what is a railroad wye
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Wye (rail) Wye (rail) In railroad structures, and railroad terminology, a wye (like the 'Y' glyph) also called a triangular junction (by the traditions of some railroad cultures) is a triangular joining arrangement of three rail lines with a railroad switch (set of points) at each corner connecting to each incoming line. A turning wye is a specific case.
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Great Railroad Strike of 1877 The Great Railroad Strike of 1877, sometimes referred to as the Great Upheaval, began on July 14 in Martinsburg, West Virginia, United States and ended some 45 days later, after it was put down by local and state militias, and federal troops.
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Railroad car A railroad car or railcar (American and Canadian English), railway wagon or railway carriage (UK and UIC), also called a train car or train wagon, is a vehicle used for the carrying of cargo or passengers on a rail transport system (a railroad/railway).
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- The Lost River Railroad also was located in Wardensville, WV and began where the Winchester & Western ended, allowing the Winchester Lumber Co to go deeper into WV. The Winchester&Western Railroad was a bustling freight line with limited passenger service.
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Wyethia Wyethia is a genus of North American flowering plants in the sunflower family.These plants are commonly referred to as mule's ears. They are short, low to the ground golden-rayed wildflowers that resemble miniature sunflowers.The genus is named for an early explorer of the western United States, Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth, 1802–1856. Wyethia amplexicaulis-northern mule's ears, black sunflower-WA OR ID MT NV WY UT CO.
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Train whistle Train whistle. A train whistle or air whistle (originally referred to as a steam trumpet) is an audible signaling device on a steam locomotive used to warn that the train is approaching, and to communicate with rail workers. Modern locomotives primarily use a powerful air horn instead of a whistle as an audible warning device.
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Mexican Train Mexican Train. Mexican Train is a game played with dominoes. The object of the game is for a player to play all the dominoes from his or her hand onto one or more chains, or trains, emanating from a central hub or station. The game's most popular name comes from a special optional train that belongs to all players. However, the game can be played without the Mexican Train; such variants are generally called Private Trains or Domino Trains. It is related to the game Chicken Foot.
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- A wagon train was a group of covered wagons that went west. The wagons would travel in a straight single line. The wagon train looked like a slow-moving train. If the trail was wide enough they would spread out to get away from the dust. At night the wagon master would have the wagons form a big circle for protection from hostile Indians, marauders and other dangers.
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- Black River & Western consolidation #60 pulling LIRR railfan extra of heavyweight parlor and open-end observation cars are being turned on the wye at Montauk after a busy day of exciting railfans all along the right of way from Jamaica . . . . many who have had never seen steam before.
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Railroad switch A railroad car's wheels are guided along the tracks by coning of the wheels. Only in extreme cases does it rely on the flanges located on the insides of the wheels. When the wheels reach the switch, the wheels are guided along the route determined by which of the two points is connected to the track facing the switch.
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- Rail saw, portable. A tool or machine for sawing steel rails, commonly a hacksaw or a circular steel saw, set in a vertical frame. Rail section. The pattern or dimensional details of rail, such as width of base, height of rail, thickness of web, width and thickness of head, angle of head, and angle of base.
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Transcontinental railroad Transcontinental railroads in and near the United States (1887). A transcontinental railroad is a contiguous network of railroad trackage that crosses a continental land mass with terminals at different oceans or continental borders.
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The Railway Series The Railway Series. The Railway Series is a set of story books about a fictional railway system located on the fictional Island of Sodor and the engines that lived on it. There are currently 42 books in the series, Grandad and his wife Grandma and his sister, Grandma Rose and Uncle George have, the first being published in 1945.
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Designing a Wye I am thinking about adding a wye to one end of my HO railroad instead of a turntable. I have relatively small steam engines 4-6-0, 2-8-0. etc so I am thinking about #4 turnouts and 18 inch radius. My question is if anyone has build such a wye, how much space did it take?
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C & 0 Railroad Adlake Steel Switch Lock & Brass Key Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O) This steel railroad switch lock & brass key is in great working condition, with very little wear and use to both pieces. The lock is embossed Adlake on one side, and stamped C&0, with a lightly stamped Pat. 204048 below that on the body. The lock is 3 wide and 3 1/2 long. The key is 2 1/8 long, and the hilt is 1 wide. There is some pitting and minor surface rust on the lock from age and use. It is marked and has the patent number as shown in the photos. What a great vintage railroad lock for your collection! lock has the chain.
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Train wheel A train wheel or rail wheel is a type of wheel specially designed for use on rail tracks. A rolling component is typically pressed onto an axle and mounted directly on a rail car or locomotive or indirectly on a bogie, also called a truck.
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- Howdy all, Railroad signaling is one of my favorite aspects of railroading, but I'm having trouble understanding how cab signals operate. For those who don't know (but want to follow along), these are indications in the locomotive cab that augment or replace fixed wayside signals.
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What is a Cog Railway? A cog railway is a railway which is equipped with a toothed center track which articulates with a cog underneath the locomotive. The cog and track create more traction for the train.
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World Railroad Records & Firsts The first U.S. railroad to use a steam locomotive in revenue service was the South Carolina Railroad. It opened on Christmas Day 1830 using the Best Friend of Charleston steam locomotive on six miles of track in Charleston, South Carolina.
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Track (rail transport) The track on a railway or railroad, also known as the permanent way, is the structure consisting of the rails, fasteners, railroad ties and ballast, plus the underlying subgrade. It enables trains to move by providing a dependable surface for their wheels to roll upon. For clarity it is often referred to as railway track or railroad track. Tracks where electric trains or electric trams run are equipped with an electrification system such as an overhead electrical power line or an additional elec
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Rail profile The rail profile is the cross sectional shape of a railway rail, perpendicular to its length. Early rails were made of wood, cast iron or wrought iron. All modern rails are hot rolled steel with a cross section (profile) approximate to an I-beam, but asymmetric about a horizontal axis (however see grooved rail below).
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Locomotive A locomotive or engine is a rail transport vehicle that provides the motive power for a train. A locomotive has no payload capacity of its own, and its sole purpose is to move the train along the tracks. In contrast, some trains have self-propelled payload-carrying vehicles.
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- The railroad era in the United States began in 1830 when Peter Cooper's locomotive, Tom Thumb, first steamed along 13 miles (21 km) of Baltimore and Ohio railroad track. In 1833, the nation's second railroad ran 136 miles (219 km) from Charleston to Hamburg in South Carolina.ail transport blossomed after the British development of the steam locomotive as a viable source of the power in the 18th and 19th centuries. With steam engines, it was possible to construct mainline railways, which were a key component of the industrial revolution.
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What is the difference between star delta and wye delta? A star-delta motor should be supplied star-delta. Wye is simply another name for star. Star-delta motors use a star or wye configuration to start, and a delta configuration t … o run. This reduces the voltage on the windings during the high current starting time.ransformers can be connected in Wye (One side of each winding connected to the phase wire and the other connected to neutral or ground) or Delta (… the polarity of each winding connected to the nonpolarity of another winding to form a triangle).
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The Longest Railway Tunnels In The World Channel Tunnel. The Channel Tunnel is a 31-mile railway tunnel located in the English Channel. The Channel Tunnel is the second-longest underwater railway tunnel in the world, after the Japanese Seikan Tunnel. The tunnel reaches depths of 790 feet below sea level.
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- The railway steam locomotive is a steam engine on wheels, the very earliest ones are just a large boiler driving pistons in exactly the same way as stationery engines in factories.