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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 light trucks. Autoracks are used to transport new vehicles from factories to automotive distributors, and to transport passengers' vehicles in car shuttles and motorail services ...
The Type 9 LRV is a class of low-floor light rail vehicles manufactured by Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (CAF) for the MBTA Green Line.The fleet of 24 Type 9 cars was ordered in 2014 for the Green Line Extension project, and the first cars began service in 2018.
The SLRV is a double-ended high-floor articulated light rail vehicle 71 ft (22 m) long overall (over the anticlimbers), in the same range as many heavy rail vehicles both at the time and now, but noticeably shorter than many other modern LRVs such as the at-minimum-81-foot (25 m) Siemens S70 and S700 commonly found today, which rides on three ...
All of the concepts proposed a longer vehicle than the current Type 8/9 cars, with lengths ranging from 100 to 131 ft (30 to 40 m). The MBTA's final concept for the new cars was a 114-foot (35 m) articulated low-floor light rail vehicle made up of 7 segments, riding on 4 trucks, and equipped with 5 sliding doors on each side. [5]: 30–35
The Siemens SD-100 and SD-160 are two related types of high-floor light rail vehicles (LRV), manufactured by Siemens Mobility for the North American market. A total of 431 vehicles were built by Siemens in Florin, California from 1992 to 2013. The SD-100 began production in 1992, and is equipped with direct current traction motors and folding ...
The first low-floor light rail vehicle was delivered in 1996 [34] and first used in service on August 31, 1997. [33] The new vehicles also came equipped with air-conditioning, a feature originally lacking from the Type 1 vehicles. [31] The initial order of 39 Type 2 vehicles was expanded, in stages, to a total of 52 vehicles. [35]