A clearance car is a type of railroad car in maintenance of way service. Its purpose is to check the clearances around the tracks and ensure that trains...

rail car and the top of a tunnel or the bottom of a rail car and the top of rail Air draft, applies to bridges across navigable waterways Clearance car, a...

Ground clearance is measured with standard vehicle equipment, and for cars, is usually given with no cargo or passengers. Ground clearance is a critical...

Standard Respecting Railway Clearance GLOSSARY OF TERMS USED IN RAILROAD HIGH AND WIDE CLEARANCES Railway line clearances and car dimensions including weight...

or tower car, used to maintain overhead lines clearance car, special car to check for obstructions crew car, also known as outfit car, camp car, or bunkhouse...

loading gauge. Compliance with a loading gauge can be checked with a clearance car. In the past, these were simple wooden frames or physical feelers mounted...

Centerbeam cars Clearance car Coach (rail) Conflat Container car Coil car (rail) Comboliner Comet (passenger car) Control car (rail) Couchette car Covered hopper...

characteristics of that class, but because of her improved powerplants and higher clearance car decks, she is unique. Her two former sister ships are the Burnaby class...

civil engineering, clearance refers to the difference between the loading gauge and the structure gauge in the case of railroad cars or trams, or the difference...

the truck (bogie) was significantly lighter than a rail flatcar or well-car, roadrailer freight trains were much lighter and therefore were more energy...