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An axle counter detection point in the UK Axle counter for automatic railway crossing (Slovenia) An axle counter is a system used in railway signalling to detect the clear or occupied status of a specified section of track. The system generally consists of a wheel sensor (one for each end of the section) and an evaluation unit for counting the ...
An axlebox, also known as a journal box in North America, is the mechanical subassembly on each end of the axles under a railway wagon, coach or locomotive; it contains bearings and thus transfers the wagon, coach or locomotive weight to the wheels and rails; the bearing design is typically oil-bathed plain bearings on older rolling stock, or roller bearings on newer rolling stock.
[citation needed] Competitors Budd, Pullman-Standard, Rohr Industries, and the St. Louis Car Company have all either left the market or gone out of business. ACF railcar M-300, built in 1935, on the California Western Railroad in 1970
Owned by PRS, stored at the Southern California Railway Museum 2445-2446 Pullman articulated coach Owned by PRS, stored at the Southern California Railway Museum 2473-2474 Pullman articulated coach Undergoing restoration; Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, Ca. 2979 Pullman lounge car: Undergoing restoration; Niles Canyon Railway, Sunol, Ca
At either end are trucks with one idler axle; the center truck has four powered axles. The original 1904–1909 New York Central S-Motor third-rail electric locomotives (for the Grand Central Terminal electrification) and the Great Northern Z-1 electric locomotives (for the Cascade Tunnel electrification) used this arrangement. [citation needed]
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.
RSD-1: An RS-1 with two three axle trucks instead of the normal two axle trucks. The three axle trucks allowed the locomotive to operate safely on lighter track, as its weight was more evenly distributed by the additional axles. Unlike the RSC-1, all axles were powered. RSC-1: An RS-1 with three-axle trucks, having an A1A-A1A wheel
St. Louis "Baby Five" 1902 [65] 200–229 500–529 [65] 30 [65] 1934 First cars built new for Pacific Electric. Renumbered in 1911. Car 524 maintained at the Southern California Railway Museum: St. Louis "Medium Five" 1909 [65] 230–249 530–549 [65] 20 [65] 1934 Renumbered in 1911. Car 530 maintained at the Southern California Railway ...