enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. Buffers and chain coupler - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffers_and_chain_coupler

   Narrow gauge flat wagons, 750 mm (2 ft 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 in).Note the single buffer with a hook on the right side and a chain on the other. On some narrow-gauge lines in Europe, and on the Paris Metro, a simplified version of the loose-coupler is used, consisting of a single central buffer with a chain underneath.

3. List of railroad truck parts - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_railroad_truck_parts

   An axlebox, also known as a journal box in North America, is the mechanical subassembly on each end of the axles under a railway wagon, coach or locomotive; it contains bearings and thus transfers the wagon, coach or locomotive weight to the wheels and rails; the bearing design is typically oil-bathed plain bearings on older rolling stock, or roller bearings on newer rolling stock.

4. Buffer (rail transport) - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffer_(rail_transport)

   Direct comparison between normal buffer (right) and high-performance buffer (left) for freight wagons. Standardised buffers are used by European railway companies: Freight wagon: Buffer with 75 mm stroke UIC 526-2 VE 1981-01. However, these buffers are no longer in use. Freight wagon: Buffer with 105 mm stroke UIC 526-1 VE 1998-07; Freight ...

5. Harbor Freight Tools - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harbor_Freight_Tools

   Harbor Freight Tools, commonly referred to as Harbor Freight, is an American privately held tool and equipment retailer, headquartered in Calabasas, California. It operates a chain of retail stores, as well as an e-commerce business.

6. Railroad Safety Appliance Act - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railroad_Safety_Appliance_Act

   The original law was amended by a subsequent act in 1903, whose first section provides that the requirements of the original act respecting train brakes, automatic couplers, and grab irons shall be held to apply to all trains and cars used on any railroad engaged in interstate commerce, unless a minor exception were satisfied.

7. Track brake - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Track_brake

   A magnetic track brake (Mg brake) is a brake for rail vehicles. It consists of brake magnets, pole shoes , a suspension, a power transmission and, in the case of mainline railroads , a track rod. When current flows through the magnet coil, the magnet is attracted to the rail, which presses the pole shoes against the rail, thereby decelerating ...