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test bed en · NOUN
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(alt-of, alternative, idiomatic) Alternative form of testbed.
Although its wheel size and arrangement seem far from ideal for a high-powered modern motive power unit, No. GT3 is clearly intended as far more than just another travelling test-bed.
1961 March, “English Electric gas turbine locomotive begins trials”, in Trains Illustrated, page 152:Since that set of articles is already fairly complete, they might serve as a good test bed for the different organizational systems we want to try.
It was taken out of passenger service in early 2013, for conversion into a test bed for the commissioning of the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) on the Hertford Loop and elsewhere.
2023 February 22, Howard Johnston, “Southern '313s': is the end now in sight?”, in RAIL, number 977, page 43:
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