A road train, also known as a land train or long combination vehicle (LCV) is a semi-truck used to move road freight more efficiently than single-trailer...
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commuter rail train operated by the Milwaukee Road from Watertown to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, until 1972. It was the last commuter train to serve Milwaukee...
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Seattle/Tacoma, Washington. The westbound train was Milwaukee Road train #17, and the eastbound train was train #18. It was launched on Monday, May 29,...
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A trackless train — or tram (U.S. English), road train, land train, or parking lot train is a road-going articulated vehicle used for the transport of...
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westbound train (to Kansas City) was Milwaukee Road train No. 25, and the eastbound train (to Chicago) was train No. 26. For much of the train's history...
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The Arrow was a passenger train operated by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (the "Milwaukee Road") between Chicago, Illinois and...
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longest off-road vehicle. Road trains are in use in certain roles today, but the US Army examples and a few derivatives appear to be the only off-road examples...
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Massachusetts A B-Train or B-double, a road freight transport larger than a semi-trailer but not as long as a road train B Line (Los Angeles Metro), a rapid...
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Road Kill, known as Road Train in Australia, is a 2010 Australian horror film directed by Dean Francis and written by Clive Hopkins. It stars Xavier Samuel...
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Level crossing (redirect from Train crossing)
grade crossing or railroad crossing (chiefly American), road through railroad, criss-cross, train crossing, and RXR (abbreviated). There are more than 100...
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The Hybrid Electric Road Train (HERT) is a hybrid trackless train developed by the Department of Science and Technology of the Philippines for public...
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by rotation) running an Oxford Road – London Road service, the LNWR took strenuous measures to discourage it. Every train of the service was flagged down...
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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 of...
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Dolly (trailer) (redirect from Road train dolly)
gooseneck type drawbar of another similar dolly and form a road train. The last dolly in a road train needs its own rear lights, brakes remotely controlled...
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The Marquette was a passenger train operated by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad ("Milwaukee Road") between Chicago and Mason City...
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The Fast Mail was a train service operated by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (the "Milwaukee Road") on an overnight schedule between...
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fleet of named passenger trains operated by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (also known as the Milwaukee Road) between Chicago and various...
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desert landscapes of Rajasthan state). The trip can be undertaken by road, train or plane. The Golden Triangle is now a well-traveled route, providing...
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named train operated by the Long Island Rail Road between Penn Station in New York City and Montauk on the east end of Long Island, New York. The train operates...
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Bay Transportation Authority MTR C-Stock EMU in Hong Kong C-train, a type of road train C Line (Los Angeles Metro), a light rail line in Los Angeles...
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efficiently Trackless train, a road-going articulated vehicle Wagon train, a group of wagons traveling together, especially the American West Train (unidentified...
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lane Historic roads and trails Ice road Roman roads Sunken lane Higher capacity roads, sometimes with medians 2+1 road 2+2 road Arterial road Autostrasse...
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An arterial road or arterial thoroughfare is a high-capacity urban road that sits below freeways/motorways on the road hierarchy in terms of traffic flow...
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Tarmacadam (redirect from Tarred road)
Tarmacadam is a concrete road surfacing material made by combining tar and macadam (crushed stone and sand), patented by Welsh inventor Edgar Purnell Hooley...
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more roads converge, diverge, meet or cross at the same height, as opposed to an interchange, which uses bridges or tunnels to separate different roads. Major...
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English) is an emergency stopping lane by the verge on the outer side of a road or motorway. Many wider freeways, or expressways elsewhere have shoulders...
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safe platooning of road vehicles, a transportation concept in which several vehicles are electronically linked together in a "road train", with only the...
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Macadam (redirect from Macadam road)
lies in his advocacy of effective road maintenance and management. He advocated a central road authority with trained professional officials who could...
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A street running train is a train which runs on a track built on public streets. The rails are embedded in the roadway, and the train shares the street...
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