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2. 19-inch rack - Wikipedia

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   A 23-inch (580 mm) rack is used for housing telephone (primarily), computer, audio, and other equipment though is less common than the 19-inch rack. The size denotes the width of the faceplate for the installed equipment. The rack unit is a measure of vertical spacing and is common to both the 19 and 23-inch racks.

3. Rack rail - Wikipedia

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   The height of rack rail is determined by the number of rack units required for mounting the equipment. The design of racks and rack rails is specified in ECIA - EIA/ECA-310. Each rack unit (U) is equivalent to 1 + 3 ⁄ 4 in (44 mm). Most rack rail is in sizes from 2 units high (3 + 1 ⁄ 2 in or 89 mm) to 54 units high (78 + 3 ⁄ 4 in or ...

4. Bogie - Wikipedia

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   Special flanged steel wheels are behind the rubber-tired running wheels, with additional horizontal guide wheels in front of and behind the running wheels, as well. The unusually large flanges on the steel wheels guide the bogie through standard railroad switches , and in addition keep the train from derailing in case the tires deflate .

5. Wheelset (rail transport) - Wikipedia

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   The rails generally slant inwards at 1 in 40, a lesser angle than the wheel cone. Without the conical shape, a wheel would tend to continue in a straight path due to the inertia of the rail vehicle, causing the wheelset to move towards the outer rail on the curve. The cone increases the effective diameter of the wheel as it moves towards the ...

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8. Autorack - Wikipedia

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   The New York Central, which used the Flexi-Van system of transporting only the highway trailer body without the wheel assembly, developed a Flexi-Van automobile carrier rack. Seeking a more efficient method, in February 1959 the Saint Louis-San Francisco Railroad (SL-SF, or Frisco) designed and built a prototype bi-level rack mounted on 42-foot ...

9. Roadrailer - Wikipedia

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   RoadRailers were a trailer or semi-trailer that could be hauled on roads by a tractor unit and then by way of a fifth wheel coupling, operate in a unit train on railway lines. The RoadRailer system allowed trailers to be pulled by locomotives without the use of flatcars, instead attaching trailers directly to bogies.