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2. Pile–Pontoon Railroad Bridge - Wikipedia

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   Pile–Pontoon Railroad Bridge. Coordinates: 43°02′42.9″N 91°10′32.2″W. Old Pontoon Bridge, North McGregor, Iowa 1885. The Pile–Pontoon Railroad Bridge was a floating bridge that crossed the Mississippi River in northern Iowa . From 1857 Marquette, Iowa became a major hub on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway, as grain from ...

3. Pontoon bridge - Wikipedia

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   A pontoon bridge (or ponton bridge), also known as a floating bridge, uses floats or shallow-draft boats to support a continuous deck for pedestrian and vehicle travel. The buoyancy of the supports limits the maximum load that they can carry.

4. Fell mountain railway system - Wikipedia

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   The Fell system was designed, developed and patented by British engineer John Barraclough Fell. The first test application was alongside the Cromford and High Peak Railway 's cable-hauled incline at Whaley Bridge in Derbyshire, England, in 1863 and 1864. The prototype locomotive had separate boilers, regulators and cylinders for the horizontal ...

5. Western Pacific Railroad Museum - Wikipedia

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   The Western Pacific Railroad Museum ( WPRM) in Portola, California, known as the Portola Railroad Museum until January 1, 2006, is a heritage railroad that preserves and operates historic American railroad equipment and preserves documents, photos and information. The museum's mission is to preserve the history of the Western Pacific Railroad ...

6. Transfer table - Wikipedia

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   A transfer table contains two tracks with different configurations. The table is moved sideways or rotated [3] to choose the configuration that connects the track that the incoming train will be traveling from and to. Using transfer table as a switch or a rotary switch allows the center rack rail to be aligned for the cog wheels to continually ...

7. Table bridge - Wikipedia

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   A table bridge is one of the types of moveable bridge in which the deck moves vertically. Two or four hydraulic pillars under the bridge, one or two at each end, raise the bridge deck to allow barge traffic to pass beneath it. In contrast to a lift bridge, where the deck is pulled upwards along towers, the deck of a table bridge is pushed ...