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A cattle grid on a country road in the Yorkshire Dales Cattle grid on a railway line in northeastern New Mexico Cattle grid in Galong, Australia. A cattle grid – also known as a stock grid in Australia; cattle guard, or cattle grate in American English; vehicle pass, or stock gap in the Southeastern United States; [1] Texas gate in western Canada and the northwestern United States; [2] and a ...
A level crossing with manually-controlled full barriers at Chertsey, England. The barriers are rising. A four-quadrant gate or full-barrier equipment is a type of boom barrier gate protecting a grade crossing. It has a gate mechanism on both sides of the tracks for both directions of automotive traffic.
However, even with livestock handlers and faster schedules, many stock cars were still listed on company rosters with open roofs and very little in the way of improved conditions for the livestock themselves. [7] Most railroads resisted the call for as long as possible from shippers for improvements to cars specifically designed to carry livestock.
A bump gate is a drive-through gate used in rural areas to provide a barrier to livestock but does not require the driver to exit the vehicle. By gently contacting the swinging bump gate with the front of a vehicle and then accelerating, the gate is pushed open, allowing the vehicle to pass.
A wooden turnstile for keeping livestock penned in (Zwierzyniec, Poland).A circa-1930 turnstile and kiosk at the Bath Recreation Ground. Turnstiles were originally used, like other forms of stile, to allow human beings to pass while keeping sheep or other livestock penned in. [citation needed] The use of turnstiles in most modern applications has been credited to Clarence Saunders, who used ...
AC/DC has unveiled dates for the 2025 “Power Up” North American tour — the band’s first dates on the continent since 2016. It will also be singer Brian Johnson’s first run in an even ...
The Tar Heels program is certain to experience a complete overhaul in the next several months. During his interview with McAfee, Belichick made it quite clear: He’d bring an NFL mentality and ...
A cattle wagon or a livestock wagon is a type of railway vehicle designed to carry livestock.Within the classification system of the International Union of Railways they fall under Class H - special covered wagons - which, in turn are part of the group of covered goods wagons, although cattle have historically also been transported in open goods wagons.