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ARTICULATED CAR [4 records]

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Record 1 2012-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Programs and Courses
  • Rail Transport Operations
OBS

... consists in the construction of five prototype articulated cars. This articulated car will be the next generation to carry multiples of trailers in the most economic fashions in high density traffic corridors(TCN-PVCO).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes et de cours
  • Exploitation (Transport par rail)
OBS

CN Rail a créé le wagon Tri-Pak [...] Chaque unité est composée de trois wagons plats joints par deux connexions articulées munies d'essieux communs; [...] mis au point et construits par le personnel des ateliers de Pointe-Saint-Charles.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-05-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trade Names
  • Rolling Stock (Railroads)
DEF

A car with a depressed loading area for the trailer or container. ... Budd’s prototype can handle either containers, up to 40 feet with nose-length, or trailers, up to 45 feet with nose or bottom-mount refrigeration units. The only highway units the car can’t take are drop-frame trailers and trailers with bogies more than eight feet wide.

CONT

Budd has come up with the Lo-Pac 2000, a multiunit, articulated well car that will handle both trailers and containers and will allow movement of TOFC [trailer on flat car] shipments "through even the most restrictive overhead clearance areas..

OBS

A trademark of Budd Company.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations commerciales
  • Matériel roulant (Chemins de fer)
OBS

Lo-Pac 2000MC : Marque de commerce de Budd Company.

Spanish

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Record 3 2006-03-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Switchgear (Rail Transport)
OBS

The CN Turbo is an articulated consist that remains permanently coupled in seven-car pendular suspension sets forming bi-directional units each end car housing propulsion turbines.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils de voie (Transport par rail)
OBS

Le Turbo est un train réversible à composition fixe de sept voitures à suspension pendulaire, dont deux unités panoramiques sont également motrices.

Spanish

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Record 4 1984-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trucks and Dollies (Materials Handling)
CONT

... the steering for a(fork) truck can be powered or mechanical. However, in order for the wheels to turn there has to be a steering axle. Several types are available, but the one most frequently used is the articulated axle that is quite similar to a car axle. The steering axle is pivoted in the center so it can ride over bumps... This axle is the only one that has springs or is cushioned;...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chariots de manutention
CONT

Essieux articulés. [...] Dans le cas de roues indépendantes, l'essieu arrière rigide ne peut pas être maintenu dans sa forme primitive. Les trompettes de pont sont alors articulées et la partie groupant le couple conique-différentiel est directement rattachée à la carrosserie et appelée pont suspendu. Le carter groupant ces organes est fixé à la carrosserie par des supports élastiques [...]

Spanish

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