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English
Verb
refuelling
- (British spelling) present participle and gerund of refuel
Noun
refuelling (countable and uncountable, plural refuellings)
- (British spelling) The provision of more fuel to replace that used up.
2019 October, James Abbott, “Esk Valley revival”, in Modern Railways, page 77:The DMUs used on the branch (mainly Class 158s) are based at Heaton depot in Newcastle; with a 1,500 mile range, the DMUs have to visit for refuelling once every three days.
2025 February 5, Dr Joseph Brennan, “Railway heritage saved in 2024”, in RAIL, number 1028, page 54:Another site of early railway enterprise to be upgraded to 2* before benefiting from restoration (which would remove it from the 2024 at-risk register) is the S&DR coal drops, located in Shildon's Locomotive museum. After it was upgraded in 2021 , 2022 research by Historic England found that the drops, constructed in 1847, were the world's first attempt at mechanising locomotive refuelling. The drops worked by chaldron wagons being taken up the incline, and their loads dropped down chutes into tenders of steam locomotives waiting below.