A road–rail vehicle or a rail–road vehicle is a dual-mode vehicle which can operate both on rail tracks and roads. They are also known as two-way vehicles...
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Railcar mover (redirect from Rail King)
(also called a shunt vehicle in Australia, the UK, and in Canada, or the trademarks Trackmobile or ShuttleWagon) is a road–rail vehicle (capable of travelling...
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systems such as Seattle's Link had on-road mixed sections but were closed to regular road traffic, with light rail vehicles and buses both operating along a...
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Railcar (redirect from Rail Motors)
termed such vehicles "railmotors" (or "rail motors"). Self-propelled passenger vehicles also capable of hauling a train are, in technical rail usage, more...
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Train wheel (redirect from Rail wheel)
when the vehicle is in road-going mode. Such wheels can be as small as 245 mm (9.65 in) in diameter. In Australia, wheels for road–rail vehicles should...
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A dual-mode vehicle (DMV) is a vehicle that can operate on conventional road surfaces as well as a railway track or a dedicated track known as a guideway...
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Railcar or Railbus Rail motor coach Road-rail vehicle Rolling stock Tilting train Travelling Post Office Autorail Cab car or Control car (rail) Driving Van...
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Toe (automotive) (section Road–rail vehicles)
stock, road-rail vehicles do not always have a common axle between the rail wheels and the toe-in angle prevents the vehicle from hunting when on-rail. When...
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carriages/wagons, ox carts, dog sleds), motor vehicles (e.g. motorcycles, cars, trucks, buses, mobility scooters) and railed vehicles (trains, trams and monorails),...
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Train (redirect from Rail vehicles)
The British Rail Safety and Standards Board defines a train as a "light locomotive, self-propelled rail vehicle or road-rail vehicle in rail mode." A collection...
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to time, this being done by a "scrubber" vehicle (either a specialised tram, or a maintenance road-rail vehicle). Failure to clear the grooves can lead...
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Unimog (category Cab over off-road vehicles)
carriers, agricultural implements, forest ranger vehicles, construction equipment or road–rail vehicles and as army personnel or equipment carriers (in...
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generally encounters lower frictional resistance than rubber-tyred road vehicles, allowing rail cars to be coupled into longer trains. Power is usually provided...
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or sport utility vehicles with additional flanged wheels that could be lowered for travelling on rails, called "road–rail vehicles" or hi-rails for "highway-railroad"...
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com. Retrieved 2021-08-10. "Catenary maintenance, Road/Rail Vehicles, Road Rail Vehicle, Road Railer, G. Zwiehoff GmbH, Rosenheim, Bavaria, Germany". www...
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A motor vehicle, also known as a motorized vehicle, automotive vehicle, automobile, or road vehicle, is a self-propelled land vehicle, commonly wheeled...
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Draisine (redirect from Rail cycle)
are referred as handcars. Vehicles that can be driven on both the highway and the rail line are called road–rail vehicles, or (after a trademark) Hy-Rails...
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or edges of the road. This is normally greater where the railway or road is curved; raising the outer rail or the outer edge of the road creates a banked...
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Left- and right-hand traffic (redirect from Rule of road)
in the vehicle and are, in automobiles, the reverse of the terms right- and left-hand traffic. The rule also includes where on the road a vehicle is to...
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Roadrailer (redirect from RoadRailer)
RoadRailers were a trailer or semi-trailer that could be hauled on roads by a tractor unit and then by way of a fifth wheel coupling, operate in a unit...
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Railroad car (redirect from Wagon (railroad vehicle))
wagon, train carriage or train truck, is a vehicle used for the carrying of cargo or passengers on a rail transport network (a railroad/railway). Such...
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Jeep train (redirect from Rail Jeep)
railway vehicles hauled by a jeep fitted with railway wagon wheels instead of normal road wheels. World War II jeeps were converted from road vehicles into...
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Bogie (redirect from Truck (rail))
Caster Dolly Flange List of railroad truck parts Luttermöller axle Road–rail vehicle Skateboard truck Spring (device) Timmis system, an early form of coil...
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An electric vehicle (EV) is a vehicle whose propulsion is powered fully or mostly by electricity. EVs include road and rail vehicles, electric boats and...
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Hunting oscillation (category Rail technologies)
Many road–rail vehicles feature independent axles and suspension systems on each rail wheel. When this is combined with the presence of road wheels...
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Guided bus (redirect from Light rail on rubber tires)
Dual-mode bus Guide rail Kassel kerb (Known as Kassel curb) Road–rail buses Road–rail vehicle Rubber-tyred metro Transit Elevated Bus Translohr Trolleybus...
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2002. Retrieved 9 May 2019. "Connex will order 497 vehicles in OPRAF deal for longer franchise". Rail Magazine. No. 330. 6 May 1998. p. 7. Pritchard, Robert...
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Scottish Railway (LMS) Karrier Ro-Railer was a British experimental road-rail (rail)bus built by Karrier in 1931. Its road registration was UR7924. Based...
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