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Three-dimensional geometry of track layouts and associated measurements
Track geometry is concerned with the properties and relations of points, lines, curves, and surfaces in the three-dimensional positioning of railroad track
Track_geometry
Automated railway track inspection vehicle
A track geometry car (also known as a track recording car) is an automated track inspection vehicle on a rail transport system used to test several parameters
Track_geometry_car
Mathematically-calculated curve in which a straight section changes into a curve
railroad track geometry is intrinsically three-dimensional, for practical purposes the vertical and horizontal components of track geometry are usually
Track_transition_curve
Railway without a crushed stone bed
rail can be simply removed and replaced. Ballastless tracks offer a high consistency in track geometry which is difficult to adjust after the concreting
Ballastless_track
Rail infrastructure
traditional track structures is the high maintenance demand, particularly for surfacing (tamping) and lining, to restore the desired track geometry and smoothness
Railway_track
Bicycle racing sport
Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycles. Track cycling
Track_cycling
Distance of the track centres of double-track railway lines
overall track geometry. The distance between the track centres makes a difference in cost and performance of a double-track line. The track centres can
Track_spacing
vacuum trains. There are four track geometry cars on the New York City Subway that measure the system's track geometry to ensure that safe train operation
New York City Subway rolling stock
New_York_City_Subway_rolling_stock
Spacing of the rails on a railway track
In rail transport, track gauge is the distance between the two rails of a railway track. All vehicles on a rail network must have wheelsets that are compatible
Track_gauge
American self-propelled track geometry car
219; originally known as T-19) is a self-propelled track geometry car owned by the Automated Track Inspection Program (ATIP), a division of the Federal
FRA_DOTX_219
2013 video game
Geometry Dash is a 2013 rhythm video game developed by Swedish game developer Robert Topala and published by his company RobTop Games. The player controls
Geometry_Dash
tracks for defects. The car was repurposed in 2020 with a LiDAR Laser Measurement System. #10002 Corridor Clipper, an Amfleet I-based track geometry car
List_of_Amtrak_rolling_stock
Emile Hallade, is a method used in track geometry for surveying, designing and setting out curves in railway track. It involves measuring the offset of
Hallade_method
Measure of a bend's roundness
radius Radius of curvature (applications) Railway systems engineering Track geometry Track transition curve Transition curve Turning radius Wolf; Ghilani (2006)
Degree_of_curvature
Type of railroad maintenance vehicle
of small obstructions such as insulated joints or wires. To ensure track geometry is corrected, most tamping machines use an optical system to determine
Tamping_machine
When a rail vehicle's speed on a curved rail is high enough to begin tipping over
deficiency is generally looked at with respect to ideal track geometry. As geometry of real track is never perfect it may be desirable to supplement the
Cant_deficiency
Railway trackbed planted with grass or other vegetation
stable track bed construction in which the track geometry will not shift after construction. This is commonly accomplished with ballastless track. The addition
Green_track
Disaster involving one or more trains
derailments include, in order of frequency: broken rails and welds, track geometry, bearing failure, and wheel failures. Speed is an important factor in
Railway_accident
Japanese high-speed track and wire testing train
Ierō) is the nickname for a series of high-speed maintenance of way and track geometry trainsets used on JR Central's Tokaido Shinkansen and JR West's San'yō
Doctor_Yellow
Concept in railway engineering
radius is the shortest allowable design radius for the centerline of railway tracks under a particular set of conditions. It has an important bearing on construction
Minimum_railway_curve_radius
Spiker Spiker gauger Tie crane Tie extractor/inserter Tie Spacer Track geometry car Track renewal train TR10 Contents Top 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N
List_of_railway_vehicles
Topics referred to by the same term
Treasury Board Secretariat Automated Track Inspection Program, of the U.S. Federal Rail Administration, using track geometry cars Atip, a type of roof found
ATIP
Steepest grade on a railroad line
grades on otherwise mild tracks. It is cheaper than running a more powerful (and thus more costly) locomotive over the entire track mileage in order to make
Ruling_gradient
Topics referred to by the same term
caution period or parade lap Track day car, a road car designed solely or principally for track days Track geometry car or track recording car, an automated
