-
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...
- 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...
-
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...
- the "L" plate-
rail and the
smooth edge-
rail,
continued to
exist side by side into the
early 19th century. The
flanged wheel and edge-
rail eventually proved...
- 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 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...
-
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]...
-
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...
- the
rail is
known as the tread. A
wheel may have
either a
single flange on the
gauge side of the
rail or two
flanges, one on each side of the
rail. Tuzik...
