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Concrete sleepers were first used on the Alford and Sutton Tramway in 1884. Their first use on a main line railway was by the Reading Company in America in 1896, as recorded by AREA Proceedings at the time. Designs were further developed and the railways of Austria and Italy used the first concrete sleepers around the turn of the 20th century.
Las Vegas Railway Express, branded as "X Train," is an American rail transport company that plans to operate passenger rail service between Southern California and Las Vegas, Nevada. In May 2017, the Las Vegas Railway Express sold its operation and branding to X Rail Entertainment. [1] In October 2018, the Las Vegas Railway Express proposed to ...
A Paternoster type of APS. An automated (car) parking system (APS) is a mechanical system designed to minimize the area and/or volume required for parking cars. Like a multi-story parking garage, an APS provides parking for cars on multiple levels stacked vertically to maximize the number of parking spaces while minimizing land usage.
Pantograph (transport) The diamond-shaped, electric-rod pantograph of the Swiss cogwheel locomotive of the Schynige Platte railway in Schynige Platte, built in 1911. Cross-arm pantograph of a Toshiba EMU. A pantograph (or " pan " or " panto ") is an apparatus mounted on the roof of an electric train, tram or electric bus [ 1] to collect power ...
A rail fastening system is a means of fixing rails to railroad ties ( North America) or sleepers ( British Isles, Australasia, and Africa ). The terms rail anchors, tie plates, chairs and track fasteners are used to refer to parts or all of a rail fastening system. The components of a rail fastening system may also be known collectively as ...
Maintenance of way workers repairing track in Japan. Maintenance of way (commonly abbreviated to MOW, also known as "Permanent Way Maintenance" or "PWM" in Britain. [1]) refers to the maintenance, construction, and improvement of rail infrastructure, including tracks, ballast, grade, and lineside infrastructure such as signals and signs. [2]
Simone Carter. August 14, 2024 at 4:28 PM. Nearly 400 gallons of ethanol spilled in Tacoma’s Tideflats near the Thea Foss Waterway on Tuesday after a train clipped a fuel truck, according to ...
KLIA Ekspres. The KLIA Ekspres is an express airport rail link servicing the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) in Malaysia. It runs from KL Sentral, the main railway station of Kuala Lumpur to KLIA's Terminal 1 and Terminal 2 stations. [ 2 ] The line is one of the two services on the Express Rail Link (ERL) system, sharing the same ...