Adhesion railway
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adhesion-railway-178-7341257
title:
Adhesion railway
text:
An adhesion railway relies on adhesion traction to move the train, and is the most widespread and common type of railway in the world. Adhesion traction is the friction between the drive wheels and the steel rail. Since the vast majority of railways are adhesion railways, the term adhesion railway is used only when it is necessary to distinguish adhesion railways from railways moved by other means, such as by a stationary engine pulling on a cable attached to the cars or by a pinion meshing with
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description:
Railway relying on adhesion to move trains
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adhesion_railway
date created:
2005-06-14T15:48:53Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T15:26:33Z
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