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Flange Oiler
A mechanical device, which automatically applies a small quantity of oil onto the flanges of passing trains when they are approaching a sharp curve, thereby minimising friction and wear.
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Flange--the portion of any railroad wheel that guides that wheel down the rails. Deep flange models are considered hirail.
Flange - The extended inner edge of a railway wheel, which guides its path along the rails. Incorporating low profile rails (i.e., track of a smaller code) may require the use of smaller wheel flanges.
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Wide Flange Beam (Carnegie Beam). A steel rolled member having an H-shape with its flanges wider and its web thinner than an I-beam.
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The part of the wheel that runs below and inside the top of the rail to guide the wheel.
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Flange
A small lip on the inner edge of the wheel that keeps rolling stock on the rails. Flange depth is only about 1 inch.
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Flange Detection
Detection of rail wheel presence by sensing flange by using a proximity, biased Hall or biased reed switch.
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Flange
A protruding lip on a grinder or wheel; the inside edge of a railroad car wheel which guides the wheel and keeps the wheelset on the track.
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Flange (Car Wheel)
A projecting edge or rim on the circumference of the wheel to keep it on the rail.
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2. Make sure the flange ways are the right size
3. Spike stock rail and guard rail in place
4. Roll truck through turnout and make adjustments ...
Measure from the flange of one wheel to another. Compare to the track sizes above. The track size that is closest is the right one.
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Flair A tapered widening of the flangeway at the end of the guard line of a track structure, as at the end of a guard rail or at the end of a frog or crossing wing rail.
This creates a solid path through the switch for the wheel flange. The newer type has only half the two sections move.
Greaser A section of curved track that has flange lubricators. Green Eye A slang term for a clear signal. Grip Trainman's suitcase. Guinea, or Guinny A green worker or one who is not an familiar with job requirements.
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Used in pairs, one on each side to lift the wheel flanges of a derailed car and allow them to slide back onto the rail. Carbody Another name for the hood-type diesel locomotive. Examples: F40PH, FP45, E and F units.
Lubrication, Flange One of the critical areas of wear on railways occurs at the point of contact between wheel flange and rail at curves. This wear reduces the flange profile and, if allowed to develop, can cause derailment.
Wheel climb is more likely to occur in curves with wheels whose flanges are worn or have improper angles. See Rail adhesion.
Wheel Flange: The inner section of a wheel that rides between the two rails.
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RAILWAYS. The rim of a wheel. Perhaps surprisingly, flanges are added largely as a cosmetic feature to reassure the public.
Flange -The thin or projecting rim on a wheel which fits down below the rail and keeps the wheel on the track.
Flash - A thin material that has oozed from the mold during the molding process and remains attached to the finished casting.
Flanges : The projection/lip on railway wheels, which keeps them on the track.
Flat bottom Rail : The standard rail section in use on all modern systems. The rail has a wide base and, originally, was spiked directly to the sleeper.
With all the curves through here and the bind of them against the flanges of the wheels, there is a considerable amount of whining and squealing coming from the trains as they pass through this area.
When we introduced you to the TURNIP, I mentioned a "flange plate" but did not include it in my fig. A. Flange plates are not always needed. I now have three functional TURNIPS built to HO gauge that have no flange plates.
Q) Why isn't a deeper flange better then?
A) Deeper flanges may appear to run well on higher track such as code 100 in HO, but will begin to bottom out in turnouts and even hit the ties and spike heads on lower, ...
A guiding rail, located between the two running rails, and set close enough to one of the running rails to make contact with the back of a flange.
To make an L-girder, you take a 1x4 board and attach the flat side of a 1x2 or larger board as a flange to the one inch side of the 1x4, so that the 2 boards form an L shape when viewed as a cross-section.
Steam locomotives have large driving wheels, each of which is expensive and hard to repair. To preserve the wheels, locomotives use steel tires. The tires, which also have the flange that holds the train on the track, ...
Then, scoop it down, between the rails, and on the sides. Avoid getting it into switch machines by covering them up with tape. Use a small brush to keep the stones groomed and out of the way of the wheels in between flangeways and switch points.
This caused the casting to sit between the flanges of the leading truck wheels. This problem was fixed by putting brass shims between the casting and the frame. Now everything seems to be running just fine, corners and all.
Truck Hunting Rapid oscillation of an empty car truck at high speeds where the flanges tend to ride up on the head of the rail.
 See also: Track, Train, Locomotive, Engine, Rail
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