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Each standard tracked vehicle is also defined in terms of track width, length, and spacing. Standard wheeled vehicles are designated by the same MLC numbers (4 through 150), which correspond to about 85% of the gross weight in short tons. Each standard wheeled vehicle is defined in terms of gross weight, number of axles, axle spacing, and axle ...
The AAR wheel arrangement system is a method of classifying locomotive (or unit) wheel arrangements that was developed by the Association of American Railroads.Essentially a simplification of the European UIC classification, it is widely used in North America to describe diesel and electric locomotives (including third-rail electric locomotives).
In rail transport, a wheel arrangement or wheel configuration is a system of classifying the way in which wheels are distributed under a locomotive. [1] Several notations exist to describe the wheel assemblies of a locomotive by type, position, and connections, with the adopted notations varying by country.
The Midland Railway 115 Class 4-2-2. Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-2-2 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles, two powered driving wheels on one axle, and two trailing wheels on one axle. Other equivalent classifications are: UIC classification: 2A1 French classification: 211
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If for the high-speed American type 2-6-1 with an average design axle load from the driving wheel pair on the rail - 26.9 tons - back in 1926, it was possible to successfully implement the specified traction and speed characteristics, then for the high-speed Soviet design version, taking into account given axial load - 20 tons, the number of ...
T. TAB (armoured personnel carrier) TAB-63; TAB-71; TAD Turangga; TATA Kestrel; Temsah 1; Temsah 2; Temsah 3; Temsah 4; Temsah 5; Temsah 6; Temsah armoured personnel carrier
1. Two articulated Hunslet Engine 0-4-4-0 DM diesel locomotives were supplied to the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich: Albert in 1934 (scrapped in 1961) and Carnegie in 1954. Carnegie was later sold, subsequently rescued and moved to the Bicton Woodland Railway in 1966. [3]