stringline

Describing a derailment typically occurring when a train having improperly distributed weight starts or accelerates on sharply curving track

Adjective

  1. Describing a derailment typically occurring when a train having improperly distributed weight starts or accelerates on sharply curving track

Origin

From string + line.

Verb

  1. To derail on sharply curving track, usually due to incorrectly distributed weight
    • The train stringlined on a curve when the engineer increased power at the front. - 2007 July 11, Allan Dowd, “CN Rail criticized by Canadian derailment probe”, in Reuters:

Forms

stringlines stringlining stringlined