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61 relations: Abrasive blasting, Air conditioning, Alternating current, ASEA, Aurizon, Blackwater, Queensland, Blair Athol coal mine, Bo-Bo-Bo, Bogie, Brisbane, Broadmeadow, New South Wales, Clyde Engineering, Co-Co locomotives, Collinsville, Queensland, Commonwealth Engineering, Davies and Metcalfe, Diesel fuel, Diesel locomotive, Diode bridge, Direct current, Don Lane (politician), Downer Rail, Dynamic braking, Eaton Corporation, Emerald, Queensland, Flange, Gear train, General Electric, Gladstone, Queensland, Goonyella railway line, Gregory coal mine, Hay Point, Queensland, Hitachi, Integrated circuit, Joh Bjelke-Petersen, Mackay, Queensland, Maryborough, Queensland, Microprocessor, Newlands coal mine, North Coast railway line, Queensland, Overhead line, Pantograph (transport), Queensland, Queensland Railways 3100/3200 class, Queensland Railways 3300/3400 class, Queensland Railways 3500/3600 class, Queensland Railways 3900 class, Railway electrification system, Relay, Rockhampton, ..., Siemens, Siemens Mobility, Stainless steel, Thyristor, Townsville, Traction motor, Tractive force, Transformer, UGL Rail, Walkers Limited, 25 kV AC railway electrification. Expand index (11 more) »
Abrasive blasting
Abrasive blasting, more commonly known as sandblasting, is the operation of forcibly propelling a stream of abrasive material against a surface under high pressure to smooth a rough surface, roughen a smooth surface, shape a surface or remove surface contaminants.
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Air conditioning
Air conditioning (often referred to as AC, A/C, or air con) is the process of removing heat and moisture from the interior of an occupied space, to improve the comfort of occupants.
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Alternating current
Alternating current (AC) is an electric current which periodically reverses direction, in contrast to direct current (DC) which flows only in one direction.
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ASEA
Allmänna Svenska Elektriska Aktiebolaget (English translation: General Swedish Electric Company; Swedish abbreviation: ASEA) was a Swedish industrial company.
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Aurizon
Aurizon Holdings Limited is a publicly listed rail freight company in Australia.
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Blackwater, Queensland
Blackwater is both a town and a locality in the Central Highlands Region, Queensland, Australia, 190 km west of Rockhampton.
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Blair Athol coal mine
The Blair Athol Coal Mine is a coal mine located in the Bowen Basin of Central Queensland, Australia.
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Bo-Bo-Bo
E656 locomotive, Rome, June 2, 2006. A Bo-Bo-Bo or Bo′Bo′Bo′ (UIC classification) is a locomotive with three independent two-axle bogies with all axles powered by separate traction motors.
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Bogie
A bogie (in some senses called a truck in North American English) is a chassis or framework carrying wheelsets, attached to a vehicle, thus serving as a modular subassembly of wheels and axles.
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Brisbane
Brisbane is the capital of and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland, and the third most populous city in Australia.
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Broadmeadow, New South Wales
Broadmeadow is the geographic centre of Newcastle city.
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Clyde Engineering
Clyde Engineering was an Australian manufacturer of locomotives, rolling stock, and other industrial products.
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Co-Co locomotives
Co-Co is the wheel arrangement for a diesel locomotive with two six-wheeled bogies with all axles powered, with a separate motor per axle.
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Collinsville, Queensland
Collinsville is a town and locality in the Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia.
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Commonwealth Engineering
Commonwealth Engineering was an Australian engineering company that designed and built railway locomotives, rolling stock and trams.
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Davies and Metcalfe
Davies and Metcalfe Ltd was a railway equipment and locomotive manufacturer from Romiley, Manchester, England.
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Diesel fuel
Diesel fuel in general is any liquid fuel used in diesel engines, whose fuel ignition takes place, without any spark, as a result of compression of the inlet air mixture and then injection of fuel.
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Diesel locomotive
A diesel locomotive is a type of railway locomotive in which the prime mover is a diesel engine.
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Diode bridge
A diode bridge is an arrangement of four (or more) diodes in a bridge circuit configuration that provides the same polarity of output for either polarity of input.
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Direct current
Direct current (DC) is the unidirectional flow of electric charge.
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Don Lane (politician)
Donald Frederick (Don) Lane (18 June 1935 – 11 March 1995) was a Minister of Transport in the Bjelke-Petersen state of Queensland's coalition government.
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Downer Rail
Downer Rail is an Australian railway engineering company.
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Dynamic braking
Dynamic braking is the use of an electric traction motor as a generator when slowing a vehicle such as an electric or diesel-electric locomotive.
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Eaton Corporation
Eaton Corporation Plc is a multinational power management company with 2017 sales of $20.4 billion, founded in the United States with corporate headquarters in Dublin, Ireland.
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Emerald, Queensland
Emerald is a town in the Central Highlands Region, Queensland, Australia.
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Flange
A flange is an external or internal ridge, or rim (lip), for strength, as the flange of an iron beam such as an I-beam or a T-beam; or for attachment to another object, as the flange on the end of a pipe, steam cylinder, etc., or on the lens mount of a camera; or for a flange of a rail car or tram wheel.
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Gear train
A gear train is a mechanical system formed by mounting gears on a frame so the teeth of the gears engage.
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General Electric
General Electric Company (GE) is an American multinational conglomerate incorporated in New York and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Gladstone, Queensland
Gladstone is a city in the Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia.
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Goonyella railway line
The Goonyella railway system is located in Central Queensland, Australia.
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Gregory coal mine
The Gregory Coal Mine is an open-cut coal mine located at Crinum, 60 km north east of Emerald in the Central Queensland, Australia.
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Hay Point, Queensland
Hay Point is a locality in Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia.
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Hitachi
() is a Japanese multinational conglomerate company headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan.
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Integrated circuit
An integrated circuit or monolithic integrated circuit (also referred to as an IC, a chip, or a microchip) is a set of electronic circuits on one small flat piece (or "chip") of semiconductor material, normally silicon.
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Joh Bjelke-Petersen
Sir Johannes Bjelke-Petersen, (13 January 191123 April 2005) was an Australian politician.
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Mackay, Queensland
Mackay is a city and its centre suburb in the Mackay Region on the eastern coast of Queensland, Australia.
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Maryborough, Queensland
Maryborough is a city and a suburb in the Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.
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Microprocessor
A microprocessor is a computer processor that incorporates the functions of a central processing unit on a single integrated circuit (IC), or at most a few integrated circuits.
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Newlands coal mine
The Newlands Coal Mine is a coal mine located in the north of the Bowen Basin at Newlands about 28 km northwest of Glenden in North Queensland, Australia.
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North Coast railway line, Queensland
The North Coast railway line is a narrow gauge railway line in Queensland, Australia.
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Overhead line
An overhead line or overhead wire is used to transmit electrical energy to trams, trolleybuses or trains.
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Pantograph (transport)
A pantograph (or "pan") is an apparatus mounted on the roof of an electric train, tram or electric bus to collect power through contact with an overhead line.
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Queensland
Queensland (abbreviated as Qld) is the second-largest and third-most populous state in the Commonwealth of Australia.
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Queensland Railways 3100/3200 class
The 3100/3200 class are a class of electric locomotives built by Comeng, Rocklea for Queensland Rail between 1986 and 1989.
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Queensland Railways 3300/3400 class
The 3300/3400 class are a class of electric locomotives built by Clyde Engineering, Kelso and Somerton for Queensland Rail in 1994-1995.
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Queensland Railways 3500/3600 class
The 3500/3600 class are a class of electric locomotives built by Walkers Limited, Maryborough for Queensland Rail between 1986 and 1988.
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Queensland Railways 3900 class
The 3900 class are a class of electric locomotives built by Walkers Limited, Maryborough for Queensland Rail between 1988 and 1990.
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Railway electrification system
A railway electrification system supplies electric power to railway trains and trams without an on-board prime mover or local fuel supply.
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Relay
A relay is an electrically operated switch.
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Rockhampton
Rockhampton is a city in the Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia.
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Siemens
Siemens AG is a German conglomerate company headquartered in Berlin and Munich and the largest industrial manufacturing company in Europe with branch offices abroad.
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Siemens Mobility
Siemens Mobility is a division of the German conglomerate Siemens.
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Stainless steel
In metallurgy, stainless steel, also known as inox steel or inox from French inoxydable (inoxidizable), is a steel alloy with a minimum of 10.5% chromium content by mass.
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Thyristor
A thyristor is a solid-state semiconductor device with four layers of alternating P- and N-type materials.
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Townsville
Townsville is a city on the north-eastern coast of Queensland, Australia.
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Traction motor
A traction motor is an electric motor used for propulsion of a vehicle, such as an electric locomotive or electric roadway vehicle.
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Tractive force
As used in mechanical engineering, the term tractive force can either refer to the total traction a vehicle exerts on a surface, or the amount of the total traction that is parallel to the direction of motion.
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Transformer
A transformer is a static electrical device that transfers electrical energy between two or more circuits through electromagnetic induction.
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UGL Rail
UGL Rail is an Australian rail company specialising in building, maintaining and refurbishing diesel locomotives, diesel & electric multiple units and freight wagons.
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Walkers Limited
Walkers Limited was an Australian engineering company, based in Maryborough, Queensland.
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25 kV AC railway electrification
25 kV alternating current electrification is commonly used in railway electrification systems worldwide, especially for high-speed rail.
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