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• Coach
  ...ilroad ''cars''". A railway coach can be self-propelled such as the [[Budd Rail Diesel Car]] (in which case it is known as a [[railcar]]), form part of a [
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• Finmeccanica
  ...e fields of [[defence]], [[aerospace]], [[helicopter]]s, [[automation]], [[transport]] and [[energy]]. The company has offices in over 100 countries, and employ ...lanta+LosAngeles (100+42 heavy metro vehicles), and Athens (35 Sirio light rail vehicles).
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• Brake (railway)
  * [[rail siding|siding]]s to enable heavy trains to be divided into convenient porti ...y better '''continuous brakes''' started to appear, either '''[[Air brake (rail)|air operated]]''' or '''[[vacuum brake|vacuum operated]]'''. These brakes
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• Driving
  == Road transport == ==Rail transport==
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• Van (road vehicle)
  ...ticle refers to the road vehicle known as a van. For other uses, including rail vehicles, please see [[Van (disambiguation)]]'' A '''van''' is a vehicle used for [[transport]]ing goods or groups of people. It is generally a rather box-shaped vehicle
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• Electric car
  Most electric transport is directly connected to stationary sources of energy through the grid. Du ...forced the rapid electrification of [[Rail transport in Switzerland|their rail network]].
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• Vacuum brake
  ...ge-scale use anywhere in the world, supplanted in the main by [[air brake (rail)|air brakes]]. In a serious accident at [[Armagh rail disaster|Armagh]], a portion of a train was detached from the locomotive on
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• Electric vehicle
  ...0px|right|An [[electric locomotive]], taking power through a [[Pantograph (rail)|pantograph]]]] ...JPG|thumb|250px|right|A passenger railroad, taking power through a [[third rail]]]]
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• Fuel
  ...ombustible (they create fire and heat). Coal was burnt by [[steam]] [[rail transport|trains]] to heat water into steam to move parts and provide power. Peat and
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• Bus
  When motorized transport proved successful after ''ca'' 1905, a motorized omnibus was for a time som ...egation]] in public accommodations, including [[public transport]] such as rail and bus services, was enforced through [[Black Codes]] and [[Jim Crow]] law
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• Electro-pneumatic brake system on British railway trains
  [[Category: Rail Transport]]
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• Car safety
  ...Saab]] to be the "safest car in Sweden [In terms of passive safety]" (Land transport NZ 2005). Newborn babies should be put in a [[Baby transport#Car seats|car seat]] until they weigh at least 20 or 22 pounds (10 or 11 kg
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• Passive safety
  ...Saab]] to be the "safest car in Sweden [In terms of passive safety]" (Land transport NZ 2005). Newborn babies should be put in a [[Baby transport#Car seats|car seat]] until they weigh at least 20 or 22 pounds (10 or 11 kg
  14 KB (2,151 words) - 16:35, 7 August 2009
• Steering
  ...ermined by its driver, except in the case of [[rail transport]] by which [[rail tracks]] combined together with [[railroad switch]]es provide the steering
  12 KB (1,845 words) - 09:47, 8 October 2009
• Officine Meccaniche
  ...nonima Officine Meccaniche. SA Officine Meccaniche had a long tradition of transport manufacture, having built carriages from the mid-nineteenth century and loc ...stri & C," OM "Società Anonima Officine Meccaniche" manufactured materials rail and other heavy engineering products. On October 1, 1917 OM took over the a
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• Sanremo
  ==Transport Links== ...of it. The track has been moved further north and underground, speeding up rail transportation. Consequently, the main train station has also been relocate
  12 KB (1,850 words) - 10:36, 22 March 2009
• Friuli-Venezia Giulia
  ...many [[Central Europe]]an countries, the region is traversed by the major transport routes between the east and west of southern Europe. It encompasses two his ...ment in the construction of a high speed [[Pan-European corridors|European Transport Corridor n° V]] connecting Lion, Turin, Venice, Trieste, Ljubljiana, Budap
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• Prague
  ...a [http://www.cdrail.cz/cp1250/sluzby/online/kjr_2005.gif map of the Czech rail network] are also available online. ...ng places, where you can park your car for a very small fee and use public transport. The P+Rs are situated near all highways and are well marked. Note that tra
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• Automobile
  ...people, typically have four wheels and be constructed principally for the transport of people rather than goods. However, the term is far from precise. ...o the demand for automobiles is inelastic. Alternative individual modes of transport, such as [[Personal rapid transit]], could serve a an alternative to automo
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