trackworkEtymologyFrom track + work.nounConstruction or maintenance of railroad tracks“The train is going to be delayed by ten minutes due to trackwork.”The tracks and associated equipment of a railway line.“The advantages of this policy were twofold - the operation of m.u. trains only, with their lighter axle load, would allow the trackwork and underbridges to be simpler and lighter in construction; and speeds up to 150 m.p.h. could more easily be achieved than with conventional locomotive-hauled trains.”Practice in racing around a track“McDonald described Weekend Hussler's trackwork this preparation as "frightening".”