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2. Plarail - Wikipedia

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   Plarail toy. Plarail (プラレール, Purarēru) is a toy train and plastic track system made by Tomy and introduced in Japan in 1959. [1] It was expanded into a battery-operated electric toy train system in October 1961. [1][2] Plarail is not compatible with most other brands of model railway, although as it has a similar rail gauge to the ...

3. Transfer table - Wikipedia

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   A transfer table contains two tracks with different configurations. The table is moved sideways or rotated [3] to choose the configuration that connects the track that the incoming train will be traveling from and to. Using transfer table as a switch or a rotary switch allows the center rack rail to be aligned for the cog wheels to continually ...

4. Rail transport modelling - Wikipedia

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   Z scale (1:220) scene of a 2-6-0 steam locomotive being turned. A scratch-built Russell snow plow is parked on a stub (Val Ease Central Railroad). Railway modelling (UK, Australia, New Zealand, and Ireland) or model railroading (US and Canada) is a hobby in which rail transport systems are modelled at a reduced scale.

5. Railway turntable - Wikipedia

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   A turntable for the Central Railroad of New Jersey. Turnplates at the Park Lane goods station of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway in 1831. Early wagonways were industrial railways for transporting goods—initially bulky and heavy items, particularly mined stone, ores and coal—from one point to another, most often to a dockside to be loaded onto ships. [4]

6. SBB RABe 501 - Wikipedia

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   SBB RABe 501 with Scharfenberg coupler opened at Zurich HB. The RABe 501, nicknamed Giruno, is a high-speed electric multiple unit train built by Stadler Rail of Switzerland for the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB). According to Stadler Rail, it was the world's first single-decker low-floor high-speed train. [5]

7. Bachmann Industries - Wikipedia

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   Bachmann Trains. Bachmann Industries (Bachmann Brothers, Inc.) is a Bermuda -registered, Chinese -owned company, globally headquartered in Hong Kong; specialising in model railroading. Founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the home of its North American headquarters, Bachmann is today part of the Kader group, whose model products are made at a ...