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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

(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...

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)...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The Lichterfelde 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

management systems to create a profile of the track being inspected. Track geometry cars emerged in the 1920s when rail traffic became sufficiently dense...

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...

cars. Trains portal Barlow rail Granite Railway Guide rail Hay Railway Holy Island Waggonway Horsecar Mine railway Rail profile Verdelis, Nikolaos (1957)...

dovetail rail usually refer to any straight mounting bracket with an inverted trapezoid (dovetail) cross-section (though the hexagonal-profiled Weaver rail and...

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...

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...

operated by Light Rail Manila Corporation (LRMC) and owned by the Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA) as part of the Manila Light Rail Transit System. Originally...

A third rail, also known as a live rail, electric rail or conductor rail, is a method of providing electric power to a railway locomotive or train, through...

The International Rail Makers Association (IRMA) was a cartel for the export of rail profiles that existed (with longer interruptions) between 1883 and...

hand Barlow rail. Loughor railway viaduct was rebuilt in 1880 and the new decking was constructed of Barlow rail, laid crosswise. Rail profile Railway track...

appropriate rail profile to achieve the L/V ratio desired. If the L/V ratio gets too high, the wheel flange will be pressing against the rail face, and...

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...

aluminium extrusion profile accepting attachments in the form of T-slot nuts, or similar. A similar design is called Freeland rail, but the dimensions...

construction. The LRT (narrow profile) and MRT (wide profile) lines operate on standard gauge (1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)) rail, while the KL Monorail operates...