrtrichtung |
normal direction of running |
| Regelspur |
standard gauge |
| Regelspurbahn |
standard gauge line |
| Regelspurgleis |
standard gauge track |
| Regelzug |
plantrain |
| Regionalbahnen |
regional railways, secondary lines |
| Regionaltriebwagen |
electrical regional rail car |
| Regional-Triebzüge |
regional multiple-unit trains, regional trains |
| Regionalverkehr |
regional passenger traffic |
| Regler |
regulator |
| Reibungsgewicht |
adhesion weight |
| Reichweite |
coverage |
| Reinigungsgleis |
washing track |
| Reinigungsgummi |
rubber block |
| Reinigungskissen |
bright boy |
| Reinigungsmittel |
cleanser, detergent |
| Reisecenter |
travel centre, ticket office |
| Reiseinformationen |
travel information |
| Reisezugwagen |
passenger carriage |
| Reiterstellwerk |
gantry-style signal tower |
| Relais |
relay |
| Richtlinie |
guideline |
| Richtungsanzeiger |
route-signal |
| Richtungspfeil |
directional arrow |
| Richtungssignal |
destination indicator |
| Richtungsvoranzeiger |
advance route signal |
| Rillenschiene |
grooved rail |
| Ringkerntransformator |
toroidal transformer (engl.) |
| Ringleitung |
loop wiring system, ring line |
| Ringlokschuppen, Rundlokschuppen |
roundhouse |
| Rollbock, Rollschemel |
wagon carrier truck, railroad vehicle carrier truck |
| Rollbockgrube |
carrier truck pit |
| Rolldachwagen |
roller-shutter freight wagon |
| Rollenprüfstand |
chassis dynamometer |
| Rollgeräusch |
rolling noise |
| Rollmaterial |
rolling stock |
| Rollmodell |
roll model |
| Rost |
grate |
| Rotlicht überfahren |
to jump the lights |
| Rotlicht |
red light, warning light |
| Rückfallweiche |
spring switch, trailing spring turnout |
| Rückstellsignal |
set back signal |
| rückwärtskompatibel |
backward compatible |
| Runge |
stanchion |
| Rungenkasten |
stake box |
| Rungenwagen |
stake wagon, wagon with stanchions |
