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A bogie or railroad truck holds the wheel sets of a rail vehicle.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 30 relations: American Public Transportation Association, Ball bearing, Bogie, Bolt (fastener), Coil spring, Dover Publications, GCR Class 1, Glossary of North American railway terms, Glossary of rail transport terms, ICF coach, Interchange (freight rail), Jacobs bogie, Leaf spring, List of railroad truck parts, LMS Garratt, LSWR 415 class, Plain bearing, Railcar, Railroad car, Rolling-element bearing, Rotation around a fixed axis, Steam locomotive, Stuffing box, Swiss Northern Railway, Timmis system, Train wheel, Underframe, Victorian Railways A2 class, Well car, Wheelset (rail transport).

  2. Bogie
  3. Car-related lists
  4. Glossaries of rail transport

American Public Transportation Association

The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) is a nonprofit group of approximately 1,500 public and private sector member organizations that promotes and advocates for the interests of the public transportation industry in the United States.

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Ball bearing

A ball bearing is a type of rolling-element bearing that uses balls to maintain the separation between the bearing races.

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Bogie

A bogie (or truck in North American English) is a chassis or framework that carries a wheelset, attached to a vehicle—a modular subassembly of wheels and axles. List of railroad truck parts and bogie are vehicle technology.

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Bolt (fastener)

A bolt is an externally helical threaded fastener that fastens objects with unthreaded holes together.

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Coil spring

A tension coil spring A coil spring is a mechanical device which is typically used to store energy and subsequently release it, to absorb shock, or to maintain a force between contacting surfaces.

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Dover Publications

Dover Publications, also known as Dover Books, is an American book publisher founded in 1941 by Hayward and Blanche Cirker.

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GCR Class 1

The GCR Class 1 was a class of steam locomotives designed by John G. Robinson for the Great Central Railway, and introduced to service between December 1912 and 1913.

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Glossary of North American railway terms

This article contains a list of terms, jargon, and slang used to varying degrees by railfans and railroad employees in the United States and Canada. List of railroad truck parts and Glossary of North American railway terms are Glossaries of rail transport.

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Glossary of rail transport terms

Rail transport terms are a form of technical terminology applied to railways. List of railroad truck parts and Glossary of rail transport terms are Glossaries of rail transport.

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ICF coach

The Integral Coach Factory (ICF) coach is a conventional passenger coach used on the majority of Indian Railways (IR) lines.

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Interchange (freight rail)

In freight rail transport, interchange is the practice of railroads conveying freight cars ("foreign" cars) from other companies over their lines.

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Jacobs bogie

Jacobs bogies (named after Wilhelm Jakobs,, 1858–1942, a German mechanical railway engineer) are a type of rail vehicle bogie commonly found on articulated railcars and tramway vehicles. List of railroad truck parts and Jacobs bogie are bogie.

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Leaf spring

A leaf spring is a simple form of spring commonly used for suspension in wheeled vehicles.

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List of railroad truck parts

A bogie or railroad truck holds the wheel sets of a rail vehicle. List of railroad truck parts and List of railroad truck parts are bogie, car-related lists, Glossaries of rail transport and vehicle technology.

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LMS Garratt

The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) Garratt was a class of Garratt steam locomotive designed for heavy freight.

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LSWR 415 class

The LSWR 415 class is a 4-4-2T steam tank locomotive, with the trailing wheels forming the basis of its "Radial Tank" moniker.

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Plain bearing

Plain bearing on a 1906 S-Motor locomotive showing the axle, bearing, oil supply and oiling pad A sliding table with four cylindrical bearings (1) wheelset from a Great Western Railway (GWR) wagon showing a plain, or journal, bearing end A plain bearing, or more commonly sliding contact bearing and slide bearing (in railroading sometimes called a solid bearing, journal bearing, or friction bearing), is the simplest type of bearing, comprising just a bearing surface and no rolling elements.

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Railcar

A railcar (not to be confused with a railway car) is a self-propelled railway vehicle designed to transport passengers.

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Railroad car

A railroad car, railcar (American and Canadian English), railway wagon, railway carriage, railway truck, railwagon, railcarriage or railtruck (British English and UIC), also called a train car, train wagon, train carriage or train truck, is a vehicle used for the carrying of cargo or passengers on a rail transport network (a railroad/railway).

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Rolling-element bearing

In mechanical engineering, a rolling-element bearing, also known as a rolling bearing,ISO 15 is a bearing which carries a load by placing rolling elements (such as balls or rollers) between two concentric, grooved rings called races.

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Rotation around a fixed axis

Rotation around a fixed axis or axial rotation is a special case of rotational motion around an axis of rotation fixed, stationary, or static in three-dimensional space.

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Steam locomotive

A steam locomotive is a locomotive that provides the force to move itself and other vehicles by means of the expansion of steam.

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Stuffing box

A stuffing box or gland package is an assembly which is used to house a gland seal.

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Swiss Northern Railway

The Swiss Northern Railway (German: Schweizerische Nordbahn, SNB), informally known as the Spanisch-Brötli-Bahn, opened the first railway line within Switzerland in 1847, the Zürich–Baden line.

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Timmis system

Timmis was an innovative design of double coiled springs, originally used for railway rolling stock, such as on the Barsi Light Railway c1889, as formulated by Everard Calthrop (1857–1927).

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Train wheel

A train wheel or rail wheel is a type of wheel specially designed for use on railway tracks.

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Underframe

An underframe is a framework of wood or metal carrying the main body structure of a railway vehicle, such as a locomotive, carriage or wagon.

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Victorian Railways A2 class

The A2 class was an express passenger locomotive that ran on Victorian Railways from 1907 to 1963.

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Well car

A well car, also known as a double-stack car (or also intermodal car/container car), is a type of railroad car specially designed to carry intermodal containers (shipping containers) used in intermodal freight transport.

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Wheelset (rail transport)

A wheelset is a pair of railroad vehicle wheels mounted rigidly on an axle allowing both wheels to rotate together. List of railroad truck parts and wheelset (rail transport) are bogie.

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See also

Bogie

Glossaries of rail transport

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_railroad_truck_parts

Also known as Axle box, Axlebox, Bogie parts, Brake rigging, Center pin, Center plate, Journal box, Side bearing, Truck bolster, Truck center, Truck parts, Truck side frame.