cant deficiency
1Cant deficiency — The term cant deficiency is defined in the context of travel of a rail vehicle at constant speed on a constant radius curve. Cant itself is a British synonym for the superelevation of the curve, that is, the elevation of the outside rail minus… …
2Cant (road/rail) — The cant of a road (sometimes referred to as camber or cross slope) or railway (also referred to as superelevation) is the difference in elevation between the two edges. A cant which is not equal to zero results in a banked turn, allowing… …
3Minimum railway curve radius — 90 foot (27.43 m) radii on the elevated 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) Chicago L . There is no room for longer radii at this street intersection The minimum railway curve radius, the shortest design radius, has an… …
4Gauntlet track — or interlaced track (also gantlet track) is where railway tracks converge onto a single roadbed and are interlaced to pass through a narrow passage such as a cutting, bridge, or tunnel. A frog at each end allows the two tracks to overlap, and the …
5Tilting train — A tilting train is a train with a mechanism that enables increased speed on regular railway tracks. As any vehicle rounds a curve at speed, objects inside the train are in a non inertial frame and experience centrifugal force since the vehicle is …
6Coach (rail) — A railway coach mdash; also known, especially in the UK, as a railway carriage mdash; is a passenger car designed for the conveyance of passengers by rail (the first such vehicles were, in fact, often road coaches mounted on frames equipped with… …
7Curtiss P-40 — Infobox Aircraft name= P 40 Warhawk Tomahawk / Kittyhawk type=Fighter aircraft manufacturer=Curtiss Wright Corporation caption=Curtiss P 40E at the National Museum of the United States Air Force.jpg caption=Hawk 87A 3/Kittyhawk IA, s/n AK987 , in …
8Curtiss P-40 Warhawk — P 40 redirects here. For other uses, see P 40 (disambiguation). P 40 Warhawk Tomahawk / Kittyhawk A Hawk 87A 3 (Kittyhawk …
9railroad — /rayl rohd /, n. 1. a permanent road laid with rails, commonly in one or more pairs of continuous lines forming a track or tracks, on which locomotives and cars are run for the transportation of passengers, freight, and mail. 2. an entire system… …
10break — Synonyms and related words: abeyance, about ship, about face, abrade, abrasion, abscond, abysm, abyss, accidentality, acclimate, acclimatize, accommodate, accommodation, accustom, actuarial calculation, adapt, adaptation, adjust, adjustment,… …
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