The cant of a railway track or camber of a road (also referred to as superelevation, cross slope or cross fall) is the rate of change in elevation (height)...
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an aircraft manufacturer Cant (log), a log partially processed in a sawmill Cant (road/rail), an angle of a road or track Cant (shooting), referring to...
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Track geometry (redirect from Cant gradient (rail))
vertical layout involves concepts such as crosslevel, cant and gradient. The reference rail is the base rail that is used as a reference point for the measurement...
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railway engineering, cant deficiency is defined in the context of travel of a rail vehicle at constant speed on a constant-radius curve. Cant itself refers to...
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dictionary. Superlevation may refer to Cant (road/rail), the difference in elevation between two edges of a road or railway track Elevation (ballistics)...
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Minimum railway curve radius (section Speed and cant)
freight and passenger trains tend to move at different speeds, a cant cannot be ideal for both types of rail traffic. The relationship between speed and tilt...
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Baulk road Breather switch Cant Clip and scotch Datenail Fishplate Ladder track Minimum radius Permanent way (current) Permanent way (history) Rail fastening...
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steel rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of land transport, next to road transport. It is used for about 8% of passenger and freight transport...
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Curve resistance (railroad) (category Rail infrastructure)
may be explained by the different circumstances of each analysis. Cant (road/rail) Cant deficiency Rolling resistance Also see Russian Wikipedia uses the...
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Jackknifing (redirect from Jackknife (truck tractor and trailer))
slew. This can occur on a slippery road surface, often where there is a cant. This is not the same as jackknifing and is not as serious, as the trailer...
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curves which are canted, but not as well on tight curves and railway switches (also known as "points"). This is because the geometry or cant of the track...
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a one-foot run (e.g. 1⁄4 inch per foot). Camber angle Cant (road/rail) Geometric design of roads Department of Transportation (23 January 2023). "Superelevation...
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between the top and bottom curves of an aerofoil Camber (ship), a measure of transversal deck curvature in naval architecture Cant (road/rail), the convex...
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Railway track (redirect from Rail (rail transport))
rail; flat-bottomed rail (Vignoles rail or flanged T-rail); bridge rail (inverted U–shaped used in baulk road); and Barlow rail (inverted V). North American...
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cant rail level as the structure. It was built from welded thin steel sheet, as either sheet or pressings. This gave a structure which was stiff and strong...
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Eben C. Smeed (section Early life and career)
Smeed's cant hooks were used in the destruction of the railroads at Atlanta and were carried on the subsequent campaigns; but (Smeed's) cant hooks appear...
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part of the plate under the rail base is tapered, setting the inboard cant of the rail, typically "one in forty" (or 1.4 degrees ). The top surface of the...
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loads and keep levelled even on an elevated track, due to the automatic cant compensation. It is possible to work on one outrigger only, work with boom...
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Ramgarh Cantonment railway station (redirect from Ramgarh Cant station)
original on 30 May 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2012. "Trains at Ramgarh Cant Station". India Rail Info. Retrieved 1 April 2012. "Ramgarh Railway Station Details"...
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Track geometry car (redirect from Rail detector car)
– Standard gauge AK track recording cars Cant (road/rail) Coordinate-measuring machine Rail inspection Rail tracks Track gauge Track geometry Holland...
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of Rail and Road". www.orr.gov.uk. 27 August 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 August 2019. "Class 60 to be saved for preservation". Rail. No...
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Adhesion railway (redirect from Rail adhesion)
and is the most widespread and common type of railway in the world. Adhesion traction is the friction between the drive wheels and the steel rail. Since...
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refer to a segment of road built to reroute the mainline away from a city or congested area. Cab Cant or camber The gradient of the road surface at 90° to...
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load-bearing structure. Other changes included the strengthening of the cant rail area and the use of standard BR multiple unit ends, enabling compliance with...
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List of Canada–United States border crossings (redirect from Public road crossings of the Canadian border)
point-to-point international ferry services, including those for road vehicles, passengers and rail. Other marine ports of entry are not included. This list includes...
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Advanced Passenger Train (category British Rail brands)
developed by British Rail during the 1970s and early 1980s, for use on the West Coast Main Line (WCML). The WCML contained many curves, and the APT pioneered...
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Grayrigg derailment (redirect from Cumbria rail crash)
measurements of the track geometry and other features such as overhead line height and stagger, and the track gauge, twist and cant. It is not used to inspect...
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and paddles that push ballast beneath a rail track to assure its level and cant Tank car A type of rolling stock designed to transport liquid and gaseous...
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ones, and so quadrupling allows all trains to reach their maximum speed. For example, high-speed rail with a 200 km/h average speed and commuter rail with...
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load-bearing structure. Other changes included the strengthening of the cant rail area and the use of standard BR multiple unit ends, enabling compliance with...
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