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interlocking

arrangement of railway signal apparatus to prevent conflicting movements of trains
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interlocking

Summary

interlocking ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (509 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • interlocking is a type of railway signalling system[2].
  • interlocking is a type of interlock[3].
  • interlocking's Commons category is recorded as Interlocking machines[4].
  • interlocking's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as railway:signal_box=track_diagram[5].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include railway signalling system[2] and interlock[3].

Why It Matters

interlocking ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (509 views/month).[1] interlocking has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[6]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Lucidieaux · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14692 → Q22688
    Subclass of → —
    Subclass of → railway signalling system, interlock
    Aliases → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48943|batch #48943]]: Add OSM wiki item IDs to items with matching OSM tags"
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