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2. Hoosier Racing Tire - Wikipedia

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   [2] [3] Hoosier makes tires aimed at both amateurs and professionals competing in a variety of disciplines including stock car racing, road racing, dirt track racing, drag racing, rallying, and more. Hoosier Tire was purchased by Continental AG on October 4, 2016. [4] [5] The tire company was purchased for a total nearing $140 million ...

3. Micheline (railcar) - Wikipedia

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   Michelines were a series of rubber-tyred trains developed in France in the 1930s by various rail companies and rubber-tyre manufacturer Michelin. Some Michelines were built in the United States by the Budd Company. [1] Most Michelines were self-propelled, but a number of locomotive-hauled trainsets were also produced.

4. Budd–Michelin rubber-tired rail cars - Wikipedia

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   The Budd–Michelin rubber-tired rail cars were built by the Budd Company in the United States between 1931 and 1933 using French firm Michelin's "Micheline" rail car design. Michelin built its first rail car in 1929, and by 1932 had built a fleet of nine cars that all featured innovative and distinctive pneumatic tires .

5. Railway tire - Wikipedia

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   Steel tire on a steam locomotive's driving wheel is heated with gas flames to expand and loosen it so it may be slipped over the wheel.. The steel wheel of a steam locomotive and other older types of rolling stock were usually fitted with a steel tire (American English) or tyre (in British English, Australian English and others) to provide a replaceable wearing element on a costly wheel.

6. Pauline (railcar) - Wikipedia

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   Given the success of the railcar, in the late 1920s Michelin designed lightweight railcars equipped with pneumatic tires to replace steel wheels. [5] While this new solution improved passenger comfort and provided better grip between the wheel and the rail, it also severely limited axle load, making it necessary to increase the number of wheels ...

7. Wheelset (rail transport) - Wikipedia

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   A rail vehicle wheelset, comprising two wheels mounted rigidly on an axle A wheelset is a pair of railroad vehicle wheels mounted rigidly on an axle allowing both wheels to rotate together. Wheelsets are often mounted in a bogie (" truck " in North America ) – a pivoted frame assembly holding at least two wheelsets – at each end of the vehicle.

8. Rubber-tyred metro - Wikipedia

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   A rubber-tyred metro or rubber-tired metro is a form of rapid transit system that uses a mix of road and rail technology. The vehicles have wheels with rubber tires that run on a roll way inside guide bars for traction. Traditional, flanged steel wheels running on rail tracks provide guidance through switches and act as backup if tyres fail ...

9. List of White Pass and Yukon Route locomotives and cars ...

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   Offered for sale in 2022. 96 General Electric Co. 1,450 hp (1,080 kW) C-C: March 1963 34593 Originally, GE pattern GEX3341 [71] with Alco 6-251B prime mover. Purchased new. Converted to CLEAR 140 by Sygnet Rail Technologies with Cummins QSK45L prime mover in 2012-2013. Offered for sale in 2022. 97 General Electric Co. 1,450 hp (1,080 kW) C-C ...