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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 axles of the train both into and out of the section.
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.
Arizona & California operates over 262 miles (422 km) of track, consisting of the following segments: 191-mile (307 km) mainline between Cadiz, CA (BNSF interchange) and Matthie, AZ (BNSF interchange). 4-mile (6.4 km) spur at Rice, CA for railcar storage, formerly part of the abandoned 50-mile (80 km) Rice-Ripley branch.
Western Pacific Railway: California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway: ATSF: 1911 1963 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway: California Central Railroad: 1912 1930 N/A California Central Railroad: SP: 1857 1868 California and Oregon Railroad: California Central Railway: ATSF: 1887 1889 Southern California Railway: California Eastern Railway: ATSF ...
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.
Traditionally these are the wheels, axles, axle boxes, springs and vehicle frame of a railway locomotive or wagon. [1] The running gear of a modern railway vehicle comprises, in most instances, a bogie frame with two wheelsets. However there are also wagons with single axles (fixed or movable) and even individual wheels.
Safetran was founded in 1920 [4] when Safetran's predecessors started developing and fielding products for the growing railroad infrastructure (See Timeline of United States railway history for details about the significant development of the United States' rail infrastructure.)
San Francisco Municipal Railway; San Francisco and Oakland Railroad; San Francisco Zephyr; San Joaquins; Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority; Second Street Cable Railway; Southern California Rapid Transit District; Southwest Chief; Sprinter (rail service) Stockton Electric Railroad; Los Angeles streetcar strike of 1919; Streetcars in ...