Track_car
Type of geometry
In mathematics, projective geometry is the study of geometric properties that are invariant with respect to projective transformations. This means that
Projective_geometry
Arrangement of steering linkages
The Ackermann steering geometry (also called Ackermann's steering trapezium) is a geometric arrangement of linkages in the steering of a car or other vehicle
Ackermann_steering_geometry
Rate of change in elevation between the two rails or edges of a road
The cant of a railway track or camber of a road (also referred to as superelevation, cross slope, cross fall, or difference in crosslevel) is the difference
Cant_(road_and_rail)
Rail and sleeper replacement machine
storage to be discarded. Some machines have an automatic track copying by recording the track geometry of the old rails prior to the removal, then the machine
Track_renewal_train
Engineering process
The CRT may be reached due to disturbance of the ballast, track components or track geometry. For example, the CRT may be reached due to a removal of a
Rail_stressing
2004 rail crash in Berkshire, England
the incident. The track had been surveyed by a track geometry car 15 days prior to the incident, and all aspects of track geometry were found to be compliant
Ufton_Nervet_rail_crash
the track, replaced the individual stone blocks formerly used. This system has the major advantage that maintenance adjustments to the track geometry did
History_of_the_railway_track
Branch of computer science
Computational geometry is a branch of computer science devoted to the study of algorithms that can be stated in terms of geometry. Some purely geometrical
Computational_geometry
Topics referred to by the same term
Prussian steam locomotive T-10, a former Federal Railroad Administration track geometry car based on the Budd SPV-2000 Bus Center-Mae Station, Sapporo, Hokkaido
T10
Type of motorsport
correctly engineered track could be driven without steering input from the driver – the car would steer itself, simply due to the track geometry. The effects
Board_track_racing
taurob tracker has a unique track geometry which allows it to climb over obstacles with just one pair of tracks. Due this geometry the tracks do not lose
Taurob_tracker
2003 studio album by Jean-Michel Jarre
2001. Some of the sounds in Geometry of Love were used earlier on Interior Music released in 2001. Several tracks from Geometry of Love were included on
Geometry_of_Love
Device used to detect defects on trains
performance detectors monitor bogie tracking geometry, and hunting (instability) behaviour. Bogie tracking geometry includes tracking position and angle of attack
Defect_detector
Town in Victoria, Australia
by a vertical track geometry defect and probable lateral track misalignment that had not been identified under the Australian Rail Track Corporation's
Barnawartha
Support for the rails in railroad tracks
sustain higher speeds. Their greater weight ensures improved retention of track geometry, especially when installed with continuous-welded rail. Concrete ties
Railroad_tie
Commuter rail line in California
metropolitan area. Caltrain has several cars used for track maintenance, such as JPBX 505, a track geometry car. Some other rolling stock is infrequently used
Caltrain
2026 rail crash in East Sussex, England
images from preceding services showed that prior to the accident, a "track geometry irregularity" existed on the immediate approach to the point of derailment
Lewes_derailment
Metro line in Shenzhen, China
(50 mph) in some sections for infrastructure, tunnel wind pressure, track geometry issues and noise reasons. Construction of Line 11 started in April 2012
Line_11_(Shenzhen_Metro)
Historical method for giving addresses to physical data blocks on hard disk drives
single track. With respect to disk geometries the terms track and cylinder are closely related. For a single or double sided floppy disk track is the
Cylinder-head-sector
Tourist cog railway to Pike's Peak, Colorado
starting to show its age. Railway managers reported that in 2017 the track geometry had become so poor that the cog wheels were wearing out twice as quickly
Pikes_Peak_Cog_Railway
Bilevel passenger railcar
be used as business cars (BNSF #40–45); two were later converted to track geometry cars. Canadian Pacific Railway - Montreal passenger routes and cars
Gallery_Car
Geometry of road design
factors Road traffic safety Traffic calming Stopping sight distance Track geometry Traffic psychology Transition curve Structural road design American
Geometric_design_of_roads
Numerical algebraic geometry is a field of computational mathematics, particularly computational algebraic geometry, which uses methods from numerical
Numerical_algebraic_geometry
Space between a train car and the edge of the station platform
stations are often constrained by limited space, legacy designs, and track geometry or roadway layout. Stations may have to use a compromise design, with
Platform_gap
