An underframe is a framework of wood or metal carrying the main body structure of a vehicle . ref cite book author Jackson, Alan A. year 2006 title The Railway Dictionary edition 4th publisher Sutton Publishing location Stroud page 376 isbn 0 7509 4218 5 ref References Reflist rail stub Category Locomotive parts ... more details
Canada Car Company was a railcar manufacturer based in Turcot, Quebec a suburb in Montreal , and later merged with several other companies to form Canadian Car and Foundry in 1909. Canada Car Company was incorporated January 1905 with W.P. Coleman as president and Sir Hugh Allan as vice president. The company s plant began operations in 1905 and manufactured freight and passenger cars. Clients Grand Trunk Railway and Grand Trunk Pacific Railway 12,000 freight cars and 250 passenger cars wood Quebec, Montreal & Southern 1,500 steel underframe box cars with Dominion Car and Foundry Montreal Street Railways 10 streetcars Hart Otis Car Company Hart convertible ballast cars Grand Trunk Railway 30 steel underframe flat cars Temiskaming & Northern Ontario Railway three parlour cafe cars Canadian Northern Railway four wooden dining cars Products wood freight and passenger cars box cars streetcars flat cars palour cafee cars dining cars References http www.nakina.net builders1.html CCC Canada Car Company Category Manufacturing companies of Canada Category Rail vehicle manufacturers of Canada Category Companies based in Montreal ... more details
refimprove date April 2010 File NTSB Woodley Park Accident.png thumb Cars of the Washington Metro were telescoped in this November 3, 2004 accident at Woodley Park WMATA station Woodley Park station. File WMATA Rohr 1077 interior following telescoping following Woodley Park Zoo collision.png thumb Interior of Washington Metro car 1077 following telescoping in a head on collision . This car sustained a loss of 34 linear feet of passenger compartment space nearly half the car due to telescoping. In a railway accident , telescoping occurs when the underframe of one vehicle overrides that of another, and smashes through the second vehicle s body. The term is derived from the resulting appearance of the two vehicle bodies the body of one vehicle may appear to be slid inside the other like the tubes of a collapsible telescope the body sides, roof and underframe of the latter vehicle being forced apart from each other. ref cite book last Solomon first Brian title The Heritage of North American Steam Railroads year 2001 publisher Amber Books location London isbn 1 897884 75 3 page 101 ref Telescoping often results in heavy fatalities if the cars telescoped are fully occupied. The car riding on top will often be destroyed by the structure of the car below physics of the incident can often reverse this damage , leaving very little survivable space . The chances of telescoping can be reduced by use of anticlimber s and crash energy management CEM structural systems. Accidents where telescoping occurred are numerous and include The Illinois Central Gulf commuter rail crash in Chicago Seer Green rail crash Moorgate tube crash Lewisham rail crash , 1957 2008 Chatsworth train collision June 22, 2009 Washington Metro train collision To reduce the chance of telescoping, rail and tramway vehicles are often provided with an anticlimber a horizontally ridged plate at the end of the chassis, which in a collision will engage with the anticlimber on the next car. References reflist Rail a ... more details
orphan date December 2008 Banana messengers or fruit messengers were agents sent on U.S. railroads to accompany shipments of banana s and other fruit . They were accorded special ticket rates, similar to those for railway employees and clergy, as late as the 1960s. The tickets were not honored on some premium quality trains. Reportedly, the reduced rate applied to the return trip sans bananas as well. The name was also used to refer to some caboose s. Described in IC 9650 9956, these were steel underframe Drovers cabooses built between 1897 and 1913 and reclassified as Banana Messengers sometime between 1955 and 1963. The last five were scrapped or sold between 1963 and 1971. References http www.icrr.net ICcaboose.htm Banana Messenger cabooses http www.texassantafehistory.com operate.sfe.doc Texas railway safety reports as of 1935 http www.aaa.si.edu collections oralhistories transcripts washin87.htm Smithsonian oral history which mentions banana and fruit messengers Category Rail transportation in the United States US rail transport stub ... more details
