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linjeblok

English translation: block system

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Danish term or phrase:linjeblok
English translation:block system
Entered by: Norskpro

13:00 May 13, 2013
Danish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Transport / Transportation / Shipping / The cause of the Vigerslev train crash (1919)
Danish term or phrase: linjeblok
Context: the crash occurred "efter en fejlbetjening af en manuel linjeblok." Online, Den Danske Ordbog is no help. Wikipedia attributes the disaster to "a dispatcher error", but a closer translation should be possible (and is "dispatcher" UK English, which I need?). The term "line block" exists in English, but has to do with printing!
Timothy Strauss
Local time: 03:50
block system
Explanation:
This is according to Norwegian Ordnett.
An additional term is given by an English technical dictionary: numeroblock

Both block system and numeroblock are railway related.

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Note added at 17 mins (2013-05-13 13:17:04 GMT)
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English: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signalling_block_system

German (similar to the Danish term): http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streckenblock
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Norskpro
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Local time: 04:50
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block system


Explanation:
This is according to Norwegian Ordnett.
An additional term is given by an English technical dictionary: numeroblock

Both block system and numeroblock are railway related.

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Note added at 17 mins (2013-05-13 13:17:04 GMT)
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English: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signalling_block_system

German (similar to the Danish term): http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streckenblock

Norskpro
Norway
Local time: 04:50
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