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<p>Like any other hobby, model railroading also has its own lingo and its own set of abbreviations you don´t find in a dictionary.</p> <p>MR now and then publishes a "translation" to help newbies understand us old hats.</p> <p>MU means multiple units, that´s a lash up of two or more locos or railcars. A DMU is a set of diesel railcars, correspondingly, an EMU is not an Australian bird, but a set of electric railcars.</p> <p>Cassette staging is a facility for storing trains in a cassette, which can be hooked up to a layout.</p> <p>Classification (yard) is a railroad yard where trains are "classified", i.e cars put together to form a train for a destination.</p> <p>Took me years to grab this, but, heck, I am not a native speaker.</p> <p>Don´t feel overwhelmed, just keep on reading and you´ll get hold of our lingo!</p>
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