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52 relations: Australian Rail Track Corporation, Baltimore and Potomac Tunnel, Baltimore Belt Line, Berrimah Road, Bilevel rail car, Boston and Albany Railroad, Break of gauge, Burlington Tunnel, Chicago Region Environmental and Transportation Efficiency Program, Commonwealth Railway, Containerization, Cross-Harbor Rail Tunnel, Daylighting (tunnels), Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India, Defect detector, Double stack, Economy of metropolitan Detroit, Gallitzin Tunnel, Galt Subdivision, Gateway Distriparks, Glossary of North American railway terms, Hoosac Tunnel, Intermodal container, Intermodal freight transport, J&L Tunnel, Joliet Union Station, Loading gauge, Longest trains, Mechanicville, New York, Mon Line, National Docks Secondary, National Gateway, Ohio Connecting Railroad Bridge, Overhead line, Pan Am Railways, Panama Canal Railway, Piggyback (transportation), Port of Houston, Rail freight transport, Rail freight transportation in New York City and Long Island, Rail transportation in the United States, Railway electrification system, Sarnia, South Coast Rail, The Greenbrier Companies, Thrall Car Manufacturing Company, Trans-Asian Railway, Transport in South Africa, Transportation in Boston, Transportation in Pittsburgh, ..., Twistlock, Well car. Expand index (2 more) »
Australian Rail Track Corporation
The Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) is a Government of Australia owned statutory corporation, established in July 1998, that manages most of Australia's interstate rail network.
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Baltimore and Potomac Tunnel
The Baltimore and Potomac Tunnel (or B&P Tunnel) is a double-tracked, masonry arch railroad tunnel on the Northeast Corridor in Baltimore, Maryland, just south of Pennsylvania Station.
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Baltimore Belt Line
The Baltimore Belt Line was constructed by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) in the early 1890s to connect the railroad's newly constructed line to Philadelphia and New York City/Jersey City with the rest of the railroad at Baltimore, Maryland.
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Berrimah Road
Berrimah Road is a major arterial road in the outer eastern suburbs of Darwin, Northern Territory Australia.
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Bilevel rail car
The bilevel car (American English) or double-decker train (British English and Canadian English) is a type of rail car that has two levels of passenger accommodation, as opposed to one, increasing passenger capacity (in example cases of up to 57% per car).
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Boston and Albany Railroad
The Boston and Albany Railroad was a railroad connecting Boston, Massachusetts to Albany, New York, later becoming part of the New York Central Railroad system, Conrail, and CSX Transportation.
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Break of gauge
With railways, a break of gauge occurs where a line of one gauge meets a line of a different gauge.
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Burlington Tunnel
The Burlington Tunnel (also known as the North Avenue Rail Tunnel) is a railroad tunnel located in Burlington, Vermont and is currently owned and operated by the New England Central Railroad (NECR).
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Chicago Region Environmental and Transportation Efficiency Program
The Chicago Region Environmental and Transportation Efficiency Program (CREATE) is a $3.2 billion project to improve the efficiency of the rail network in the Chicago area by building, amongst other things, flyovers to separate rail traffic on conflicting lines.
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Commonwealth Railway
The Commonwealth Railway, Inc. is a Class III short-line railroad operating of track of a former Norfolk, Franklin and Danville Railway line from Suffolk, Virginia, to Portsmouth, Virginia.
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Containerization
Containerization is a system of intermodal freight transport using intermodal containers (also called shipping containers and ISO containers).
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Cross-Harbor Rail Tunnel
The Cross-Harbor Rail Tunnel (also known as the Cross Harbor Rail Freight Tunnel) is a proposed freight rail transport tunnel under Upper New York Bay in the Port of New York and New Jersey between northeastern New Jersey and Long Island, including southern and eastern New York City.
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Daylighting (tunnels)
Daylighting a tunnel is to remove its "roof" or overlying rock and soil, thus exposing the railway or roadway to daylight.
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Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India
The Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL) is a corporation run by the Ministry of Railways (India) to undertake planning & development, mobilisation of financial resources and construction, maintenance and operation of the Dedicated Freight Corridors.
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Defect detector
A defect detector is a device used on railroads to detect axle and signal problems in passing trains.
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Double stack
Double stack may refer to.
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Economy of metropolitan Detroit
The metropolitan area surrounding and including Detroit, Michigan is a ten-county area with a population of over 5.9 million, a workforce of 2.6 million, and about 347,000 businesses.
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Gallitzin Tunnel
The Gallitzin Tunnels in Gallitzin, Pennsylvania, formed the Pennsylvania Railroad's passage through the Allegheny Mountains in western Pennsylvania.
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Galt Subdivision
Canadian Pacific's Galt Subdivision is Canadian Pacific's 114.6 mile long section of its Montréal-Detroit freight corridor.
