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  2. Guard rail (rail transport) - Wikipedia

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    Guard rails at Diêu Trì railway station, Vietnam This curved track in Myanmar, near Pekon, includes a guard rail on the inside rail of the curve. In rail transport, guard rails or check rails are rails used in the construction of the track, placed parallel to regular running rail to keep the wheels of rolling stock in alignment to prevent derailment.

  3. Traffic barrier - Wikipedia

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    Traffic barrier with a pedestrian guardrail behind it. Traffic barriers (known in North America as guardrails or guard rails, [1] in Britain as crash barriers, [2] and in auto racing as Armco barriers [3]) keep vehicles within their roadway and prevent them from colliding with dangerous obstacles such as boulders, sign supports, trees, bridge abutments, buildings, walls, and large storm drains ...

  4. Comparison of train and tram tracks - Wikipedia

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    Right, the guard rail, which prevents the opposite wheel from derailing on the common crossing at the left. The point where two straight but intersecting rails cross is called a crossing (UK parlance: frog). A groove through each rail allows the wheel flanges to pass through the intersecting rails.

  5. Guard rail - Wikipedia

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    Guardrail protecting expensive machinery. The majority of safety guardrails used in industrial workplaces are made from fabricated steel. Steel guardrail was originally developed by Armco (The American Rolling Mill Company) in 1933 as highway guardrail but is often used in the factories and warehouses of the industrial sector, despite not being intended for this application. [4]

  6. Tramway track - Wikipedia

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    Grooved rail, used when track is laid in places traversed by other vehicles or pedestrians. A grooved rail, groove rail, or girder rail is a special rail with a groove designed for tramway or railway track in pavement or grassed surfaces (grassed track or track in a lawn). The head on the right-hand side of the rail bears the vehicle's weight.

  7. Cable barrier - Wikipedia

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    A cable barrier separating lanes on a 2+1 road in Sweden. A cable barrier, sometimes referred to as guard cable or wire rope safety barrier (WRSB), is a type of roadside or median safety traffic barrier/guard rail.

  8. Woman and 2 children, including infant, die at Niagara Falls ...

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    A woman and two children, including an infant, died at Niagara Falls after crossing the safety guard rails, New York State Police said. On Oct. 28, at approximately 9 p.m.,

  9. Guard rails - Wikipedia

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