The rail profile is the cross sectional shape of a railway rail, perpendicular to its length. Early rails were made of wood, cast iron or wrought iron...
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Railgrinder (redirect from Rail grinder)
A railgrinder (or rail grinder) is a maintenance of way vehicle or train used to restore the profile and remove irregularities from worn tracks to extend...
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Track gauge (redirect from Rail tracks width)
gauge is a two-dimensional profile that encompasses a cross-section of the track, a rail vehicle and a maximum-sized load: all rail vehicles and their loads...
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Railway track (redirect from Rail (rail transport))
can carry. Other profiles of rail include: bullhead rail; grooved rail; flat-bottomed rail (Vignoles rail or flanged T-rail); bridge rail (inverted U–shaped...
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Track geometry (redirect from Profile of track (rail))
indicate deviations. The vertical alignment (or profile in North America, but not to be confused with rail profile) is the surface uniformity in the vertical...
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(in the case of steel plate) a torch which burns oxy-acetylene or other oxy-gas. Hollow structural section Metal profiles Rail profile Structural steel...
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Power supply rail or voltage rail, a single voltage provided by a power supply unit Rail profile, the cross sectional shape of a railway rail Railing (disambiguation)...
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re-profiled with rail grinding machines to maintain the safe and proper rail profile. Rails that cannot be brought back to the proper rail profile are...
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or a belt. A longitudinal channel formed in a hot rolled rail profile such as a grooved rail. This groove is for the flange on a train wheel. Grooves...
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Pound (mass), a unit of mass Pound (force), a unit of force Rail pound, in rail profile A basis weight of paper, related to grammage Pound sign, the...
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paper in offset printing Web, the vertical element of an I-beam or a rail profile Web, the interior beams of a truss Web (2013 film), a documentary Webs...
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Mick Lynch (trade unionist) (category General Secretaries of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers)
Secretary of the UK's National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers since May 2021. Since the high-profile rail strikes of 2022-2023, Lynch has become...
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History of trams (category Light rail)
unreliable. Siemens' line, for example, provided power through a live rail and a return rail, like a model train, limiting the voltage that could be used, and...
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Tramway track (section Grooved rail)
Block rail is a lower profile form of girder guard rail, where the web is eliminated. In profile it is more like a solid form of bridge rail with a flangeway...
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Overhead line (redirect from Catenary (rail))
conductor rail profile at the transition end section before it is terminated at the portal. There is a gap between the overhead conductor rail at the transition...
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Edge rail or edge rails may refer to: Edge rail (edgeways), in wagonways Edge rail (rail profile), in railways Edge rails (PCB), a single-board panelization...
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dovetail rail usually refer to any straight mounting bracket with an inverted trapezoid (dovetail) cross-section (though the hexagonal-profiled Weaver rail and...
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Track geometry car (redirect from Rail detector car)
management systems to create a profile of the track being inspected. Track geometry cars emerged in the 1920s when rail traffic became sufficiently dense...
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MRT Line 3 (Metro Manila) (redirect from Metro Rail Transit)
The Metro Rail Transit Line 3, also known as the MRT Line 3, MRT-3, or Metrostar Express, is a rapid transit line in Metro Manila in the Philippines. The...
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Bombardier BiLevel Coach (category Rail passenger cars of the United States)
North American commuter rail operators, they hold 360 passengers[citation needed]s and feature a distinctive octagonal profile. The BiLevel coaches were...
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Loram Maintenance of Way (redirect from Rail Vehicle Engineering Limited)
compares the rail to a pre-determined profile in order to identify damage. Each rail is identified using its Differential GPS location. The rail inspection...
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Train wheel (redirect from Rail wheel)
a profile, before being installed onto an axle. All wheel profiles are regularly checked to ensure proper interaction between the wheel and the rail. Incorrectly...
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models (but particularly older models), and these require overscale rail profile and much larger clearances on pointwork than is prototypical. Pointwork...
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Railroad switch (redirect from Rail switch)
1920s on the German Reichsbahn. The first step was to have different rail profile for the stock rails and switch rails, with the switch rails being about...
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Barlow rail. Loughor railway viaduct was rebuilt in 1880 and the new decking was constructed of Barlow rail, laid crosswise. Rail profile Rail tracks...
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The history of rail transport in Germany can be traced back to the 16th century. The earliest form of railways, wagonways, were developed in Germany in...
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research program circa 2010 to 2012 Revised British Standard, a bullhead rail profile Rugby–Birmingham–Stafford Line, a railway line in England Orbost Airport...
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LRT Line 2 (redirect from Manila Purple Line (MRT 2) (Light Rail Transit Authority))
The Light Rail Transit Line 2, also known as LRT Line 2, LRT-2, or Megatren, is a rapid transit line in Metro Manila in the Philippines owned and operated...
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History of the railway track (redirect from Fish bellied rail)
lines Rail gauge Rail lengths Rail profile Rail sabotage Railroad switch (points) Rail tracks Rail terminology Railway platform Strap iron rail Structure...
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