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- DERM: Victorian diesel electric rail motor.
- DET: see detonator.
- Detonator: explosive device placed on rail and triggered by wheel pressure. Used to warn of hazard ahead.
- Dog: (VIC/QLD) spike/dogspike.
- Doggies: (VIC) former "dog box" type red suburban trains.
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