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  2. Minecart - Wikipedia

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    Cart from 16th century, found in Transylvania A dumper minecart used in the Basque Country, currently at the Minery Museum.. A minecart, mine cart, or mine car (or more rarely mine trolley or mine hutch) is a type of rolling stock found on a mine railway, used for transporting ore and materials procured in the process of traditional mining.

  3. Rotary car dumper - Wikipedia

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    A rotary car dumper or wagon tippler (UK) is a mechanism used for unloading certain railroad cars such as hopper cars, gondolas or mine cars (tipplers, UK). It holds the rail car to a section of track and then rotates the track and car together to dump out the contents. Used with gondola cars, it is making open hopper cars obsolete.

  4. Tipple - Wikipedia

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    Tipples were initially used with minecarts, also called tubs or tram cars, or mine cars in the U.S. These were small hopper cars that carried the product on a mine railway out of the mine. When a mine car entered the upper level of the tipple, its contents were dumped through a chute leading to a railroad hopper car positioned on a track ...

  5. Hopper car - Wikipedia

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    A hopper car (NAm) or hopper wagon (UIC) is a type of railroad freight car that has opening doors on the underside or on the sides to discharge its cargo. They are used to transport loose solid bulk commodities such as coal , ore , grain , and track ballast .

  6. Quarry tub - Wikipedia

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    A tub or quarry tub is a type of railway or tramway wagon used in quarries and other industrial locations for the transport of minerals (such as coal, sand, ore, clay and stone) from a quarry or mine face to processing plants or between various parts of an industrial site. [1]

  7. Norovirus cases are surging. A doctor explains what to look for

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    Use an internal thermometer and make sure that what you are cooking reaches the recommended temperature. Don’t eat perishable food that has been left out for more than two hours. Be sure to wash ...

  8. Mine train roller coaster - Wikipedia

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    Traditional mine train roller coaster track elements include several banked turns and helices. There are sometimes level straightaway sections, but few large drops. Most include more than one lift hill. Often, a mine train roller coaster will make its way through trees, tunnels, rock formations, and over small bodies of water.

  9. Dick Van Dyke, 99, proves he doesn't skip leg day in new video

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    Dick Van Dyke still makes time for leg day. The actor celebrated his 99th birthday on Dec. 13, then appears to have hit the gym a few days later, according to a video shared on his Instagram page ...