Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
A Reservation Against Cancellation (RAC) is a type of ticket that can be sold for travel on the Indian Railways. Although it ensures certainty of travel, it does not guarantee a berth . A berth will be allocated to the ticket who reserves an RAC ticket if passengers who already have a confirmed ticket do not board before the train departure or ...
Railway Association of Canada logo. The Railway Association of Canada (RAC) was founded in 1917 as the Canadian Railway War Board in order to coordinate railway activities during World War I. [3] The first meeting of the organization was held on October 23, 1917, and the name was changed to Railway Association of Canada in 1919.
The Pilatus Railway is the steepest rack railway in the world, with a maximum gradient of 48% and an average gradient of 35%. Functioning of the rack and pinion on the Strub system. A rack railway (also rack-and-pinion railway, cog railway, or cogwheel railway) is a steep grade railway with a toothed rack rail, usually between the running rails.
Rail transport terms are a form of technical terminology applied to railways. Although many terms are uniform across different nations and companies, they are by no means universal, with differences often originating from parallel development of rail transport systems in different parts of the world, and in the national origins of the engineers and managers who built the inaugural rail ...
Rac (GTPase), a subfamily of G proteins; Recovery Audit Contractor, US program to find improper medical payments; Reservation against Cancellation, a booking option of Indian Railways; Ratchet And Clank, Video game series developed by Insomniac Games. Racecourse station (MTR), Hong Kong, MTR station code; Ryukyu Air Commuter ICAO Airlines Code
A locomotive without cab signals that does not receive a C light at an interlocking may proceed past the signal not exceeding Restricted Speed, or with a Form D or other Track Warrant authorization. Cab car (US) A passenger coach which has a full set of train controls at one end, allowing for the use of push-pull train operation [58] Cab unit (US)
Rack railway Saline-Volterra, built with Strub system. Italy, about 1920. Mont Cenis Pass Railway; temporary while main tunnel built. Vesuvius Funicular (1880–1944; originally built as a funicular and then changed to a rack railway. It was the only railway climbing an active volcano. It was destroyed various times by Vesuvius eruptions. With ...
An Ichibata Electric Railway 5000 series passing Lake Shinji, Japan Regional rail is a term used for passenger rail services that operate between towns and cities. These trains operate with more stops than inter-city rail , and unlike commuter rail , [ citation needed ] operate beyond the limits of urban areas , connecting smaller cities and towns.