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...[railway]] design that relates the downward force exerted by a [[train]]'s wheels upon the rail, with the lateral force of the wheel's flange against the fac [[Category:Train wheels]] ...

...ller coasters]], a machine that uses [[gravity]] and [[inertia]] to send a train of cars along a winding track. Gravity, inertia, [[g-force]]s, and [[centri ...l a roller coaster is -- a machine that uses gravity and inertia to send a train along a winding track.|archive-date=13 July 2010|archive-url=https://web.ar ...

...s critical for maintaining the thermal integrity of key components such as wheels, rails, brakes, and electrical systems. This study applies scale analysis t Heat conduction in solid materials, such as the rails and train body, is governed by Fourier’s Law: ...

[[File:SBB Re 450 097 ZKB Nachtnetz.jpg|thumb|Rail vehicle (passenger train, SBB-CFF-FFS Re 450 double-decker)]] The '''rail vehicle resistance''' (or '''train resistance''' or simply '''resistance''') is the total [[force]] necessary ...

...s 1889 and 1892 a total of 18 units of the IIIb V were built for passenger train duties. Because the engines apparently did not prove themselves, no further ...

...ways]] (''Königlich Sächsische Staatseisenbahnen'') in 1917/18 for express train services. The [[Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft|Deutsche Reichsbahn]] grou ...oupled wheels. Some of the locomotives were later equipped with [[Indusi]] train protection. ...

...and effective by the end of 1951, was a response to a serious [[Naperville train disaster|1946 crash in Naperville, Illinois]], involving two trains.<ref>{{ Following a 1987 train collision in Maryland, freight trains in high-speed areas were required to ...

...y a number of trains joined end-to-end to form one continuous loop. If one train loses communication, the availability of the sorter is therefore kept. # '''Carrier''': These wheeled units are joined to each other to form a train. ...

...nce in elevation of the two rails) in the case of [[Track (rail transport)|train tracks]], determines the maximum safe speed of a curve. The minimum radius ...e need for more powerful steam locomotives grew, the need for more driving wheels on a longer, fixed wheelbase grew too. But long wheel bases do not cope wel ...

...and there are even records of them being used to haul [[part-load express train|Leig]] trains. ...air brake]]. It acted on both sides of the coupled wheelsets. The running wheels in the bogie were unbraked. ...

* Reduce wear on rails and wheels [[File:Series-E257-M103.jpg|thumb|A Series 257 train on an S-curve in June 2018 showing the effect of railway superelevation]] ...

...s Delagarde]]'s new air-cooled two-cylinder boxer engine driving the front wheels.<ref name="dcdex">{{cite web|url=http://www.panhard-club.de/panhard/x.php|t ...6|url-status=dead}}</ref> The engine was front-mounted and drove the front wheels through a four-speed manual transaxle. Suspension was independent on all fo ...

...ts but also to improve the comfort inside cabins of cars,<ref name="Car"/> train or airplanes. Spherical acoustic cameras are preferred in this type of appl ...ditionally, an outside setup can be used to examine the squealing of train wheels caused by a curve in the tracks. ...

...rts, at least one connecting rod will be able to exert torque to start the train. ...

...ss V <math>\textstyle \mathfrak{V}</math>''' was a triple-coupled, [[goods train]], [[tender locomotive]] operated by the [[Royal Saxon State Railways]]. In ...

...propagating waves coincide in the position where the loads imposed or the wheels and structure contact, which leads to the serious vibration around the vehi ...e embankment. The discontinuous [[Railroad tie|sleepers]] under the moving wheels make the cyclic loads imposed on the embankment propagate in low frequencie ...

! colspan="9" style="color:yellow; background:#0B4559;" | &nbsp;Allowed train loads of Class 601 engines&nbsp; ...nally arranged frame, was connected by dowels. The first, second and fifth wheels were also fitted with tyre lubricators. The two parts of the frame were con ...

...ance often relied on articulation between the axles, so as to keep all the wheels in contact with uneven ground. A standard lorry chassis with [[:en:live axl ...9 cubic inches (6.4 l) producing 50&nbsp;bhp.<ref name="MotorTrend" /> The wheels, once solid-tyred on the Model B, now benefitted from Goodyear low-pressure ...

...-831.jpg|thumb|450px| VL80^T Electric locomotive hauling freight train]] ...rings]], increase of train weight,<ref>Higher weight may decrease specific train resistance due to economies of scale in [[Rolling resistance]] and [[Aerody ...

...piece that tilted up and back to expose the front chassis and entire drive-train. ...t with a direct-drive third gear and overdrive fourth that drove the front wheels. The transmissions in the Rallye versions had a final-drive ratio almost 10 ...