Steam trains, Eurostar, Mountains trains

Question 1

steam is expanded, exhausts

Answer 1

vapeur est détendue, poursuit sa détente

Question 2

Mount Pilatus

Answer 2

sommet du Pilatus Kulm

Question 3

drive wheel

Answer 3

roue motrice

Question 4

grip

Answer 4

adhérence

Question 5

cog meshes with the rack

Answer 5

le pignon s’engrene dans le rail denté

Question 6

rack (a toothed rail)

Answer 6

engregage linéaire, rail denté

Question 7

cog (a toothed gear)

Answer 7

engrenage circulaire, pignon

Question 8

grit

Answer 8

sable/cran

Question 9

the clock is ticking

Answer 9

le temps est compté

Question 10

collect electrical power

Answer 10

capter l’énergie électrique

Question 11

glass roof

Answer 11

verrière

Question 12

perfect robustness

Answer 12

robustesse à toute épreuve

Question 13

rotary digger shield

Answer 13

tunnelier

Answer 14

pendulage, technique qui mesure le temps alloué à chaque tâche

Question 15

25,000-volt overhead lines/electrical cable/catenary

Answer 15

cable électrique aérien/caténaires (la) de 25 000 Volts

Answer 16

automotrices à grande vitesse

Answer 17

rameaux de communication

Question 18

electric multiple units (EMUs)

Answer 18

rame automotrice

Question 19

The Shuttle

Answer 19

Le Shuttle

Question 20

chalk marl

Answer 20

marne de craie

Question 21

sleek

Answer 21

élegant

Question 22

Channel Tunnel

Answer 22

le tunnel sous la Manche

Question 23

political waffling

Answer 23

tergiversations politiques

Question 24

100 feet

Answer 24

30 m

Question 25

100 yards

Answer 25

91,4 m

Question 26

100 mile

Answer 26

160 km

Question 27

chug along

Answer 27

avancer

Question 28

in its wake

Answer 28

dans son sillage

Question 29

flue

Answer 29

conduit

Question 30

propell

Answer 30

propulser

Question 31

connecting rods

Answer 31

bielle

Question 32

back and forth

Answer 32

d’avant en arrière

Question 33

blueprint

Answer 33

modèle

Question 34

blueprint for success

Answer 34

mèner tout droit au succès

Question 35

Rainhill Trials

Answer 35

Concours de Rainhill

Question 36

expansion

Answer 36

détente dans le piston

Question 37

axle

Answer 37

essieu

Question 38

the rocket

Answer 38

la fusée

Question 39

multi-tubular boiler

Answer 39

chaudière tubulaire

Question 40

steam-powered transport

Answer 40

transport à vapeur

Question 41

high-pressure steam

Answer 41

vapeur haute pression

Question 42

dry cleaner, laundry

Answer 42

blanchisserie

Question 43

iron sulfate

Answer 43

sulfate de fer

Question 44

patent

Answer 44

faire breveter

Question 45

separate condenser

Answer 45

chambre de condensation

Question 46

steam power

Answer 46

vapeur

Question 47

force of steam

Answer 47

force de vapeur

Question 48

gauge

Answer 48

écartement des voies

Question 49

size, calibre, gauge

Answer 49

gabarit

Question 50

rack-and-pinion

Answer 50

crémaillère

Question 51

piston

Answer 51

piston

Question 52

steam engine

Answer 52

machine à vapeur

Question 53

chassis (base frame)

Answer 53

châssis

Question 54

Compound locomotive

Answer 54

locomotive compound (cylindres à haute et basse pression)

Question 55

single expansion locomotive (high pressure cylinders)

Answer 55

locomotive à simple expansion (cylindres à haute pression)

Question 56

turn of the wheel

Answer 56

tour de roue

Question 57

cylinder

Answer 57

cylindre (libère la vapeur, haute ou basse pression)

Question 58

ballast

Answer 58

lestage

Question 59

sleepers

Answer 59

traverses

Question 60

rail

Answer 60

rail

Question 61

track

Answer 61

voie

Question 62

headlight

Answer 62

feu avant

Question 63

pantograph

Answer 63

pantographe

Question 64

lever control

Answer 64

levier de commande

Question 65

japanese bullet train

Answer 65

train à grande vitesse japonais

Question 66

maglev (uses magnets)

Answer 66

train maglev à lévitation magnétique