A railway crane (North America: railroad crane, crane car or wrecker; UK: breakdown crane) is a type of crane used on a railway for one of three primary...
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lifting Crane (rail), a crane suited for use on railroads Crane (surname), including a list of people and fictional characters with the surname Crane (given...
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hoist running overhead along a rail or beam (which may itself move). Further confusing the issue is that gantry cranes may also incorporate a movable...
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Retrieved 29 July 2016. British Steel rail, Vignoles rail British Steel crane rail, Crane rails Table of North American tee rail (flat bottom) sections Archived...
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A crane is a machine used to move materials both vertically and horizontally, utilizing a system of a boom, hoist, wire ropes or chains, and sheaves for...
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4 shaft has a total height of 81 metres to the top of the maintenance crane rail, with the centre-line of the head sheaves at 71 metres above the collar...
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milling process is not recommended for heavy duty running surfaces such as crane rail. Hot-dip galvanizing Jewelling Phosphate conversion coating Quench polish...
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container ships. Container cranes consist of a supporting framework that can traverse the length of a quay or yard on a rail track. Instead of a hook,...
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Gantrex Group is an engineering company specializing in crane rail systems and rail fastening technologies. It is headquartered in Nivelles, Belgium....
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Gardens. Crane (rail) NLR crane tank Shelton Iron & Steel Works No. 4101 Three GWR engines constructed as crane tanks based on 850 class Crane Tank Locomotives...
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the long jib of smaller rail-mounted "Henson" tower crane, sending the smaller crane tumbling to the ground. The smaller crane weighed 95 tonnes and stood...
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A steam crane is a crane powered by a steam engine. It may be fixed or mobile and, if mobile, it may run on rail tracks, caterpillar tracks, road wheels...
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Various rail operators in New Zealand have used (and continue to use) rail cranes, for various tasks on maintaining the rail corridor, including accident...
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The Finnieston Crane or Stobcross Crane is a disused giant cantilever crane in the centre of Glasgow, Scotland. It is no longer operational, but is retained...
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Stanley Crane (September 7, 1915 – July 15, 2003) was a railroad executive who served as CEO of Southern Railway. Trained as a chemical engineer, Crane was...
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Gantry crane (rail mounted) 32 - 40 Ton 14 Gantry crane (rubber tyres) 30 - 40 Ton 36 Top loader 40 Ton 35 Empty container stacker 7 Ton 25 Mobile crane 50...
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heavy sections Skinningrove Steelworks, England – special sections and crane rail Former Sogerail plant, Hayange, France – railway rails An engineering...
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Colas Rail is a railway infrastructure and rail freight company primarily active in the United Kingdom. It is a subsidiary of Bouygues. Colas Rail was founded...
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container handlers, ship-to-shore cranes, rail-mounted gantry cranes, rubber tyred gantry cranes, etc. Mobile crane division, based in Ningxiang City...
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the Mk 12. The weapon was developed by the Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division for US military special operations units. The rifle is designed...
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653 short tons). The gauge of crane's rails was 174 metres (571 ft) and the rail length 710 metres (2,329 ft). The crane was used to build about 75 ships...
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The Chenab Rail Bridge is a steel and concrete arch bridge carrying a single-track railway line, located between Bakkal and Kauri in the Reasi district...
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Crane is a town in Perry Township, Martin County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 166 at the 2020 census. The community is adjacent to...
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taken on by the Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division (often referred to as NSWC-Crane or just "Crane") as its own project following the CQBR's removal...
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Current collector (redirect from Third rail shoe)
or contact shoe against the rail or overhead wire. As the vehicle moves, the contact shoe slides along the wire or rail to draw the electricity needed...
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horizontal jib crane for Sir John Coode's harbour building work on the Kowie River at Port Alfred in South Africa. This was a rail-mounted steam crane, with a...
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Commodore William Montgomery Crane (February 1, 1776 – March 18, 1846) was an officer in the United States Navy during the First Barbary War and the War...
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railway employee, who worked on the route; Richard Crane is the chairman of the Bletchley to Bedford Rail Users Association who has campaigned for the line...
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hauled by DBAG Class 189 locomotive number 189 054, collided with a road–rail crane that was obstructing the line at Voorschoten, South Holland, Netherlands...
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the many movable display walls and lending a sculptural effect. A steel crane rail, left over from the building's hardware days, remained in place. The loading...
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