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SafeRack is an American company that manufactures industrial safety products for truck, railcar and industrial loading applications. Its products include access gangways, fall protection systems, loading arms, safety cages and loading rack products. All SafeRack products are manufactured in Andrews, South Carolina, using robotic technology. Its ...
Since 2002, ExpressYard provided software as a service for contract repair shops and railroads to manage the billing for railcar repair work. [5] On January 3, 2012 GE Transportation announced the completion of its acquisition of RMI from the Carlyle Group. [6] In 2019, it became part of Wabtec. [7]
An axlebox, also known as a journal box in North America, is the mechanical subassembly on each end of the axles under a railway wagon, coach or locomotive; it contains bearings and thus transfers the wagon, coach or locomotive weight to the wheels and rails; the bearing design is typically oil-bathed plain bearings on older rolling stock, or roller bearings on newer rolling stock.
The AAR selected four systems for extensive field tests. General Electric developed an RFID system, ABEX a microwave system, Wabco a black and white barcode system, and General Telephone and Electronics (GTE) a color barcode system called KarTrak. The RFID system used a tag mounted under the rail car and an interrogator installed between the rails.
Auto-rack train car carries automobiles Autorack terminal in New Richmond, Wisconsin [1] A modern German autorack similar to the original design with a full load of automobiles. An autorack, also known as an auto carrier (also car transporter outside the US), is a specialized piece of railroad rolling stock used to transport automobiles and ...
Both may have been supported with side rail transfer equipment (SRTE) for loading and unloading railway wagons. The DROP system was designed to meet the very high intensity battles in Central Europe in the last decade of the Cold War. However, it entered service after the collapse of the Warsaw Pact, but nevertheless proved a versatile vehicle ...
Railbox cars could be assigned for service on any railroad in Canada, Mexico and the United States on lines where an AAR Plate-C loading gauge is permitted. Railbox purchased boxcars from many manufacturers, including American Car and Foundry Company, FMC Corporation, and Pullman-Standard (P-S).
The contiguous rail network in North America has a minimum width of 3,250 mm (10 ft 8 in) and a minimum height of 4,620 millimetres (15 ft 2 in). The standard gauge rail network in Eastern Asia is built to a minimum width of 3,400 millimetres (11 ft 2 in), and the Chinese CRH2 as well as the Japanese 0 Series Shinkansen have a width of 3,380 ...