brake, rebuilt 1957 8 as observation car, steel underframe 1962. Renumbered from Carriage 11 in 2005 ... 1957, buffet car and saloon reordered 1960, lengthened with steel underframe 1963, major repairs and new ... built for tourist traffic. fitted with wooden underframe. Restored 1958, fitted with steel underframe ... it was built on a Hudson bogie wagon underframe. 38 1971 FR Boston Lodge Works 3 3 3 3 32 Semi ... wagon underframe, which had seen similar use in the 1920s. 39 1992 Winson Engineering 3 3 3 3 24 ... was built on a Hudson bogie wagon underframe. 100 2006 FR Boston Lodge Works 1 saloon 1 obs 20 The new ... spine underframe. Provided with diesel heating for out of season services. 111 1990 FR Boston ... service. Steel body mounted on ex Isle of Man Railway underframe R5 and pattern 88 bogies. Provided ... underframe and pattern 88 bogies. 113 1991 Carnforth Railway restoration and FR Boston Lodge 3 saloon 1 1 23 Aluminium body mounted on steel underframe and pattern 88 bogies. Transferred to Welsh ... body mounted on steel underframe and pattern 88 bogies. 116 1972 Edmund Crow and FR Boston Lodge ... of Man Railway underframe R8 and pattern 88 bogies. 118 1977 FR Boston Lodge Works 3 saloon 35 Image FR Carriage118.jpg 150px Steel body mounted on ex Isle of Man Railway underframe R6 and pattern ... body mounted on ex Isle of Man Railway underframe R10 and pattern 88 bogies. 120 1980 FR Boston Lodge Works 3 saloon lavatory 32 Steel body mounted on ex Isle of Man Railway underframe R11 and pattern ... underframe R7 and pattern 88 bogies. Gas fired heating removed in 2003. Withdrawn from service in 2005, underframe reused for Carriage 124. 122 2001 FR Boston Lodge Works 3 saloon 36 Image FR Carriage122.jpg ... of Man underframe R7 from carriage 121 reused, with a Centenary Stock style body. The first of the new ... more details
The Keystone was a set of eight cars, built by the Budd Company in 1956 ref http www.prrths.com Hagley PRR1956 20Dec 2004.pdf ref for the Pennsylvania Railroad . It consisted of seven coaches seating a total of 574 passengers, and one Head end power HEP generator car. The train was normally used in New York, NY , to Washington, D.C. , service, making two round trips per day. ref http www.streamlinerschedules.com concourse track3 keystone195607.html ref The coaches were of a unique, split level design, with the center portion of each car having a floor level two feet below that of standard coaches. This lowered the cars center of gravity, allowing the train to safely take curves at higher speeds. The coaches were also built to a Stressed skin stressed skin Tubular design, with the shell of the car providing all of the cars structural strength, without the normal heavy steel underframe. This resulted in cars weighing only 60 of what standard cars would weigh. ref http www.trainweb.org phillynrhs Budd.html ref The split level design, with short stairways between levels, proved unpopular with passengers, causing bottlenecks during loading and unloading. ref http www.trainweb.org phillynrhs Budd.html ref The trainset was retired in 1968, ref http www.prrths.com Hagley PRR1968 20June 2004.wd.pdf ref and sold to the South East Michigan Transportation Authority Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation SEMTA in May 1976 for 80,000. ref http www.prrths.com Hagley PRR1976 20Nov 2005.pdf ref References reflist US rail transport stub Lightweight Trains Category Passenger rail transport Category Pennsylvania Railroad Category Named passenger trains of the United States Category Passenger trains of the Pennsylvania Railroad Category 1956 introductions ... more details
Image B Bova Geert Cars 2004.08.31.jpg thumb 200px Bova Futura. VDL Bova , better known as Bova , is a luxury coachbuilder based in Eindhoven, Netherlands Eindhoven , Netherlands which began building coaches in 1931. In particular, it is well known for the Bova Futura, a streamlined coach, often with a VDL Bus International DAF engine, which was first introduced in the 1980s and continues in a similar form today. History The founder, J.D. Bots, later to be known as J.D. Bova first started the company that would come to be known as Bova in 1878 with the creation of a timber business in Valkenswaard . When J.D. Bots died, he left the business to his eldest son Simon who first introduced the name Bova, which was derived from Bots Valkenswaard . ref http www.vdlbova.nl countries uk facts uk geschiedenis.html ref In 1931 the company began building coaches, and in 1969 introduced the Benelux, a self supporting integral coach. ref http www.vdlbova.nl countries uk facts uk kernactiviteiten.html ref The company was purchased by VDL Groep in 2003, who also own VDL Berkhof , VDL Bus Chassis and VDL Jonckheere . Products Current Futura Lexio Magiq Synergy Past Europa Futura Calypso a Europa underframe with Duple Coachbuilders Duple bodywork References reflist External links commonscat Bova vehicles http www.vdlbova.nl Bova website Category Bus manufacturers Category VDL da VDL Bova de VDL Bova fr VDL Bova nl VDL Bus Valkenswaard ja no Bova pl Bova motoryzacja ru Bova ... more details
