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  2. Glossary of rail transport terms - Wikipedia

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    Also Centering spring cylinder. A cylindrical cast-iron holder in which an adjusting string is placed. Adjusting spring seat A casting, or a part of the bolster of a two-wheel trailing truck, forming a bearing for the end of the adjusting spring. Admission The opening of steam port to admit steam to one end of a cylinder. If the valve has no lead, admission takes place at the moment the piston ...

  3. List of steepest gradients on adhesion railways - Wikipedia

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    These include simple rail adhesion, rack railways and cable inclines (including rail mounted water tanks to carry barges). To help with braking on the descent, a non-load-bearing "brake rail" located between the running rails can be used, similar to the rail used in the Fell system , e.g. by the Snaefell Mountain Railway on the Isle of Man.

  4. Railway track - Wikipedia

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    In North America and the United Kingdom, rail is graded in pounds per yard (usually shown as pound or lb ), so 130-pound rail would weigh 130 lb/yd (64 kg/m). The usual range is 115 to 141 lb/yd (57 to 70 kg/m). In Europe, rail is graded in kilograms per metre and the usual range is 40 to 60 kg/m (81 to 121 lb/yd).

  5. Category:Railway cuttings in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    O. Oakleigh Park Rail Cutting. Old Town Railway Cutting, Swindon. Olive Mount cutting.

  6. Printed circuit board - Wikipedia

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    Printed circuit board of a DVD player. Part of a 1984 Sinclair ZX Spectrum computer board, a printed circuit board, showing the conductive traces, the through-hole paths to the other surface, and some electronic components mounted using through-hole mounting. A printed circuit board ( PCB ), also called printed wiring board ( PWB ), is a medium ...

  7. DIN rail - Wikipedia

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    A DIN rail is a metal rail of a standard type widely used for mounting circuit breakers and industrial control equipment inside equipment racks. These products are typically made from cold rolled carbon steel sheet with a zinc-plated or chromated bright surface finish.

  8. Tunnel boring machine - Wikipedia

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    A tunnel boring machine ( TBM ), also known as a "mole", is a machine used to excavate tunnels. Tunnels are excavated through hard rock, wet or dry soil, or sand, each of which requires specialized technology. Tunnel boring machines are an alternative to drilling and blasting (D&B) methods and "hand mining".

  9. Railgrinder - Wikipedia

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    Video: Tram rail grinding with a small grinding machine. A railgrinder (or rail grinder) is a maintenance of way vehicle or train used to restore the profile and remove irregularities from worn tracks to extend its life and to improve the ride of trains using the track. Rail grinders were developed to increase the lifespan of the tracks being ...

  10. Breadboard - Wikipedia

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    A breadboard, solderless breadboard, or protoboard is a construction base used to build semi-permanent prototypes of electronic circuits. Unlike a perfboard or stripboard, breadboards do not require soldering or destruction of tracks and are hence reusable. For this reason, breadboards are also popular with students and in technological education.

  11. Category:Railway cuttings - Wikipedia

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    Sandstone Railway Culvert, North Ipswich. Sandstone Railway Culvert, Wulkuraka. Categories: Rail infrastructure. Cuts (earthmoving) Hidden category: Commons category link is on Wikidata.