empty stock working
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editempty stock working (plural empty stock workings)
- (rail transport) A train of empty passenger rolling stock that is moved from one location to another where, for example, it is needed to form a revenue-earning service.
- 2019 October, photo caption, “Midlands Connect's £3.5bn plan”, in Modern Railways, page 16:
- Proposed for wiring: the Shrewsbury route. Unit 221116 passes through Codsall on an empty stock working on 24 October 2018.