Manchester Carriage and Tramways Company L53 is the only surviving complete Eades horse tram. It was built in 1877 for the Manchester Carriage and Tramways Company . Image Tram, Heaton Park.jpg thumb upright right L53 in Heaton Park Design It is one of over 500 designed by John Eades in 1877 and operated in and around the Manchester area until 1903. Built by the company to the Eades patent Reversible type, the tram is unique among all surviving trams in that it uses the horses own power to turn the body of the tram round on its underframe when reaching the end of the tracks. Prior to this invention most horse trams were double ended. On reaching a terminus the horse needed to be uncoupled and taken to the other end. Eades design saved time. Also only one staircase was needed thus increasing the capacity and reducing the weight. ref name HPT http www.heatonparktramway.btik.com p L53.ikml L53 at the Heaton Park Tramway ref ref name Haile Haile, Deborah 2008 All aboard after 25 years, March 28, Manchester Evening News ref Restoration Rescued from a retirement near Glossop Derbyshire, that included use as a hairdresser s and a fish and chip shop, the tram was restored over a 25 year period by a team of skilled volunteers which included most of the side frames being made by one of the team as part of an A Level woodwork exam. ref name HPT http www.heatonparktramway.btik.com p L53.ikml L53 at the Heaton Park Tramway ref ref name Haile Operation L53 is one of the main trams operated by the Heaton Park Tramway , ref name HPT and is often loaned out to other museums. In 2009 it was loaned to Beamish Museum . ref http www.horseandhound.co.uk news 397 280500.html Rutherford, Nick 2009 Ride Britain s sole surviving horse drawn tram, 10 April, Horse and Hound ref , and in May 2010 to Bury Transport Museum . ref name HPT References Reflist Other sources http www.heatonparktramway.btik.com Heaton Park Tramway http freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com janej Jane Eades 20Patent ... more details
Wikify date September 2011 Infobox locomotive name 200 br EP200 powertype Electric image 200.jpg alt caption builder Transmash ordernumber serialnumber buildmodel builddate totalproduction rebuilder rebuilddate numberrebuilt aarwheels B B B B uicclass gauge RailGauge 1520 trucks bogies wheeldiameter trailingdiameter minimumcurve wheelbase length width height axleload weightondrivers locoweight 180 t sandcap powersupply electricsystem 25 kV 50 Hz collectionmethod alternator generator tractionmotors headendpower transmission multipleworking topspeed convert 200 250 km h 0 abbr on poweroutput convert 8000 kW hp 1 abbr on tractiveeffort factorofadhesion trainheating locobrakes locobrakeforce trainbrakes safety railroad railroadclass powerclass numinclass roadnumber officialname nicknames axleloadclass locale deliverydate firstrundate lastrundate retiredate withdrawndate preservedunits restoredate scrapdate currentowner disposition notes The EP200 lang ru 200 passenger AC electric locomotive has convert 8000 kW hp 1 of power and design speed of up to convert 200 km h mph . It is designed for running passenger trains on railways. The underframe with two unique four axle Bogie wheel trucks coupled with support frame suspension of commutator less motors and traction gear boxes two level bogie swing suspension with cylindrical spiral springs and hydraulic oscillation dampers ensure high riding properties and dynamic characteristics of the EP200 Passenger Electric Locomotive. ref cite web url http oldeng.tmholding.ru work catalog 1779 1780 1786 accessdate 2011 09 01 title EP200 Express Passenger Locomotive ref References reflist Rolling stock of Russia Category Electric locomotives of Russia 200 Category 25 kV AC locomotives ru 200 ... more details
