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  2. Trestle bridge - Wikipedia

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    A coal trestle is a rigid-frame trestle supporting train tracks above chutes, used to deliver fuel to boats or trains beneath it. At the top of the trestle, rolling stock (typically hopper cars) open doors on their undersides or on their sides to discharge cargo. Coal trestles were also used to transfer coal from mining railroads to rail cars.

  3. Trestle support - Wikipedia

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    Railway trestle bridge in Dawson Creek, British Columbia. A trestle bridge is composed of a number of short spans supported by closely spaced trestle frames. Each supporting frame is a bent. A trestle differs from a viaduct in that viaducts have towers that support much longer spans and typically have a higher elevation. [1]

  4. Pope Lick Monster - Wikipedia

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    In the scene, the main character, a high school student, narrowly escapes an approaching train by hanging off the side of the trestle. In reality, few people would have the strength to hang on for the 5 to 7 minutes it takes for a long train to clear the 772-foot (235 m) trestle; in addition, the vibrations from the train are so strong that the ...

  5. Guard rail (rail transport) - Wikipedia

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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.

  6. Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad - Wikipedia

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    The track then turns back north towards Osier, Colorado. Just before Osier, at Milepost 320, the track crosses Cascade Trestle. This is the highest trestle on the entire line, sitting at 137 ft (42 m) above the river below. The train then stops at Osier, Colorado (MP: 318.40), where passengers are served lunch in a modern, wooden indoor facility.

  7. Trestle - Wikipedia

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    Trestle or Trestles may refer to: Structures and structural elements: Trestle support, the structural element that supports a trestle bridge, trestle desk, trestle table, or similar structures; Trestle bridge, a bridge composed of trestle support elements Trestles Bridge, a railroad viaduct in California

  8. This train track optical illusion has derailed the entire ...

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    In this illusion, two figures that are identical (i.e. the two train track segments) appears to be different sizes while lying perpendicular to each other on a flat surface -- the lower one ...

  9. Railway track - Wikipedia

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    A railway track (CwthE and UIC terminology) or railroad track (NAmE), also known as permanent way (CwthE) [1] or "P Way" (BrE [2] and Indian English), is the structure on a railway or railroad consisting of the rails, fasteners, sleepers (railroad ties in American English) and ballast (or slab track), plus the underlying subgrade.