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* [[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

* [[Air brake (rail)]] [[Category:Automotive braking technologies]]

...) Therefore it is always used in conjunction with the regular [[Air brake (rail)|Air Brake]]. This combined system is called '''blended braking.''' Li-ion * [[Air brake (rail)]]

...saving of 15%. Savings of 17% are claimed for [[Virgin Trains]] [[British Rail Class 390 | Pendolinos]]. There is also less wear on friction braking compo [[Category:Vehicle braking technologies]]

*[[Air brake (rail)|Air brake]] [[Category:Automotive braking technologies]]

...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

[[Image:DSCN4524 ashtabulacoalcars e2.jpg|250px|right|thumb|Coal rail cars in [[Ashtabula, Ohio]]]] ...nergy]] sources currently require more expensive production and processing technologies than conventional petroleum reserves, but may become economically viable in

==== Common rail direct injection ==== ...also make common-rail systems. Different car makers refer to their common rail engines by different names, e.g. DaimlerChrysler's CDI, Ford Motor Company'

...''flat spots'' (or “''square wheels''”) when wheels locks and skid on the rail surface (audible as rhythmic ''bang-bang-bang'' noise as a train goes by). [[Category:Vehicle braking technologies]]

...ermined by its driver, except in the case of [[rail transport]] by which [[rail tracks]] combined together with [[railroad switch]]es provide the steering [[Category:Automotive steering technologies]]

[[Category:Rail technologies]] [[Category:Vehicle braking technologies]]

...teract better than others in crashes. Widely different height and body on rail frame design are particularly bad. [[Category:Automotive safety technologies|*]]

...teract better than others in crashes. Widely different height and body on rail frame design are particularly bad. [[Category:Automotive safety technologies|*]]

...rbox (but renaming it ''Maserati Cambiocorsa'') and the same chassis and [[Rail gauge|track]] (length of [[axle]] between the wheels). The only externally ...Ferrari FXX. However unlike the FXX the MC12 Corsa is not for testing new technologies, it's made for track racing only.

...air bag, making the air bag deploy through the module cover. Some air bag technologies use [[nitrogen]] gas. A pellet of [[sodium azide]] (NaN₃) is ign Many advanced air bag technologies are being developed to tailor air bag deployment to the severity of the cra

...ted automakers’ moves to produce hybrid electric vehicles as evidence that technologies developed under PNGV were being rapidly adopted on production lines, as cal ...ies hybrid with lithium ion battery) in cold regions. In 2004, [[RailPower Technologies]] had been running pilots in the US with the so called Green Goats which le

Today, Rome has a dynamic and diverse economy with thriving innovation, technologies, communications and service sectors. It produces 6.7% of the national GDP ( ...nsportation company allows a route to be calculated using the buses, light rail and subways.[http://www.atac.roma.it/index.asp?lng=2] The Metrebus integrat

==Alternative technologies == ...he safe intervehicle gap 64-fold) if high-speed roads incorporated a steel rail for emergency braking. Both safety modifications of the roadway are thought

...rial realms. In its early years, bicycle construction drew on pre-existing technologies; more recently, bicycle technology has, in turn, contributed ideas in both ...use. Activists in both camps also argue for improved local and inter-city rail services and other methods of mass transportation, and also for greater pro