collided with a track geometry car on the Fils Valley Railway. The driver of the passenger train was killed, while the crew of the track geometry car was injured
List_of_German_rail_accidents
Mathematical abstraction of objects being "visible"
In geometry, visibility is a mathematical abstraction of the real-life notion of visibility. Given a set of obstacles in the Euclidean space, two points
Visibility_(geometry)
"Twenty-Six Years After They Were Stranded There By Floods, The Balloon Track's Zombie Trains Are Finally Moving Out -- Mostly in Pieces". Lost Coast Outpost
List of preserved Southern Pacific Railroad rolling stock
List_of_preserved_Southern_Pacific_Railroad_rolling_stock
Type of curve on a pathway
development of high-speed rail. S bridge Road curve Track geometry Mundrey (2000). Railway Track Engineering. McGraw-Hill Education. pp. 164–179. ISBN 9780074637241
Reverse_curve
Set of points equidistant from a center
(sphaîra) 'ball') is a surface analogous to the circle, a curve. In solid geometry, a sphere is the set of points that are all at the same distance r from
Sphere
approaches to horizontal curves. Selection depends on approach speeds and track geometry. If the curves are substandard, these signs must be complemented with
Road_signs_in_Ecuador
Line containing four paths for trains
A quadruple-track railway (also known as a four-track railway) is a railway line consisting of four parallel tracks with two tracks used in each direction
Quadruple-track_railway
1963 train accident in Japan
section and wear, and track geometry all had a role in the derailment. As a result of the investigation, the old method of static track inspection was replaced
Tsurumi_rail_accident
London Underground line
The track geometry at the derailment site is a very tight bend and tight tunnel bore, which precludes the normal solution for this sort of geometry of
Northern_line
Using pyrotechnic metal to join two metal pieces together
anchors, or anti-creepers. If the track ballast is good and clean and the ties are in good condition, and the track geometry is good, then the welded rail
Exothermic_welding
Class of American passenger railroad cars
other executives for official purposes. Number 2300 was rebuilt into a track-geometry car in October 2020. Production of the first Viewliner sleeping cars
Viewliner
High-speed rail line project between Marrakesh and Agadir in Morocco.
European level 2 standard[citation needed]. The design speed of the track geometry is set at 350 km/h, allowing for regular commercial operation at a speed
Marrakesh–Agadir high-speed rail line
Marrakesh–Agadir_high-speed_rail_line
Self-propelled diesel multiple unit railcar
Administration purchased a single SPV-2000 in 1981 and converted it into a track geometry car which it designated T-10. The T-10 remained in service with the
Budd_SPV-2000
1997 compilation album by Robert Rich
+ Geometry (1997) is an album by the American ambient musician Robert Rich. It is a two-disc set containing Rich's albums Numena (1987) and Geometry (1991)
Numena_+_Geometry
Geometric shape of rectangle and two semicircles
(2015). "Positive center sets of convex curves". Discrete & Computational Geometry. 54 (3): 728–740. doi:10.1007/s00454-015-9715-9. MR 3392976. "Stadium Calculator"
Stadium_(geometry)
American engineering company
Ensco was operating the T-10 automated track inspection vehicle, which was a self-propelled track geometry car, for the Federal Railroad Administration
ENSCO
High-speed rail line project between Kenitra and Marrakesh in Morocco.
as of October 2026).[better source needed] The design speed of the track geometry is set at 350 km/h, allowing for regular commercial operation at a speed
Kenitra–Marrakesh high-speed rail line
Kenitra–Marrakesh_high-speed_rail_line
2005 studio album by the Clientele
Paul Delvaux. All tracks are written by The Clientele (Alasdair MacLean, James Hornsey and Mark Keen). Credits for Strange Geometry adapted from album
Strange_Geometry
Railway station in Rhode Island, US
costs, and the track geometry was unsuitable for a modern station: there is insufficient room in the trench to add additional tracks to allow Amtrak
Pawtucket/Central Falls station
Pawtucket/Central_Falls_station
Geometric modeling kernel developed by Spatial Corporation
surfaces in a model. Attach user-defined data to any level of a model. Track geometry and topology changes. Calculate mass and volume. Model sub-regions of
ACIS
Research topic in computational geometry
Geometry processing is an area of research that uses concepts from applied mathematics, computer science and engineering to design efficient algorithms
Geometry_processing
Oscillation of a spinning object along its rotation axis
the wheel–rail zone conditions and the track geometry (especially when driving on a curved section of the track). In many modern mechanical systems, torsional
Torsional_vibration
Railroad machinery manufacturer
operators; examples include an inertial navigation system for measuring track geometry measuring being fitted to a tamping machine, permitting precise surveying
