15 relations: Acacia Ridge, Queensland, Heaviest trains, International Heavy Haul Association, List of steepest gradients on adhesion railways, Locotrol, Minimum railway curve radius, Mount Newman railway, Passing loop, Rail freight transport, Rail transport in Queensland, Railway air brake, SA3 coupler, Transport in Mauritania, Zabaykalsk, 2001.
Acacia Ridge, Queensland
Acacia Ridge is a suburb of the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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Heaviest trains
The heaviest trains in the world are freight trains hauling bulk commodities such as coal and iron ore.
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International Heavy Haul Association
The International Heavy Haul Association is an association of Heavy Haul railways that researches problems with the Rail-Wheel interface.
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List of steepest gradients on adhesion railways
The inclusion of steep gradients on railways avoids the expensive engineering works required to produce more gentle gradients.
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Locotrol
Locotrol is a product of GE Transportation Systems (GETS) that permits railway locomotives to be distributed throughout the length of a train (distributed power).
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Minimum railway curve radius
The minimum railway curve radius is the shortest allowable design radius for the centre line of railway tracks under a particular set of conditions.
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Mount Newman railway
The Mount Newman railway, owned and operated by BHP Billiton, is a private rail network in the Pilbara region of Western Australia built to carry iron ore.
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Passing loop
A passing loop (UK usage) or passing siding (North America) (also called a crossing loop, crossing place or, colloquially, a hole) is a place on a single line railway or tramway, often located at a station, where trains or trams travelling in opposite directions can pass each other.
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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 transport in Queensland
The Queensland rail network, the first in the world to adopt narrow gauge for a main line, and now the second largest narrow gauge network in the world, consists of.
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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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SA3 coupler
The SA3 coupler is a type of railway coupling used mainly, but not exclusively, in Russia and other states of the former Soviet Union.
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Transport in Mauritania
Citizens of Mauritania have various transportation methods.
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Zabaykalsk
Zabaykalsk (Забайка́льск) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Zabaykalsky District of Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia, located on the Sino-Russian border just opposite the Chinese border town of Manzhouli.
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2001
2001 was designated as.
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