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[edit] General

  • OhDOT - Ohio Department of Transportation: projects (planned and completed), activities, history

[edit] Transportation technology, General & Unsorted

  • Bridge rating
  • Chemigum - First chemical substitute for rubber patented my a tire company. See [1]
  • Lifting (Elevating) Fifth Wheel -
  • Horse Rings - (tie horses to curbs -- http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id= )
  • Main span - (bridges)
  • Public transportation systems by ridership -
  • Seattle International Auto Show -
  • Transportation Infrastructure Investment Fund (TIIF) -
  • Transporting plutonium -
  • venture freight - Notable? See [2]
  • Walther-cycle - (may be a corruption of "Walter-cycle"). A type of propulsion for submarines.

[edit] Water transport

[edit] Ships and boats

[edit] Ports

  • Port Liberty - (from admiralty manuals). Bayonne N.J.?

[edit] Speed records

  • PWC speed record - Waverunner/JetSki/PWC current speed record holder, believe it is held by a man named something Malone)
  • Transatlantic speed record - not to be confused with Blue Riband or Hales trophy

[edit] Other

  • Deck prism - glass piece which illuminates below-decks spaces, cf. [11]
  • Evinrude E-TEC - cleaner operating 2-cycle marine engine, cf. [12]
  • James Wharram - catamaran designer cf. [13]
  • Lanby buoy - apparently acronym for Large Automatic Navigation Buoy cf. [14], [15], [16]
  • Richmond-San Rafael Ferry Company - based on information available here
  • Stockless anchor - also called patent anchor [17][18][19]

[edit] Aviation (sorted)

Please sort when adding new entry(ies):

[edit] Aircraft

[edit] Other aviation articles

  • aileron counterbalance - purpose, application and history
  • aircraft maintenance planning
  • aircraft-related noise level limitations - Information is included in the articles Aircraft noise and Noise regulation.
  • Airline Reliability Statistics & History compared numbers of crashes, casualties, maintenance track records, etc. For example, Wall Street Journal March 19, 2007 has a table of fatal accidents by airline region.
  • Airport Trucks - cadbury advert sequel to Gorilla. In context it is relevant to here.
  • airports with wireless internet - list
  • Aludyne Aluminium Treatment - Is this really a reference to alodine?
  • Biokerosene - what is it? Is it... viable? sustainable? available?
  • British Air Ferries, an airline made air ferry services
  • Captain Julian Bond
  • Catalog of Aircraft Specifications A list of aircraft and their specifications including operating costs and noise footprint if possible. Ideally, this would be formatted using a standard template so easy comparisons could be made. Can we use XML? For a start, see List of aircraft
  • Channel Air Bridge, an airline made air ferry services
  • Cherry Red Airline Limited Early (1920s) postal service in Saskatchewan, Canada.
  • Combat landing - technique(s) for tactical landing for military aviation under combat conditions
  • Curtiss V-1150 aircraft engine, also known as Curtiss D-12, de:Curtiss D-12
  • Cyclogyros - Experimental form of flight recently mentioned on Slashdot.
  • Fan blade out testing or Blade off testing
  • Fong Guey early aeroplane builder
  • Frontiers of Flight Museum, an aviation museum near Love Field in Dallas, TX
  • Galley cooling
  • GATCO - Guild of Air Traffic Control Officers. The UK's professional organisation for Air Traffic Controllers. GATCO is a member of the International Federation of Air Traffic Control Associations.
  • Gilo Cardozo - flew with Bear Grylls in paraglider over Mt. Everest
  • Grand Central Air Terminal in Glendale, California; main airport of Los Angeles area until after World War II; several aviation record flights began or ended here; several films made here; closed in 1959, though terminal is still standing
  • jetphotos.net
  • List of plane crashes that caused by low visibility
  • List of North American United States Aviation and Airline Holding Business Entities, which have two or more passenger airline carriers with federal operating certificates among their subsidiaries or divisions. Suggesting and Template:Airlist box
  • luggage hold
  • Mega Float Island
  • Northwest Airlines Flight 1482, a DC-9-10 departing for Pittsburgh and Northwest Flight 299, a Boeing 727 departing for Memphis collided at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport on December 3, 1990
  • pushforce
  • Lt-Col Vincent Crane Richmond Director of Airship Design (Technical) on R 101.
  • RMAX
  • Rubberized Friction Seal Coat, a material sometimes applied to asphalt runways, taxiways and ramps.
  • Salt Air New airline
  • Seabird Aviation Australia Pty Ltd
  • Steve Fossett's hot air balloon flights Perhaps that isn't the ideal title, but he has made many more flights (and set more records?) than the two listed in his article.
  • Thrust asymmetric compensator or Thrust asymmetric compensation
  • Traffic Information Services-Broadcast (TIS-B) and Flight Information Services-Broadcast (FIS-B). These are covered briefly in Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast, but please expand on these aspects in separate articles.
  • Turbine Blade, How are blades manufactured and attatched to turbines?
  • vernier throttle, What exactly is a vernier throttle and on what aircraft is it used? Are they used on other machines?
  • Wingstrike, airplane wings touching ground/runway during takeoff/landing
  • Flogo, a Flogo is a foam device, which can be used for air advertisement [20]

