Air brake (road vehicle)
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Air brakes are used in trucks, buses, trailers and semi-trailers. George Westinghouse first developed air brakes for use in railway service. A safer air brake was patented by him on March 5, 1872. Originally constructed for use on trains, and still in common use as such, Westinghouse made many alterations to improve his invention, leading to various forms of the automatic brake, thus, its use was expanded to include road vehicles.
North American Standard Inspection Program, Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (12 December 2005). Tractor Protection Systems. Retrieved 7 September 2006 from: [1]
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State of California, Copyright 2003, California Commercial Driver Handbook, Sec. 5North American Standard Inspection Program, Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (12 December 2005). Tractor Protection Systems. Retrieved 7 September 2006 from: [1]
truck is a vehicle usually used for transporting bulk goods, materials, or equipment. The word "truck" comes from the Greek "trochos", meaning "wheel". In America, the big wheels of wagons were called trucks.
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bus is a large road vehicle designed to carry numerous passengers in addition to the driver and sometimes a conductor. The name is a neologic version of the Latin omnibus, which means "transport for everyone.
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A Trailer is generally an unpowered vehicle pulled by a powered vehicle. Commonly, the term trailer refers to such vehicles used for transport of goods and materials.
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semi-trailer is a trailer without a front axle. A large proportion of its weight is supported either by a road tractor or by a detachable front axle assembly known as a dolly. A semi-trailer is normally equipped with legs which can be lowered to support it when it is uncoupled.
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George Westinghouse, Jr (15 October 1846–12 March 1914) was an American entrepreneur and engineer who invented the railroad air brake and was a pioneer of the electrical industry.
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Rail transport is the transport of passengers and goods by means of wheeled vehicles specially designed to run along railways or railroads. Rail transport is part of the logistics chain, which facilitates the international trading and economic growth in most countries.
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''This article is about the day. For the 1993 novel, see The Fifth of March March 5 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.
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train is a series of rail vehicles that move along guides to transport freight or passengers from one place to another. The guideway (permanent way) usually consists of conventional rail tracks, but might also be monorail or maglev.
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Road transport (British English) or road transportation (American English) is transport on roads, that is most transport over land which is not rail transport in the wide sense.
A hybrid of road transport and ship transport is the historic horse-drawn boat.
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A hybrid of road transport and ship transport is the historic horse-drawn boat.
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