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Transportation

Any mode or method of locomotion that serves to move people, goods or services from one location to another.

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Atlantic
Transportation; Railway

Family of steam locomotives characterised by two carrying axles, two driving axles and a trailing carrying axle (4-4-2 arrangement). The first Atlantics came into service in the ...

AWS signals
Transportation; Railway

The automatic warning system of train control (AWS) provides train drivers with a reminder to slow down or stop via signals in the cabin (using the bell, horn and visual ...

baltic
Transportation; Railway

Locomotive with a 4-6-4 wheel arrangement.

berne key
Transportation; Railway

The vast majority of rolling stock locks can be opened with a square key, called a Berne key. In Switzerland, these keys can be obtained from the station service managers and come ...

flaman
Transportation; Railway

Speed recorder developed in 1900 by Flaman, an engineer at the Compagnie de l’Est, used to inform the driver of the locomotive's speed whilst recording it on a paper tape running ...

mikado locomotive
Transportation; Railway

Locomotive with a 2-8-2 wheel arrangement (two leading carrying wheels, eight coupled driving wheels and two trailing carrying wheels). The name comes from the design built in the ...

nabla fasteners
Transportation; Railway

Rails today in some countries are fixed to the sleepers using plastic NABLA fasteners. Sleeper screws are used to block the rail on the clip, which itself is applied to the ...

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