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53 relations: Adhesion railway, Australia Post, Australian pound, Australian Railway Historical Society, Axle load, Bairnsdale V/Line rail service, Berwick, Victoria, Briquette, Dandenong railway station, Diesel locomotive, Direct current, Drouin, Victoria, Dynamic braking, Electric locomotive, Electric multiple unit, EMD F7, English Electric, General Electric, Ghost Rider (film), Glenroy, Victoria, Great Depression, Jolimont Workshops, Latrobe Valley, Lignite, Long ton, Masonite, Melbourne, Newport Workshops, North Melbourne Locomotive Depot, Oakleigh railway station, Operation Phoenix (railway), Overhead line, Pantograph (transport), Poly(methyl methacrylate), Railway Age, Railway air brake, South Dynon Locomotive Depot, Steamrail Victoria, Texas Eagle, The Gippslander, Traralgon, V/Line, Victoria (Australia), Victorian Railways, Victorian Railways B class (diesel), Victorian Railways E class (electric), Victorian Railways H class, Victorian Railways N class, Victorian Railways S class, Victorian Railways X class, ..., Volt, Williamstown North, Victoria, World War II. Expand index (3 more) »
Adhesion railway
An adhesion railway relies on adhesion traction to move the train.
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Australia Post
The Australian Postal Corporation (formerly Commission), operating as Australia Post, is the government-owned corporation that provides postal services in Australia.
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Australian pound
The Australian pound (symbol £) was the currency of Australia from 1910 until 14 February 1966, when it was replaced by the Australian dollar.
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Australian Railway Historical Society
The Australian Railway Historical Society (ARHS) aims to foster an interest in the railways, and record and preserve many facets of railway operations.
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Axle load
The axle load of a wheeled vehicle is the total weight felt by the roadway for all wheels connected to a given axle.
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Bairnsdale V/Line rail service
The Bairnsdale line is a regional passenger rail service operated by V/Line in Victoria, Australia.
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Berwick, Victoria
Berwick is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, south-east of Melbourne's central business district.
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Briquette
A briquette (or briquet) is a compressed block of coal dust or other combustible biomass material such as charcoal, sawdust, wood chips, peat, or paper used for fuel and kindling to start a fire.
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Dandenong railway station
Dandenong railway station is located on the Pakenham and Cranbourne lines in Victoria, Australia.
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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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Direct current
Direct current (DC) is the unidirectional flow of electric charge.
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Drouin, Victoria
Drouin is a town in the West Gippsland region, east of Melbourne, in the Australian state of Victoria.
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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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Electric locomotive
An electric locomotive is a locomotive powered by electricity from overhead lines, a third rail or on-board energy storage such as a battery or a supercapacitor.
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Electric multiple unit
An electric multiple unit or EMU is a multiple-unit train consisting of self-propelled carriages, using electricity as the motive power.
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EMD F7
The EMD F7 was a Diesel-electric locomotive produced between February 1949 and December 1953 by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors (EMD) and General Motors Diesel (GMD).
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English Electric
The English Electric Company Limited was a British industrial manufacturer formed after the armistice of World War I at the end of 1918.
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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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Ghost Rider (film)
Ghost Rider is a 2007 American supernatural superhero horror film written and directed by Mark Steven Johnson and based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name.
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Glenroy, Victoria
Glenroy is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 13 km north of Melbourne's central business district.
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Great Depression
The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression that took place mostly during the 1930s, beginning in the United States.
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Jolimont Workshops
Jolimont Workshops was a railway workshop operated by the Victorian Railways beside Jolimont Yard in inner city Melbourne, Australia.
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Latrobe Valley
The Latrobe Valley is an inland geographical district and urban area of the Gippsland region in the state of Victoria, Australia.
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Lignite
Lignite, often referred to as brown coal, is a soft, brown, combustible, sedimentary rock formed from naturally compressed peat.
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Long ton
Long ton, also known as the imperial ton or displacement ton,Dictionary.com - "a unit for measuring the displacement of a vessel, equal to a long ton of 2240 pounds (1016 kg) or 35 cu.
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Masonite
Masonite is a type of hardboard, another kind of engineered wood, which is made of steam-cooked and pressure-molded wood fibres in a process patented by William H. Mason.
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Melbourne
Melbourne is the state capital of Victoria and the second-most populous city in Australia and Oceania.
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Newport Workshops
The Newport Railway Workshops is a facility in the Melbourne suburb of Newport, Australia, that builds, maintains and refurbishes railway rollingstock.
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North Melbourne Locomotive Depot
North Melbourne Locomotive Depot was the main location for maintenance of the Victorian Railways steam locomotive fleet based in Melbourne.
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Oakleigh railway station
Oakleigh railway station is located on the Pakenham and Cranbourne lines in Victoria, Australia.
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Operation Phoenix (railway)
Operation Phoenix was a post-World War II rehabilitation program carried out by the Victorian Railways (VR) in 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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Poly(methyl methacrylate)
Poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA), also known as acrylic or acrylic glass as well as by the trade names Crylux, Plexiglas, Acrylite, Lucite, and Perspex among several others (see below), is a transparent thermoplastic often used in sheet form as a lightweight or shatter-resistant alternative to glass.
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Railway Age
Railway Age is an American trade journal for the rail transport industry.
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Railway air brake
A railway air brake is a railway brake power braking system with compressed air as the operating medium.
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South Dynon Locomotive Depot
South Dynon Locomotive Depot is an Australian locomotive depot in Melbourne, purpose built for the servicing of diesel and electric locomotives by the Victorian Railways opening in July 1961.
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Steamrail Victoria
Steamrail Victoria is a not-for-profit volunteer group established in 1965 to restore and operate historic locomotives and rolling stock used on the railways in Victoria, Australia.
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Texas Eagle
The Texas Eagle is a 1,306-mile (2,102 km) passenger train route operated by Amtrak in the central and western United States.
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The Gippslander
The Gippslander was an Australian named passenger train operated by the Victorian Railways from Melbourne through the Gippsland region to Bairnsdale.
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Traralgon
Traralgon is a city located in the east of the Latrobe Valley in the Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia.
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V/Line
V/Line is a government-owned corporation that operates the regional passenger train and coach services in Victoria, Australia.
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Victoria (Australia)
Victoria (abbreviated as Vic) is a state in south-eastern Australia.
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Victorian Railways
The Victorian Railways operated in the Australian state of Victoria from 1859 to 1983.
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Victorian Railways B class (diesel)
The B class are a class of diesel locomotives built by Clyde Engineering, Granville for the Victorian Railways in 1952-1953.
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Victorian Railways E class (electric)
The Victorian Railways E class was a class of electric locomotive that ran on the Victorian Railways from 1923 until 1984.
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Victorian Railways H class
The Victorian Railways H class was an express passenger steam locomotive operated by the Victorian Railways from 1941 to 1958.
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Victorian Railways N class
The N class was a branch line steam locomotive that ran on Victorian Railways from 1925 to 1966.
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Victorian Railways S class
The Victorian Railways S class was a class of 4-6-2 express passenger steam locomotive operated by the Victorian Railways (VR) in Australia between 1928 and 1954.
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Victorian Railways X class
The Victorian Railways X class was a mainline goods locomotive of the 2-8-2 'Mikado' type operated by the Victorian Railways (VR) between 1929 and 1960.
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Volt
The volt (symbol: V) is the derived unit for electric potential, electric potential difference (voltage), and electromotive force.
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Williamstown North, Victoria
Williamstown North is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 7 km south-west of Melbourne's central business district.
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World War II
World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_Railways_L_class