stripes Racing stripe Cunningham racing stripes Cunningham racing stripe s , Blue underframe Blue Briggs ... Cars Chaparral Blue Royal blue Imperial blue , White lengthwise stripes, White underframe White ... Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg 22x20px Czechoslovakia White Blue white Underframe Red Blue align center ... Auto racing color NZ.png 50px PHI PHI colspan 2 Red and Blue yellow P POR colspan 2 Red Underframe White White align center File Auto racing color P 2 .png 50px PL POL colspan 2 White Underframe Red ... on white align center Image Auto racing color ARG.png 50px RCH CHI Red Blue Underframe White Blue red ... 50px USA USA colspan 2 White with blue lengthwise stripes Underframe Blue Blue on white align center ... more details
is unique Both bogies are connected by an underframe, upon which the two halves of the tram body rest. When the tram drives around a curve, the underframe prevents the body from overhanging the inside ... more details
No footnotes date November 2010 Infobox rail accident title Hither Green rail crash image caption date 5 November 1967 time 21 16 location Hither Green Traction Maintenance Depot TMD Hither Green Depot coordinates country England line South Eastern Main Line br Southern Region of British Railways BR Southern Region operator type cause Broken rail trains 1 pax full train, some standing deaths 49 injuries 78 footnotes List of rail accidents in the United Kingdom List of UK rail accidents by year The Hither Green rail crash was an accident on the British Railways British railway system that occurred on 5 November 1967 near Hither Green maintenance depot , between Hither Green railway station Hither Green and Grove Park railway station Grove Park railway stations, in south east London . A Sunday evening express train from Hastings to London , consisting of twelve coaches two six car British Rail Class 201 Class 201 diesel electric multiple units , 1007 leading and 1017 trailing 1007 being of the short underframe variant and 1017 of the long underframe variant derailment derailed at approximately 70 mph 113 km h , shortly before the train crossed the St Mildred s Road railway bridge. 2 coaches struck the bridge girders at track level. Most of the train overturned, two coaches having their sides torn off. The train was well filled and 49 people died, making it Britain s List of British rail accidents by death toll sixth worst rail disaster. Singer Robin Gibb of The Bee Gees and his wife Molly were two of the 78 passengers injured in the accident. Cause of derailment The accident was found to be due to a broken rail tracks rail . At a rail joint, a fatigue material fatigue crack through the first bolt hole in the running on rail had progressively developed and a triangular piece of rail had broken out. The track in general was heavily trafficked by a dense outer suburban service of multiple unit trains, all of them with nose suspended traction motors imposing hig ... more details
the axles 5. In conjunction therewith the side members 12 of the body underframe are dropped ... leaf springs 9 and helical springs 10 interposed between the ends of the truck frame and the underframe ... more details
Infobox train background 008000 color white name Southern Railway 2 NOL image imagealt imagesize caption interiorimage interiorimagealt interiorcaption service 1934 1959 60 manufacturer factory Eastleigh Works family replaced yearconstruction 1934 1936 yearservice refurbishment yearscrapped numberconstruction numberbuilt 78 units numberservice numberpreserved numberscrapped All formation 2 car set abbr DMBT Driving Motor Brake Third abbr DTC Driving Trailer Composite fleetnumbers Sets 1813 1890 capacity 24 first class, br 135 third class operator Southern Railway Great Britain Southern Railway , br British Railways depots lines carbody Steel panelled, wooden framed body on a steel underframe trainlength convert 129 ft 6 in m 2 abbr on carlength width convert 9 ft 2 in m 2 abbr on height floorheight platformheight entrylevelorstep art sections doors maxspeed weight convert 70 LT acceleration deceleration traction engine poweroutput transmission aux powersupply hvac electricsystem 750 V DC collectionmethod Third rail uicclass aarwheels bogies brakes safety coupling multipleworking gauge RailGauge ussg The Southern Railway UK Southern Railway SR gave the designation 2 NOL to the electric multiple unit s built during the 1930s from old London and South Western Railway carriage bodies on new underframes. None of these units survived long enough in British Rail ownership to be allocated a TOPS class. Construction The 2 NOL 2 car NO L avatory stock, numbers 1813 1890 units were built in 1934 1936 by taking former LSWR carriage bodies, lengthening them, and placing them on new underframes. They were intended for use on slow services on the South Coast and in South London. Formations Initial formations of these units were as follows carriages were not necessarily formed in numerical order class wikitable Unit Numbers DMBT DTC 1813 1823 9861 9871 9940 9950 1824 1862 9872 9910 9961 9999 1863 1882 8596 8615 9920 9939 1883 1890 9781 9788 9913 9919 Withdrawal The majority of thes ... more details