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Gateway Distriparks
Gateway Distriparks Limited, a company based in Mumbai, India, is a logistics facilitator with three verticals: Container Freight Stations (CFS), Inland Container Depots (ICD) with rail movement and Cold Chain Storage & Logistics.
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Glossary of North American railway terms
This page contains a list of terms, jargon, and slang used to varying degrees by railfans and railroad employees in the United States and Canada.
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Hoosac Tunnel
The Hoosac Tunnel (also called Hoosic or Hoosick Tunnel) is a active railroad tunnel in western Massachusetts that passes through the Hoosac Range, an extension of Vermont's Green Mountains.
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Intermodal container
An intermodal container is a large standardized shipping container, designed and built for intermodal freight transport, meaning these containers can be used across different modes of transport – from ship to rail to truck – without unloading and reloading their cargo.
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Intermodal freight transport
Intermodal freight transport involves the transportation of freight in an intermodal container or vehicle, using multiple modes of transportation (e.g., rail, ship, and truck), without any handling of the freight itself when changing modes.
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J&L Tunnel
J&L Tunnel is a tunnel on CSX Transportation's Pittsburgh Subdivision, at the former location of Jones and Laughlin Steel Company (now the SouthSide Works).
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Joliet Union Station
Joliet Union Station is a former commuter and long-distance railroad station in Joliet, Illinois serving both Amtrak long-distance and Metra commuter trains.
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Loading gauge
A loading gauge defines the maximum height and width for railway vehicles and their loads to ensure safe passage through bridges, tunnels and other structures.
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Longest trains
The length of a train, including the longest trains, may be measured in number of wagons (for bulk loads such as coal and iron ore) or in metres for general freight.
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Mechanicville, New York
Mechanicville is a city in Saratoga County, New York, United States.
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Mon Line
The Mon Line is an 85-mile long Norfolk Southern rail line which runs along the Monongahela River for most of its route.
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National Docks Secondary
National Docks Secondary is freight rail line within Conrail's North Jersey Shared Assets Area in Hudson County, New Jersey, used by CSX Transportation.
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National Gateway
National Gateway is a multi-stage railroad construction project in the United States promoted by CSX Transportation, a unit of CSX Corporation.
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Ohio Connecting Railroad Bridge
The Ohio Connecting Railroad Bridge is a steel bridge which crosses the Ohio River at Brunot's Island at the west end of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.
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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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Pan Am Railways
Pan Am Railways, Inc. (PAR), known before March 2006 as Guilford Rail System, is an American holding company that owns and operates Class II regional railroads covering northern New England from Mattawamkeag, Maine, to Rotterdam Junction, New York.
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Panama Canal Railway
The Panama Canal Railway (Ferrocarril de Panamá) is a railway line that runs parallel to the Panama Canal, linking the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean in Central America.
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Piggyback (transportation)
Piggyback transportation refers to the transportation of goods where one transportation unit is carried on the back of something else.
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Port of Houston
The Port of Houston is one of world's largest ports and serves the metropolitan area of Houston, Texas.
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Rail freight transport
Rail freight transport is the use of railroads and trains to transport cargo as opposed to human passengers.
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Rail freight transportation in New York City and Long Island
From the start of railroading in America through the first half of the 20th century, New York City and Long Island were major areas for rail freight transportation, but their location, across the Hudson River from northeastern New Jersey, and thus most of the United States, has always posed problems for rail traffic.
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Rail transportation in the United States
Rail transportation in the United States consists primarily of freight shipments, while passenger service, once a large and vital part of the nation's passenger transportation network, plays a limited role as compared to transportation patterns in many other countries.
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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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Sarnia
Sarnia is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada, and had a 2016 population of 71,594.
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South Coast Rail
South Coast Rail is a project to build a new southern line of the MBTA Commuter Rail system along several abandoned and freight-only rail lines.
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The Greenbrier Companies
The Greenbrier Companies is an American publicly-traded transportation manufacturing corporation based in Lake Oswego, Oregon, United States.
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Thrall Car Manufacturing Company
Thrall Car Manufacturing Company was a manufacturer of railroad freight cars in Chicago Heights, Illinois from 1917 to 2001.
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Trans-Asian Railway
The Trans-Asian Railway (TAR) is a project to create an integrated freight railway network across Europe and Asia.
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Transport in South Africa
Different methods of Transport in South Africa include roads, railways, airports, water, and pipelines for petroleum oil.
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Transportation in Boston
The Boston transportation system includes roadway, subway, regional rail, air, and sea options for passenger and freight transit in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Transportation in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, surrounded by rivers and hills, has a unique transportation infrastructure that includes roads, tunnels, bridges, railroads, inclines, bike paths, and stairways.
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Twistlock
A twistlock and corner casting together form a standardized rotating connector for securing shipping containers.
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Well car
A well car, also known as a double-stack car or stack car (also well wagon), is a type of railroad car specially designed to carry intermodal containers (shipping containers) used in intermodal freight transport.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-stack_rail_transport
