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  • 1Rail tracks — are used on railways (or railroads), which, together with railroad switches (or points), guide trains without the need for steering. Tracks consist of two parallel steel rails, which are laid upon sleepers (or cross ties) that are embedded in… …

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  • 2Rail fastening system — Elements of a baseplate based rail fastening system 1. Screw for fixing plate to sleeper 2. Elastomeric pad supporting rail 3. Tension washer 4. Rail clamp 5. Tensioning bolt (nut not shown) 6. Baseplate …

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  • 3Rail transport — Railroad and Railway both redirect here. For other uses, see Railroad (disambiguation). Rail transport is the conveyance of passengers and goods by means of wheeled vehicles specially designed to run along railways or railroads. Rail transport is …

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  • 4Head Games (Doctor Who) — Doctorwhobook title=Head Games series=Virgin New Adventures number= 43 featuring=Seventh Doctor Bernice, Chris, Roz, Mel, Ace writer=Steve Lyons publisher=Virgin Books isbn= ISBN 0 426 20454 9 pages= date=October 1995 preceding=Toy Soldiers… …

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  • 5Glossary of rail terminology — Rail transport Operations Track Maintenance High speed Gauge Stations …

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  • 6Track (rail transport) — Permanent way redirects here. For other uses, see Permanent way (disambiguation). Twin rail tracks in a wooded area …

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  • 7Link Light Rail — Infobox Public transit name = Link Light Rail imagesize = 200px locale = Seattle metropolitan area transit type = Light rail began operation = Tacoma Link: August 22 2003 Central Link: est. 2009 system length = 17.3 lines = 2 stations = 9… …

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  • 8List of rail accidents (pre-1950) — For a list of 1950 1999 rail accidents, see List of 1950 1999 rail accidents.For a list of post 2000 rail accidents, see List of rail accidents. notoc Pre 1830 1815 * 1815, exact date unclear ndash; Philadelphia, Co Durham, England: 16 people,… …

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  • 9Light rail in North America — The term light rail was coined in 1972 by the U.S. Urban Mass Transit Association (UMTA) to describe new streetcar transformations which were taking place in Europe and the United States. The Germans used the term stadtbahn to describe the… …

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  • 10Baltimore Light Rail — Light Rail Info Locale Baltimore, Maryland Transit type Light rail …

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