. It consists of an underframe, which is created by seam welding a number of aluminium alloy ... nut huck bolted onto the main car bodies. Underframe components are collected in rafts , which are bolted into slots on the underframe extrusion. The mostly aluminium alloy body gives light weight ... more details
of an underframe, which is created by seam welding a number of extrusion s, upon which bodyside ... are made from glass reinforced plastic and steel, and are bolted on. Underframe components are collected in rafts , which are bolted into slots on the underframe extrusion. The drive system consists ... more details
The NZR RM class Westinghouse railcar was an experimental railcar built by the New Zealand Railways Department NZR in 1914. Although not the first railcar to operate in New Zealand , it was the first to enter revenue service. ref name roam David Jones, Where Railcars Roamed The Railcars which have Served New Zealand Railways Wellington Wellington Tramway Museum, 1997 , 4. ref Development In the early 20th century, NZR sought a means of providing economic services on lines with low traffic, including some suburban routes and to provide a faster alternative to mixed train s on rural lines. It aimed to develop a light self powered vehicle that could operate economically even with low passenger levels. ref name rails Robin Bromby, Rails That Built A Nation Wellington Grantham House, 2003 , 122 3. ref The first true railcar, the NZR RM class MacEwan Pratt MacEwan Pratt petrol railcar of 1912, did not pass its tests and never entered revenue service. It was dismantled in May 1913 the next experiment with railcar technology did not take place until 1914, when the Westinghouse railcar was developed. It re used the classification of RM 1 that had been given to the MacEwan Pratt railcar. ref name roam Technical specifications RM 1 was the solitary example of its type. The traction equipment, underframe, and bogie s were provided by British Westinghouse and were fitted to a wooden body that had been built by NZR at the Petone Workshops . ref name roam The wooden body largely resembled a railway passenger carriage, though the driving compartments fitted at each end had an appearance similar to contemporary Trams in New Zealand trams . ref name roam2 Jones, Where Railcars Roamed , 8. ref The six cylinder petrol engine and 67 kilowatt kW generator were housed in a compartment at one end of the railcar, and the current produced was fed to two 45 kW electric traction motors, one fitted to each bogie. This allowed the 14.17 metre long, 18 tonne railcar to travel at speeds up to 56 k ... more details
The NZR RM class Thomas Transmission railcar was an experimental electro mechanical railcar operated by the New Zealand Railways Department NZR . It was introduced to service in 1916 and therefore was one of the earliest railcars to operate in New Zealand . Development In the early 20th century, NZR sought a means of providing economic services on lowly trafficked services including some suburban routes and to provide a faster alternative to mixed train s on rural lines. It aimed to develop a light and self contained vehicle that could operate economically even with low passenger levels. ref name rails Robin Bromby, Rails That Built A Nation Wellington Grantham House, 2003 , 122 3. ref The first true railcar, the NZR RM class MacEwan Pratt MacEwan Pratt petrol railcar of 1912, did not pass its tests and never entered revenue service. It was followed by the NZR RM class Westinghouse Westinghouse railcar in 1914, which did enter revenue service but proved unreliable. ref name roam David Jones, Where Railcars Roamed The Railcars which have Served New Zealand Railways Wellington Wellington Tramway Museum, 1997 , 4. ref Accordingly, in 1916, NZR developed its third railcar, the J. G. Parry Thomas Thomas Transmission railcar. It was classified as RM 2 the Westinghouse railcar had previously re used the MacEwan Pratt railcar s classification of RM 1. ref name roam2 Jones, Where Railcars Roamed , 6. ref Technical specifications The body of the railcar was built at Petone Workshops in the Hutt Valley driver s compartments were located at both ends and it could carry fifty passengers. The railcar employed the Thomas system of transmission, built by Thomas Transmission Ltd of England . They also supplied the underframe and bogies , and J. Tylor and Sons of London provided the railcar s 150 kilowatt kW V8 engine V8 petrol engine. Power from the engine was transmitted to the leading bogie mechanically and to the rear bogie electrically by current produced by a generator within t ... more details