Plasser_&_Theurer
Deals with digitized models or images of objects of the 2D or 3D Euclidean space
Digital geometry deals with discrete sets (usually discrete point sets) considered to be digitized models or images of objects of the 2D or 3D Euclidean
Digital_geometry
Plan to reform and expand the city of Barcelona, Spain from 1860
becoming widespread in the Iberian Peninsula. The design of some wider tracks, without disturbing the regular 113.3 m grid, makes it possible to adequately
Cerdà_Plan
Method of providing electric power to a railway train
there is a power surge or a break in the wires. Depending on train and track geometry, gaps in the conductor rail (e.g., at level crossings and junctions)
Third_rail
Prevention of railway accidents by examining rail tracks for flaws
Kingdom) Maintenance of way Nondestructive testing Rail tracks Work train Track checker Track geometry car Federal Railroad Administration Railway News. "EN
Rail_inspection
Biometric identification
Hand geometry is a biometric that identifies users from the shape of their hands. Hand geometry readers measure a user's palm and fingers along many dimensions
Hand_geometry
2007 rail transport disaster in Grayrigg, England
instruments to make measurements of the track geometry and other features such as overhead line height and stagger, and the track gauge, twist and cant. It is not
Grayrigg_derailment
1991 studio album by Robert Rich
Geometry (1991) is an album by the American ambient and electronic musician Robert Rich. Although completed in 1988, this album was not released until
Geometry_(Robert_Rich_album)
System used in railway signalling
end of a track block, because of magnetic field curvature, defects of track geometry, or other issues, leading the signalling system to become confused,
Axle_counter
Slot car racing brand
available to the public in October of that year and used a much smaller track geometry to the standard Scalextric product. Many of the Micro MR-1 models were
Scalextric
Agency of the U.S. Department of Transportation
populated regions and boost manufacturing activity. FRA DOTX 219, a track geometry car operated by the FRA The Surface Transportation Board manages economic
Federal Railroad Administration
Federal_Railroad_Administration
Shape
term is not very specific, but in some areas of mathematics (projective geometry, technical drawing, etc.), it is given a more precise definition, which
Oval
Planned passenger rolling stock
software "VAMPIRE" for operation on both the WCML and ECML; this utilised track geometry and ride quality data gathered from Mark 4 rolling stock test runs on
British Rail Mark 5 (InterCity 250)
British_Rail_Mark_5_(InterCity_250)
US manufacturer of railroad rolling stock
ENSCO and Plasser & Theurer to build FRA DOTX 219 and 220, a pair of track geometry cars that entered service with the Federal Railroad Administration in
Colorado_Railcar
Trailer capable of running on railway tracks
middle of an industrial street in Portland, Oregon which happened to have track in the street, demonstrating the flexibility of the system. Another note
Roadrailer
Topics referred to by the same term
steam locomotive FRA DOTX 219 (originally known as T-19), an American track geometry car Hirabari Station, Nayoga, Aichi, Japan Minami-Gyōtoku Station, Ichikawa
T19
Vehicle used for carrying cargo or passengers on a rail transport system
power shovels railway post office road-rail vehicle scale test car track geometry car track tester Military armoured trains use several types of specialized
Railroad_car
Catalog Kepler scientific workflow system Kepler Mire Kepler Museum Kepler Track Kepler College Johannes Kepler University Linz Keplerplatz metro station
List of things named after Johannes Kepler
List_of_things_named_after_Johannes_Kepler
British Rail diesel multiple unit
DR98008 is used by the Network Rail Asset Information department as a track geometry and video train. In the Manchester area the unit is allowed to operate
British_Rail_MPV
Mathematics of smooth surfaces
In mathematics, the differential geometry of surfaces deals with the differential geometry of smooth surfaces with various additional structures, most
Differential geometry of surfaces
Differential_geometry_of_surfaces
University Press, New York, 1995. ISBN 0-8232-1618-7 Dougherty, Peter J. Tracks of the New York City Subway, version 4.2. 2007 nycsubway.org New York City
List of New York City Subway R-type contracts
List_of_New_York_City_Subway_R-type_contracts
Game engine
active clusters is tracked on the GPU by performing a per-frame traversal of the cluster graph using compute shaders. Compressed geometry data is streamed
Unreal_Engine_5
Vector relating the initial and the final positions of a moving point
In geometry and mechanics, a displacement is a vector whose length is the shortest distance from the initial to the final position of a point P undergoing
Displacement_(geometry)
