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Telescoping (rail cars) (442 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

In a railway accident, telescoping occurs when the underframe of one vehicle overrides that of another, and smashes through the second vehicle's body
Hall Road rail accident (194 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
local train, killing 20 people in the front coach of the express after telescoping occurred. Both drivers survived, having jumped clear prior to the impact
Tightlock coupling (834 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
mechanical features that reduce slack in normal operation and prevent telescoping in derailments, yet remain compatible with other Janney types used by
Hawes Junction rail crash (2,512 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Mallerstang and was almost wholly derailed. Casualties were made worse by the telescoping (over-riding) of the timber-bodied coaches, and by fire which broke out
Lists of rail accidents (74 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
toll Terrorist incidents Trains portal Transport portal Classification of railway accidents Derailment Rail Transport Train wreck Tram accident Train-pedestrian
Santa Fe class 3460 (522 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
not retained. All of the locomotives otherwise had a Santa Fe-style telescoping stack extension fitted, which elongated the stack to clear smoke better
Socimi Type 821 (926 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
technical solutions of such weapon were outright adopted, including the telescoping bolt (already in use in another Italian sub-machinegun, the Beretta PM-12)
Kirtlebridge rail crash (1,765 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
couplings and buffing gear between the coaches so as to reduce the risk of telescoping. Captain H. W. Tyler, Report to the Secretary of the Board of Trade,
Gas holder (4,227 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
central rod-and-tube guide system. Telescoping holders fall into two subcategories. The earlier of the telescoping variety were column-guided variations
Iron Mountain Baby (837 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
following its source, he found what is described as "an old fashioned telescoping valise." The case turned out to contain a baby, whose age was later estimated
Obusier de 200 "Pérou" sur affût-truck TAZ Schneider (993 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
there is an ammunition car that is between the two gun cars, and a telescoping observation car. The advantages of the Schneider train were that it was
Buffer (rail transport) (1,482 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
so leading to telescoping. Anticlimber Buffer stop Bumper (car) Cushioning Draw gear Headstock (on which buffers are mounted) Railway coupling Shock
Joseph Oppenheimer (1,801 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
and the United Kingdom. He held several key patents, including one for telescoping telegraphic poles. Joseph Oppenheimer was born in Braunschweig, Germany
St Bedes Junction rail crash (1,041 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
train collided with the rear of the banking engine at 30 mph (48 km/h), telescoping the two leading coaches. Almost immediately the empty stock train collided
Battersea Park railway station (1,634 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
running immediately behind the GLV. This coach sustained a small degree of telescoping at underframe level, and hinging down of its trailing end, so that the
Green Mountain train wreck (439 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Green Mountain train wreck Telescoping of the wooden coaches Details Date March 21, 1910 8 am Location Spring Creek Township, Tama County, Iowa,, between
Section (rail transport) (757 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
in Pennsylvania collided with the rear of the stopped sixth section, telescoping the seventh section's locomotive through the last two cars of the sixth
QF 15-pounder gun (806 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
included no shield, all-steel wheels, axle-tree seats, and a sprung telescoping trail to help with recoil control. The British found the trail unsatisfactory
Variable gauge (4,842 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
unsatisfactory, particularly in cold and snowy weather. The system used telescoping axles with wide hubs that allowed the wheels to be squeezed or stretched
Eastern Railroad (1,659 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Express to collide with the rear of a stalled local train in Revere, telescoping the rear cars of the stopped train. Coal-oil lamps ignited the wreckage
Janney coupler (3,219 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
eliminates slack during normal operation and minimizes the possibility of "telescoping" during a derailment. The purpose of couplers is to join rail cars and
List of rail accidents (1880–1889) (4,687 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
near Spuyten Duyvil in the New York City borough of The Bronx at night, telescoping the last two coaches which also caught fire. Frank Leslie's Illustrated
Pedestrian railroad safety in the United States (1,463 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
track. Pedestrian railroad accidents are the leading cause of death on railways. More than 7,200 pedestrians have been killed by trains in the United States
West Side Line (2,439 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Atlantic Express, stopped on the line, was rear-ended by a local train, telescoping the last two palace cars, where the stoves and lamps were upset and ignited
Railway post office (3,653 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
also included a requirement for end posts to prevent telescoping in the event of a collision. Railway car manufacturers adopted these requirements and carried
EN 15227 (647 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
vehicle that can be shown to be compliant in both areas. Crashworthiness Telescoping (rail cars) "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on
1853 Providence and Worcester head-on collision (384 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
curve, the two trains collided, resulting in a boiler explosion and telescoping of the first cars on the Providence-bound excursion. Fourteen people
Ongarue railway disaster (1,174 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
presence of the boulder in the slip was primarily responsible for the telescoping of the second-class carriages, in which all the casualties occurred.
Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway (1,481 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
funicular systems to replace move cars uphill. These inclines used two telescoping wheeled Barney pusher cars attached to the cables by steel tow-bands
1987 Bintaro train crash (650 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
condition. The two crowded trains collided head-on at Km +18.75, causing telescoping effect which killed most passengers in the carriage immediately behind
List of Russian rail accidents (354 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
accidents. Lists of rail accidents List of rail accidents by country "Terrible Railway Smash in the Far East— 100 Reported Killed", Manchester Guardian, October
Railway coupling (8,954 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Janney are safer in a collision because they help prevent the carriages telescoping. British Rail therefore decided to adopt a Janney variant for its passenger
Thornton v Shoe Lane Parking Ltd (1,666 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
exempting conditions are the only conditions that matter for this purpose.) Telescoping the three questions, they come to this: the customer is bound by the
Steel Bridge (1,689 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
the independent lifts, the lower deck can be raised to 72 feet (22 m), telescoping into the upper deck but not disturbing it. Each deck has its own counterweights
Du Bousquet locomotive (831 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
rotation, and had steam connections from the rear truck with swivelling and telescoping joints to allow freedom of movement. Also unlike the Meyer, the front
Johann Wilhelm Schwedler (1,573 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Continental Gas Association in 1863 to replace a failed roof over a telescoping gas holder, Schwedler devised a workable solution but thinking further
Type 037 corvette (1,602 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
modification of original MG-11: instead of being fixed to the hull, SJD-3 has a telescoping arm, so when not in use, the sonar is stored in the hull, and when deployed
Baldwin RP-210 (2,763 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
were equipped with a small spring-tension roof-pantograph, mounted on a telescoping pole which extended to the overhead power supply. Standing only 11 feet
Tie exchanger (1,272 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
grabs the tie. He or she then extends the arm, which is attached to a telescoping boom, laterally away from the track, extracting the tie. Still holding
Glossary of structural engineering (4,160 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Outside the UK an Acrow prop may be known as a jack post, adjustable post, telescoping prop or ... post, screw jack, adjustable steel column, adjustable steel
List of rail accidents (1930–1939) (6,193 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
the express tracks at Lublinov station, eleven kilometers from Moscow, telescoping five cars, three of them passenger coaches. Casualties include 36 killed
Victorian Railways E type carriage (11,255 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
to gain automatic couplers, along with strengthened underframes, anti-telescoping beams at either end, air-conditioning and rubber pads in the bogies to
Charles Todd (pioneer) (3,872 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
would replace the rotting poles along the OTL with Oppenheimer's patent telescoping poles. In 1870 the Post Office and the Telegraph Department were amalgamated
List of rail accidents (1900–1909) (9,107 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
Terra Cotta (now Fort Totten) Station along the B&O Metropolitan Branch, telescoping the rear cars and taking the lives of fifty-three passengers. January
Naval artillery in the Age of Sail (2,215 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
was similar to chain shot. Expanding bar shot Bar shot connected by a telescoping bar which extended upon firing. Link shot A series of long chain links
List of rail accidents (1910–1919) (9,679 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
Railway fast mail train from Chicago encounters an open switch and strikes train number 215, from Minneapolis, standing on a sidetrack, telescoping the
Indiana Railroad (3,753 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Kingsland, Indiana. Two wood bodied cars impacted head on, with one "telescoping" into the other, resulting in 41 fatalities. This is considered the worst
The Hunting of the Snark (4,998 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
ISBN 0-486-22838-X. OCLC 656464. Faimberg, Haydée (2005) [1977]. "The Telescoping of Generations: "The Snark was a Boojum"". Reading Lewis Carroll. Psychology
Railway accidents in New South Wales (10,237 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
passengers on the three trains. The collision resulted in 3 carriages telescoping into the length of 1 carriage and remarkably only 10 passengers were
Railway accidents in South Australia (4,098 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
the rear of a halted troop train at Copley, 604 km north of Adelaide, telescoping the rear cars and resulting in 4 deaths and 27 injuries. The troop train
Washington Metro rolling stock (9,459 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
1000-series railcar pairs at the ends of trains in order to prevent telescoping in a collision, as they were the weakest rolling stock, structurally
Australian Overland Telegraph Line (3,782 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
1880s, wooden poles were replaced with Joseph Oppenheimer's patented telescoping poles. The line proved an immediate success in opening the Northern Territory;
Crane (machine) (9,955 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
handlers are forklift-like trucks that have a set of forks mounted on a telescoping extendable boom like a crane. Early telescopic handlers only lifted in
Mumbai Fire Brigade (3,382 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
fogging equipment to spray disinfectant in affected areas. Bronto Skylift Telescoping articulated platform Close up of Hydraulic platform Fire truck for small
Wheat (14,140 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
is called an ear. Leaves emerge from the shoot apical meristem in a telescoping fashion until the transition to reproduction i.e. flowering. The last
Type 053 frigate (2,964 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
hull mounted sonar: instead of being fixed to the hull, SJD-3 has a telescoping arm, so when not in use, the sonar is stored in the hull, and when deployed
The Amazing Race 35 (5,498 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
and ask the shop owner for their next clue. Teams then had to use a telescoping monocular to search the 953 windows of Hawa Mahal for the location of
List of The Big O characters (5,831 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
country via underground railway tunnels aboard the massive, quad-engine carrier train called the Prairie Dog, which has a telescoping chute that can deploy
History of the Port of Southampton (5,263 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
journalists and three power-operated, telescoping gangways. Other amenities included buffets, a currency exchange, railway booking offices, telephone kiosks
West Side Historic District (Saratoga Springs, New York) (2,268 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
with most taking the form of a front-facing gable with inline ells on telescoping on the rear. Most have porches, like the townhouses, yet minimally decorated
Willamette River (10,822 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
historic structure, the Steel Bridge, farther downstream, was "the largest telescoping bridge in the world at the time of its opening" in 1912. It carries trains
List of International Space Station spacewalks (9,635 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
August 2012 21:28 5 hours, 51 minutes During this spacewalk the Strela 2 telescoping boom was relocated from the Pirs docking compartment to the Zarya control
Insurgency weapons and tactics (11,186 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
was considered one of the best designs for its type. The bolts were telescoping with a forward recoil/return spring with in the rear, a heavy coil spring
List of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy characters (21,851 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
time as a pirate that he lost his lower half and had it replaced with telescoping mechanical spider appendages). He wears thick glasses, which make his
Naval weaponry of the People's Liberation Army Navy (8,686 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
instead of being fixed to the hull like the original MG-11, SJD-3 has a telescoping arm, so when not in use, the sonar is stored in the hull, and when deployed