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The Nürburgring (German pronunciation: [ˈnyːɐ̯bʊʁkˌʁɪŋ] ⓘ) is a 150,000-person capacity motorsports complex located in the town of Nürburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984, and a long Nordschleife "North loop" track, built in the 1920s, around the village and medieval castle of ...
The Tehachapi Loop is a 3,779-foot-long (0.72 mi; 1.15 km) spiral, [1] or helix, on the Union Pacific Railroad Mojave Subdivision through Tehachapi Pass, of the Tehachapi Mountains in Kern County, south-central California. The line connects Bakersfield and the San Joaquin Valley to Mojave in the Mojave Desert.
Spiral (railway) For the engineering term applying to railway track geometry, see Track transition curve. Spiral viaduct of the Bernina Express near Brusio, Switzerland. A spiral (sometimes called a spiral loop or just loop) is a technique employed by railways to ascend steep hills. A railway spiral rises on a steady curve until it has ...
A railway track (British English and ... (1831) 15 feet (4.6 m) long and weighing 36 pounds per ... audio frequency track circuits can be employed using a tuned loop ...
The full Long Course (1971–1991) including the "Boot"; the 1971 Six Hours layout is illustrated with the gray connection after the Outer Loop The full Long Course with the "Boot" and the Inner Loop (1992–present). The circuit underwent a major overhaul for the 1971 season.
The Horseshoe Curveis a three-track railroadcurveon Norfolk Southern Railway's Pittsburgh Linein Blair County, Pennsylvania. The curve is roughly 2,375 feet (700 m) long and 1,300 feet (400 m) in diameter. Completed in 1854 by the Pennsylvania Railroadas a way to reduce the westbound grade to the summit of the Allegheny Mountains, it replaced ...
In music, a loop is a repeating section of sound material. Short sections can be repeated to create ostinato patterns. Longer sections can also be repeated: for example, a player might loop what they play on an entire verse of a song in order to then play along with it, accompanying themselves. Loops can be created using a wide range of music ...
If the crossing loop is long enough to hold several trains, and to allow opposing trains to cross without slowing down or stopping, then that may be regarded as double-track. A more modern British term for such a layout is an extended loop.