Suspension
Connecting system, including springs, between vehicle wheel and body, designed to give best possible riding qualities by keeping unsprung weights to a minimum and reducing shock loadings on track.
Swellhead ...
- Suspension Bridges can span several thousand feet using a series of cables running over 2 towers with the floor of the bridge hanging from the main wire cables by suspender cables.
Track flooring ...
A vehicle suspension-spring consisting of a number of plates bolted together.
Level Crossing
A place where a road or railway route crosses another railway route on the same level.
Axle & Suspension: This can be purely functional, or you can make it look realistic as well. The quickest and easiest way is a single phone card with a piece of coat hanger wire attached. Put a slight bend in the phone card.
Also refers to the overhead wire that is under direct suspension that is not Catenary. Operator The LRT employee on board the train having direct and immediate control over the movement of the train.
RT Active Suspension A recent development in train ride control, active suspension uses microprocessor control to detect changes in track formation or direction and then signal changes in the suspension configuration.
Pendular Suspension - A suspension system allowing the body of the vehicle to tilt on curves allowing greater speed.
Per Diem - An amount paid to railroad employees for daily expenses when working away from their home base.
Bogie: The undercarriage assembly incorporating the wheels, suspension, brakes and, in powered units, the traction motors.
Boiler: A cylindrical container adjacent to the firebox in which steam is produced to drive a steam locomotive.[8] ...
In each triple valve, the suspension of this loss of brake pipe pressure is detected by the slide valve because the auxiliary pressure on the opposite side continues to fall while the brake pipe pressure stops falling.
Violation of any rule caught by a superior could earn the employee some sort of punishment from a dressing down to suspension without pay to termination of employment. This was the bible of the railroad employee and was memorized for the most part.
They first want to kill its mobility, which means ruining the track or suspension. Next they will place explosives in a place which is likely to cause spalling.
The load and any accessories, such as suspension bars, become structurally a part of the entire car assemblage.
 See also: Engine, Train, Point, Drive, Track
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