overtrack

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English

Etymology

From over- +‎ track.

Adjective

overtrack (not comparable)

  1. (rail transport) Over and above a railway track.
    • 2021 December 15, Robin Leleux, “Awards honour the best restoration projects: The Chairman's Special Award: Cholsey & Wallingford Railway”, in RAIL, number 946, page 54:
      Relics of the old GWR broad gauge are rare on the national network. This overtrack canopy was one such, so the decision by the C&WR to retrieve it after electrification necessitated its demolition was a brave one, because its condition by then was parlous.

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