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21Well car — A double stack car owned by the TTX Company. The 53 ft (16.15 m) capacity car is a Gunderson Maxi IV. The containers are owned by Pacer Stacktrain. A well car, also known as a double stack car or stack car, is a type of railroad car… …
22locomotive — locomotively, adv. locomotiveness, locomotivity, n. /loh keuh moh tiv/, n. 1. a self propelled, vehicular engine, powered by steam, a diesel, or electricity, for pulling or, sometimes, pushing a train or individual railroad cars. 2. an organized… …
23Steam locomotive — A steam locomotive is a locomotive powered by steam. The term usually refers to its use on railways, but can also refer to a road locomotive such as a traction engine or steamroller.Steam locomotives dominated rail traction from the mid 19th… …
24Double-stack car — A double stack car, also called a stack car for short, or a well car due to its shape, is a type of railroad car specially designed to carry intermodal container freight. As the name implies, double stack container cars are built to carry two… …
25Coast Daylight (SP) — Officially named simply Daylight when launched,the Coast Daylight was a passenger train originally run by the Southern Pacific Railroad (SP) between the cities of Los Angeles and San Francisco, California, via SP s Coast Line. In the eyes of many …
26Mason Bogie — The Wm. Mason, an 1874 0 6 6 Mason Bogie and the first locomotive with Walschaerts valve gear built in the United States. Note the intricate decorative work …
27Europe, history of — Introduction history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …
28Union Pacific Big Boy — Infobox Locomotive name=Union Pacific Big Boy powertype=Steam caption=Big Boy #4014 on display in Pomona, CA gauge=4 ft 8½ in (1435 mm) whytetype=4 8 8 4 uicclass=(2 D)D2 railroad=Union Pacific railroadclass = 4000 class numinclass=25… …
292-8-8-4 — Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, a 2 8 8 4 is a locomotive with two leading wheels, two sets of eight driving wheels, and a four wheel trailing truck.Other equivalent classifications are: UIC classification:… …
30Light rail — For specific light rail systems, many of which use the words light rail as part of their name, see List of tram and light rail transit systems. Edmonton Light Rail Transit in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada …
