about 1 in 20 to enable the wheelset to follow curves with less chance of the wheel flanges coming in contact with the rail sides, and to reduce curve...

Wheelset may refer to: A pair of bicycle wheels Wheelset (rail transport), a pair of railroad vehicle wheels mounted rigidly on an axle This disambiguation...

The history of rail transport began before the beginning of the common era. It can be divided into several discrete periods defined by the principal means...

Rail transport in Ethiopia is done within the National Railway Network of Ethiopia, which currently consists of three electrified standard gauge railway...

an index of articles on rail transport by country. International Union of Railways (UIC) International Union of Public Transport (UITP) Association of American...

weight Cycloid and trochoid Wheelset (rail transport)#Conical wheel-tread Lewis, R.; Olofsson, U. (25 September 2009). Wheel–Rail Interface Handbook. Elsevier...

1915. Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Rail travel in Canada. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rail transport in Canada. Across Canada by train travel...

Rail transport operations are the day-to-day operations of a railway. A railway has two major components: the infrastructure (the permanent way, tracks...

Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in tracks, which usually consist of two parallel...

Rail transport is an important mode of long-distance transportation in China. As of 2024, the country had more than 159,000 km (98,798 mi)[a] of railways...

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Rail transport in Japan is a major means of passenger transport, especially for mass and high-speed travel between major cities and for commuter transport...

Rail transport in the Netherlands uses a dense railway network which connects nearly all major towns and cities. There are as many train stations as there...

heaviest rail mass-produced was 155 pounds per yard (77 kg/m) and was rolled for the Pennsylvania Railroad. The rails used in rail transport are produced...

international fast trains. PKP Cargo – provides cargo rail transport. While PKP is the largest rail operator in Poland, there are several independent operators...

Commuter rail, or suburban rail, is a passenger rail transport service that primarily operates within a metropolitan area, connecting commuters to a central...

The rail transport system in Denmark consists of 2,633 km of railway lines, of which the Copenhagen S-train network, the main line Helsingør-Copenhagen-Padborg...

and Ireland) or model railroading (US and Canada) is a hobby in which rail transport systems are modelled at a reduced scale. The scale models include locomotives...

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carries a wheelset, attached to a vehicle—a modular subassembly of wheels and axles. Bogies take various forms in various modes of transport. A bogie may...

December 1947. The growth in road transport during the 1920s and 1930s greatly reduced revenue for the rail companies. Rail companies accused the government...

Rail transport in New Zealand is an integral part of New Zealand's transport network, with a nationwide network of 4,375.5 km (2,718.8 mi) of track linking...

In rail transport, track gauge is the distance between the two rails of a railway track. All vehicles on a rail network must have wheelsets that are compatible...

land transport. High-speed rail, first built in the 1960s, has proven competitive with cars and planes over short to medium distances. Commuter rail has...

definition of light rail was proposed by American transport planner H. Dean Quinby in 1962. Quinby distinguished this new concept in rail transportation from...

Powertrain Transaxle Wagon wheel (transportation) Wheel and axle Wheelset (rail transport) Mechanical Engineering design (9th ed.). McGraw Hill. 2010. p...

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1969. January 1 As ordered by court, Penn Central takes over the assets and operations...

"Pointers September 2010". Retrieved 2016-07-18. "Railways Africa". Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rail transport in Botswana. UN Map of Botswana...

system. Compared to other modes of transport, rapid transit has a good safety record, with few accidents. Rail transport is subject to strict safety regulations...