???RAKE???

[Massimo]

Hi all!
apologize for my silly question.... what does "RAKE" means? ...a rake of MK1 coach... for example...
I understand the meaning but I can't find the exact translation in italian. can you tell me some synonyms?

thanks
Massimo

[Jack]

This may help. Have a look at the 11th meaning down.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rake  If you follow the link for Rake (train) it will take you to a page that explains the terminology.

The English language can confuse us English at times particularly with words that are spelt the same but mean different things according to the context of the sentence that they are used in.

[PLD]

In railway terms, simply a set of coaches or wagons, particularly a set that will stay together for a period of time for example the set of wagons for a regular train between two points or coaches for a train that runs daily.