This is the 16025th most frequent Russian word.
путевой
The Russian word "путевой" can mean "relating to a route, track, or way" or "sensible" depending on the context.
Here, 'путевой' relates to 'путь', meaning 'track' or 'route'. It describes a journal used for recording information relevant to tracks or routes.
Это путевой журнал машиниста.
This is the engineer's track-log.
'Путевой' in this context refers to a document related to transportation routes, reflecting its use as 'related to a route'.
Нам нужен путевой лист для транспортировки.
We need a waybill for transportation.
Here, 'путевой' is used idiomatically to mean 'logical', 'coherent' or 'useful', commonly in a negative construction like 'непутевой' for 'not coherent'.