power-operated
adj1
Electrically (or mechanically) operated.
- Constructional features of the railbus include the use of rubber suspension for axlebox/underframe and underframe/body mountings, the use of B.U.T. power transmission equipment, many components of which are interchangeable with those on British Railways standard railcars, power-operated sliding doors, and an absence of normal sidebuffers or drawgear.1958 April 23, “Diesel Railbus for British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 275:
- The colour-light signals and power-operated points at Waterloo are controlled from one cabin which houses three lever frames with a total of 272 working miniature levers.1961 March, “Talking of trains”, in Trains Illustrated, page 138: