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Shay locomotive and Track (rail transport)

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Difference between Shay locomotive and Track (rail transport)

Shay locomotive vs. Track (rail transport)

The Shay locomotive was the most widely used geared steam locomotive. The track on a railway or railroad, also known as the permanent way, is the structure consisting of the rails, fasteners, railroad ties (sleepers, British English) and ballast (or slab track), plus the underlying subgrade.

Similarities between Shay locomotive and Track (rail transport)

Shay locomotive and Track (rail transport) have 4 things in common (in Unionpedia): Grade (slope), Rail transport, Railroad tie, Tramway (industrial).

Grade (slope)

The grade (also called slope, incline, gradient, mainfall, pitch or rise) of a physical feature, landform or constructed line refers to the tangent of the angle of that surface to the horizontal.

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Rail transport

Rail transport is a means of transferring of passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, also known as tracks.

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Railroad tie

A railroad tie/railway tie/crosstie (North America) or railway sleeper (Britain, Ireland, South Asia, Australasia, and Africa) is a rectangular support for the rails in railroad tracks.

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Tramway (industrial)

Tramways (not to be confused with a system of passenger carrying trams) are lightly laid railways, sometimes worked without locomotives.

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Shay locomotive and Track (rail transport) Comparison

Shay locomotive has 61 relations, while Track (rail transport) has 130. As they have in common 4, the Jaccard index is 2.09% = 4 / (61 + 130).

References

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