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A train in Alaska transporting crude oil in March 2006. Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel rails. [1]
Bicycles, electric bicycles, and scooters in Yangzhou, China in 2008. A spacecraft and an aircraft above California, United States in 1977. A vehicle (from Latin vehiculum) [1] is a machine designed for self- propulsion, usually to transport people, cargo, or both.
A train crew member who performs railcar and track management, often a single job description along with switchman ("brakeman/switchman"). A brakeman manually activated brakes on railroad cars before the advent of air brakes. A type of inspection car or speeder, typically streamlined, manufactured by Buda Engine Co.
Road–rail excavator British jeep in France, 1945. A road–rail vehicle or a rail–road vehicle is a dual-mode vehicle which can operate both on rail tracks and roads. [1] [2] They are also known as two-way vehicles (German: Zweiwegefahrzeug), [3] hi-rail (from highway and railway, or variations such as high-rail, HiRail, Hy-rail [failed verification]), [4] and rail and road vehicles.
Circa 1917, American section gang (gandy dancers) responsible for maintenance of a particular section of railway. One man is holding a lining bar (gandy), while others are using rail tongs to position a rail. Track needs regular maintenance to remain in good order, especially when high-speed trains are involved.
Derailment. In rail transport, a derailment is a type of train wreck that occurs when a rail vehicle such as a train comes off its rails. Although many derailments are minor, all result in temporary disruption of the proper operation of the railway system and they are a potentially serious hazard.
The third rail of a nation's politics is a metaphor for any issue so controversial that it is "charged" and "untouchable" to the extent that any politician or public official who dares to broach the subject will invariably suffer politically. The metaphor comes from the high-voltage third rail in some electric railway systems.
Oldest railroads in North America. A Gilded Age train station sits at the summit terminus of what was one of the most important nine miles of railroad in the United States in the 1830s: the Mauch Chunk and Summit Hill Railroad, which later became the Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway. The Victorian building replaced the original offices, becoming ...