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• Road-rail vehicle — A Road rail vehicle is a self propelled vehicle that can be legally used on both roads and rails. They are sometimes referred to as a Hy rail or HiRail [The term Hy rail is a registered trademark of the Harsco Corporation. Road rail technology is …   Wikipedia

• List of road-rail bridges — Road rail bridges are bridges shared by road and rail lines, as an economy measure compared to providing separate bridges. Road and rail may be provided with separate tracks, so that trains may operate at the same time as cars (eg the Sydney… …   Wikipedia

• List of road-rail tunnels — Road rail tunnels are tunnels shared by road and rail lines, as an economy measure compared to constructing tunnels. Road and rail may be provided with separate tubes.Denmark*Oresund Bridge (tunnel directly linked to a bridge)Hong Kong*Eastern… …   Wikipedia

• Cant (road/rail) — The cant of a road (sometimes referred to as camber or cross slope) or railway (also referred to as superelevation) is the difference in elevation between the two edges. A cant which is not equal to zero results in a banked turn, allowing… …   Wikipedia

• Rail inspection — is the practice of examining rail tracks for flaws that could lead to catastrophic failures. According to the United States Federal Railroad Administration Office of Safety Analysis, [ [http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/officeofsafety/ Federal… …   Wikipedia

• Rail transport in Fiji — exists to move cut sugar cane to crushing mills. There used to betwo horse drawn street tramway systems, some other passenger systems, an underground mine system and some tramways on construction projects. Cane Trains Tramways have been used to… …   Wikipedia

• Road — This article is about a route, thoroughfare or way that supports travel by a means of conveyance. For a place outside a harbor where a ship can lie at anchor, see Roadstead. For public roads, see Highway. For other routes, see thoroughfare. For… …   Wikipedia

• Rail adhesion — Driving wheel of steam locomotive The term adhesion railway or adhesion traction describes the most common type of railway, where power is applied by driving some or all of the wheels of the locomotive. Thus, it relies on the friction between a… …   Wikipedia

• Rail profile — Rail from 1896 Cross sections of flat bottomed which can rest directly …   Wikipedia

• Rail transport in Christchurch — Rail transport in Christchurch, the largest city in the Canterbury region of New Zealand s South Island, consists of two main trunk railway lines intersecting in the suburb of Addington, carrying mainly long haul freight traffic but also a couple …   Wikipedia

• Rail transport in Ireland — Rail services in Ireland are provided by Iarnród Éireann in the Republic of Ireland and by Northern Ireland Railways in Northern Ireland. The gauge on main lines is RailGauge|1600 Irish gauge, as opposed to the standard gauge of RailGauge|1435 of …   Wikipedia