Infobox UK Bus background name Foden NC image Foden NC.jpg imagesize caption A Foden NC in the Potteries fleet interiorimage interiorcaption manufacturer factory Edwin Foden, Sons & Co. Foden replaced capacity operator length width height floortype Step entrance doors 1 door weight chassis engine powerout transmission options Various customer options The Foden NC was an unsuccessful design of double decker bus built by Edwin Foden, Sons & Co. Foden of Sandbach and Northern Counties Motor and Engineering Company Northern Counties of Wigan in the United Kingdom between 1975 and 1978. Background Foden was primarily a truck manufacturer, although it had also built bus chassis in the past, whilst Northern Counties was a bus body manufacturer, building Coachwork bodywork onto chassis produced by other companies. At the time of the design s conception, British Leyland had by far the largest share of the market for double decker buses in the UK, with its Leyland Atlantean Atlantean , Daimler Fleetline Fleetline and Bristol VR models. The Foden NC was intended to compete against these for a share of this market. Design The Foden NC was a semi integral design, meaning that it has an underframe chassis , but that the bodywork is also structurally load bearing. The transmission proved to be a weakness, with the Foden transfer box being prone to failures and the Allison gearbox inefficient. Derby City Transport retrofitted a Voith transmission in its Foden NC in an attempt to overcome the problems. In appearance, the Northern Counties bodywork was very similar to the style built on other chassis Atlanteans and Fleetlines . Production Only seven vehicles were completed, one of which carried bodywork built by East Lancashire Coachbuilders East Lancs instead of Northern Counties. An eighth partially completed bus was used for testing. The vehicles went to the following operators Greater Manchester PTE two, registered LNA 258P and PNE 358R, numbered 1435 and 1436 West Yorkshire PTE ... more details
Infobox rail accident title Pontypridd railway accident image caption date 23 January 1911 time 09 48 location Hopkinstown near Pontypridd railway station coordinates coord 51.605 3.350 region GB DGY type landmark scale 50000 display inline,title country Wales line Taff Vale Railway operator type cause Signalling error trains 2 pax 100 deaths 11 injuries 5 footnotes List of rail accidents in the United Kingdom List of UK rail accidents by year On Monday 23 January 1911, a collision between a passenger train and coal train on the Taff Vale Railway line at Hopkinstown , outside Pontypridd in Wales, resulted in the loss of eleven ref cite book last1 Davies first1 John last2 Jenkins first2 Nigel last3 Baines first3 Menna last4 Lynch first4 Peredur authorlink1 John Davies historian authorlink2 Nigel Jenkins title The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales year 2008 page 730 isbn 978 0 7083 1953 6 ref twelve according to the official report ref cite book last Board of Trade coauthors Lt Col E. Druitt year 1911 title Report on the fatal collision that occurred on the 23rd January, 1911 publisher HMSO url http www.railwaysarchive.co.uk documents BoT Pontypridd1911.pdf ref lives. The accident, also known as the Hopkinstown rail disaster or the Coke Ovens collision , occurred at 9 48am, when the 09 10 from Treherbert to Cardiff passenger train heading towards Pontypridd railway station , carrying roughly 100 people on board, rounded the bend at Gyfeillion Lower signal box with a clear signal ahead. The train collided with a stationary coal train that was using the same line. The impact caused the underframe of the lead carriage to rise up and pierce through the carriage directly behind it. ref http webapps.rhondda cynon taff.gov.uk heritagetrail taff hopkinstown hopkinstown.htm Hopkinstown rail disaster Rhondda Cynon Taf, library service ref On 24 January a preliminary hearing was conducted at the New Inn Hotel in Pontypridd, where interviews and witness statements were taken. ... more details
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