-
Plate rail was an
early type of
rail and had an 'L' cross-section in
which the
flange kept an
unflanged wheel on the track. The
flanged rail has seen...
- or its
parts (as the
inside flange of a
rail car or tram wheel,
which keep the
wheels from
running off the rails).
Flanges are
often attached using bolts...
-
Sheffield colliery manager,
invented this
flanged rail in 1787,
though the
exact date of this is disputed. The
plate rail was
taken up by
Benjamin Outram for...
- support. 18th
century developments such as the
flanged rail and fish
bellied rail also had
holes in the
rail itself; when
stone block sleepers were used...
- The road
wheels could be
replaced by
flanged wheels for railways. Its
speed was 40 km/h on road and 60 km/h on
rail. The Type 95 So-Ki was a
tankette produced...
-
defects in trackbed,
rail and mild debris. Some
wheels do not have a
conical profile and
instead are cylindrical, such that the
flanges are
essential to keep...
-
successfully used an iron edge-
rail, in
contrast to his
partner Benjamin Outram , who
preferred the
traditional iron L-shaped
flange-
rail plateway.[citation needed]...
- head of the
rail and
bears the
weight of the vehicle,
while the
flange is used to keep the
vehicle in the
gauge of the track.
Modern flange-bearing frogs...
- the track. Subsequently, to
increase strength, a
similar flange might be
added below the
rail.
Wooden sleepers continued to be used—the
rails were secured...
-
wheel flange to
rail friction. For
radial bogies, the
wheel sets
actively "steer"
through curves, thus
reducing wear at the
wheel flange to
rail interface...