E. Briggs B&W 11m July 3, 1945 video [703] The Play of Imagination in Geometry (ERPI); David Eugene Smith B&W 10m February 24, 1931 Play the Shopping
List of Encyclopædia Britannica Films titles
List_of_Encyclopædia_Britannica_Films_titles
Key western Swiss transport link
The track geometry of the approaches was redesigned to make possible a second track and buildings and tunnels made provision for a future second track. The
Lötschberg_railway
2019 studio album by Numb
also sounding dated or like a retread." All tracks are written by Don Gordon. Adapted from the Mortal Geometry liner notes. Numb Don Gordon – lead vocals
Mortal_Geometry
Former Chicago "L" station
Ridge as possible station sites, and found that Asbury had the fewest track-geometry constraints. The study projected that a restored station could attract
Asbury_station
Rail infrastructure maintenance unit
performance, such as traction effort, speed, etc. Track geometry cars - Rail car that collects information on track properties, such as banking of curves, grade
Work_train
Passenger diesel locomotive class
2012, and one unit was sent to CSX Transportation for use on their track geometry train. The remaining units have been rebuilt by MotivePower into MP32PH-Q
EMD GP40-based passenger locomotives
EMD_GP40-based_passenger_locomotives
Railway line in Poland
The project includes track replacement on selected sections, the installation of 24 new turnouts at major stations, track geometry improvements, and the
Warsaw–Katowice_railway
travel, tourism, insurance
TRACK GEOMETRY
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Boy/Male
Native American
tracks of a large animal.
Boy/Male
Anglo Saxon American English French
Brave.
Male
English
Short form of English unisex Tracy, TRACE means "place of Thracius."
Male
English
English surname transferred to unisex forename use, from a Norman baronial name TRACY means "place of Thracius."
Girl/Female
Greek American French
Reaper; from Therasia.
Boy/Male
Native American
tracks of a large animal.
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Sign; Mark; Trace
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, Australian, British, English, French, German, Greek, Irish, Latin
Fighter; Brave; Warlike
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Irish, Latin
Warrior; Summer; Warlike; Fighter; Place of Thracius; Harvester
Girl/Female
Australian, Welsh
White Footprint; Track of the Holy
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name for someone from Thirsk in North Yorkshire, named from an unattested Old Scandinavian word, thresk ‘marsh’.
Girl/Female
English American
from Thracia.
Biblical
crack; leak; distillation; balm
Surname or Lastname
English
English : perhaps a variant of Treece.
Girl/Female
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
Fighter
Female
English
Feminine variant spelling of English unisex Tracy, TRACI means "place of Thracius."
Boy/Male
Anglo Saxon American Latin Greek English French
Brave.
Surname or Lastname
English (southwest and South Wales)
English (southwest and South Wales) : metonymic nickname for a cunning or crafty person, from Middle English trick ‘strategem’, ‘device’ (from a Norman form of Old French triche).
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, Australian, British, Chinese, English, French
Fighter; Brave
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, Chinese, English, Greek, Latin
Warrior; Summer; Harvest; Courageous; Brave; Place of Thracius
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v. t.
To smell; to scent; hence, to track, or trace out.
v. t.
A mark left by anything passing; a track; a path; a course; a footprint; a vestige; as, the trace of a carriage or sled; the trace of a deer; a sinuous trace.
n.
A tract or area, as of land.
v. t.
To trace by scent; to track; -- a hunting term.
v. t.
Hence, to follow the trace or track of.
n.
A thin, flying cloud; a rack.
v. t.
To trace out; to track; also, to draw out; to protact.
n.
A crazy or crack-brained person.
v. t.
To break or burst, with or without entire separation of the parts; as, to crack glass; to crack nuts.
n.
A sharp, sudden sound or report; the sound of anything suddenly burst or broken; as, the crack of a falling house; the crack of thunder; the crack of a whip.
n.
A mark or impression left by the foot, either of man or beast; trace; vestige; footprint.
n.
A mark left by something that has passed along; as, the track, or wake, of a ship; the track of a meteor; the track of a sled or a wheel.
n.
A portion of track consisting of two diverging tracks connected by a cross track.
n.
Course; way; as, the track of a comet.
v. t.
To rack; to torment.
v.
Track; trace.
v. t.
To follow the tracks or traces of; to pursue by following the marks of the feet; to trace; to trail; as, to track a deer in the snow.
a.
A particular habit or manner; a peculiarity; a trait; as, a trick of drumming with the fingers; a trick of frowning.
v. t.
To transport on a truck or trucks.
travel, tourism, insurance