flanged wheel

A railroad crane has flanged wheels for use on railroads.

Outside the shovel a crew of four took up and laid the track along which its flanged wheels moved.

These had wooden rails on which flanged wheels ran.

The flanged wheel riding atop a steel rail is still the most efficient form of ground transportation.

Here a double flanged wheel between the rubber tyres follows the guidance rail.

This unusual home-made vehicle was effectively a four-wheeled bicycle on flanged wheels.

But then he'd seen the cars, piled high with slag and ash and other refuse, that ran down those rails on flanged wheels.

Ultimately, many of the tramways were converted to standard gauge railways, and so reverted to the flanged wheel system.

Thus flanged wheels are wheels with a flange on one side to keep the wheels from running off the rails.

Bogies with flanged wheels were fitted, and power was taken to the wheels by a chain drive to the axles.

Juggernaut is a diesel railway engine made out of bits and bobs, resembling a road lorry on flanged wheels.

A handful of wooden coasters use flanged wheels, similar to a rail car, eliminating the need for side friction wheels.

Aveling and Porter built some geared locomotives which were, essentially, traction engines with flanged wheels.

Buda Car: An inspection car consisting of an automobile body, and flanged wheels.

Comet has two Junior PTC trains of four cars and utilizes flanged wheels.

This was usually for moving coal from the mine down to a river, from where it could continue by boat, with a flanged wheel running on a rail.

"To be sure," I said, "I did not realize the descent on the tarn wire, with the flanged wheel, would be that swift.

These were sent to John Whitfield at Gateshead, Trevithick's agent, who built what was probably the first locomotive to have flanged wheels.

They were replaced with converted passenger-car inspection cars, or HiRail trucks, automobiles fitted with steel flanged wheels.

The track guides the conical, flanged wheels, keeping the cars on the track without active steering and therefore allowing trains to be much longer than road vehicles.

As the subway car climbed the 86th Street incline, the skirt of dark water followed, lapping at C.C.'s flanged wheels.

About 8 locomotives were used on the railway at different times and there was a truck mounted on flanged wheels, outfitted with bench seats to transport the workmen.

In about 1830 the line was relaid with the stronger edge rails, and both locomotives reverted to their original pattern, but with flanged wheels, which is how they are today.

The ride ran using the original flanged wheel trains until the early 1980s, when the lack of rare parts forced management to switch them out with Morgan Manufacturing trains.

Although the design differs according to the type of work, the basic configuration is similar in all cases: a rotating crane body is mounted on a sturdy chassis fitted with flanged wheels.