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Guard rails at Diêu Trì railway station, Vietnam This curved track in Myanmar, near Pekon, includes a guard rail on the inside rail of the curve. In rail transport, guard rails or check rails are rails used in the construction of the track, placed parallel to regular running rail to keep the wheels of rolling stock in alignment to prevent derailment.
The Chiba Urban Monorail, also in Japan, is the world's largest suspension railway; it is owned and operated by Chiba Urban Monorail Co. Ltd, established in 1979, and the monorail began service in 1988. [citation needed] Two further H-Bahn suspension railways were built in Germany in 1975, at Dortmund University campus and Düsseldorf airport.
Railway buildings and structures in the United States (7 C) B. Railway bridges (8 C, 4 P) R. Railway depots (10 C, 5 P) Railway towns (7 C, 6 P) Railway roundhouses ...
Liverpool Overhead Railway, 1911. The earliest elevated railway was the London and Greenwich Railway on a brick viaduct of 878 arches, built between 1836 and 1838. The first 2.5 miles (4.0 km) of the London and Blackwall Railway (1840) was also built on a viaduct.
Flexicoil suspension is a type of secondary suspension for railway vehicles, typically having steel coil springs between the bogies and chassis of a passenger coach, freight car, or locomotive. Suspension systems using steel springs are more common than those with air springs , as steel springs are less costly to make, relatively wear resistant ...
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The Wuppertaler Schwebebahn (English: Wuppertal's Suspension Railway) is a suspension railway in Wuppertal, Germany. The line was originally called in German: Einschienige Hängebahn System Eugen Langen (English: Single-Rail Hanging Railway, System of Eugen Langen) named after its inventor, Eugen Langen. It is the oldest electric elevated ...
The depth of the guide rails below the carrying rails was 12 inches (304.8 mm) 12in, and this was equivalent to an extension of gauge, so that as regards stability and safety the gauge of 18 in (457 mm) on this system of railway is equivalent to one of 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) on an ordinary railway.