[edit] Rockets and Spacecraft

  • AstroExplorer A person who has the physical and mental preparation to explore outer space, counted from the Karman Line - at least 100km above the surface of earth - doing it so by his own financial means, with the technical help of a non-goverment space agency.
  • Ecologic rockets Ecologic rockets and rocket engines can be described, something which is possible trough the use of hydrogen, and hydrogen peroxide-rocket engines aswell as Nuclear thermal rocket engines. More information:*RD-0120 rocket engine by Energia-Buran described, and *Arcaspace's hydrogen peroxide-oxigen rocket engine described
  • flyaway cost of a missile system.
  • Mika Juho
  • NASA Mission to Planet Earth and history of Earth observing missions.
  • Project Westford A Cold War-era Air Force project to make an emergency communications band (see references [21] and [22]
  • Reaction motor
  • Ruschmeyer aircraft
  • "Streaker (SpaceDev)" -- small launch vehicle being developed by SpaceDev
  • CSS Skywalker Bigelow spacestation

[edit] Spacecraft

[edit] Launch pads

  • Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 4
  • Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 6
  • Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 7
  • Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 8
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  • Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 21
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  • Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 27
  • Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 28
  • Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 29
  • Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 30
  • Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 31
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  • Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 42
  • Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 43
  • Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 44
  • Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 45
  • Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 46
  • Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 47
  • Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 1
  • Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 4
  • Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 5
  • Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 8
This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

[edit] Rail transport

See also: Wikipedia:WikiProject Trains/Todo/Write
  • Auckland Trams
  • Lianyungang-Amsterdam Railway
  • Iowa Pacific Holdings LLC
  • Maxx Auckland public transport network
  • Missouri and Arkansas Railway Co. See the Arkansas and Missouri Railroad they are not the same company
  • Railroad Customer Service and Information Management
  • Interstate II
  • Rapid transit in the United States
  • Rapid transit in France
  • Rapid transit in Japan etc...
  • Jubilee line fraud trial, for example
  • ZTR Control Systems
  • Rail succession templates for the Zürich S-Bahn Network.
  • Slam door trains
  • Red for Danger
  • Great North of England Railway

[edit] Locomotives

[edit] Diesel shunting locomotives: Main-line diesel locomotives

Pre-1955 Type:

First American Railroads

[edit] Diesel multiple units

Listed in: List of British Rail classes

[edit] Electric multiple units (EMUs)

DC EMUs:

  • Ex-LNER Units (Tyneside stock)
  • how modern electric railways run? its electric engine,signalling system, coaches, platform etc indian railways, british local subways rail system.. etc from :parag gholse,INDIA
  • article on the proposed class 93? [23] [24]

[edit] Coaches

Listed in Template:British Rail Coaches

Mark 3:

  • Brake First Open (BFO)

Big 4 Coaching Stock:

  • Coaches of the London and North Eastern Railway
  • Coaches of the Great Western Railway (U.K.)
  • Coaches of the Southen Railway (U.K.)

[edit] Railway stations

[edit] Works and Depots etc

Neville Hill Train Care Depot (Leeds)

[edit] Road Transport

  • 9ff - 2007 9ff 911 Turbo TRC 91
  • Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Coupé - A car which was voted into the top 26 of Car of the 20th Century.
  • Alfa Romeo TZ1 - I used to work on one of these gorgeous cars and wanted to read up but couldn't find an article. Anyone more knowledgeable than I care to do the honours? TiHead 15:31, 20 April 2006 (UTC) Check out Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ. Chaparral2J 02:05, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
  • alloy wheel rim
  • Amectran Exar-1 Electric Vehicle - Amectran is the manufacturer, and has no corresponding article currently. Exar-1 is their most notable vehicle for its nearness to production and publication. Amectran.com has several scanned in articles/memos from various sources for use as references. The majority of the site is unsubstantiated opinions and has no place on wikipedia, but a formal presentation and discussion should be had. As long as a stub is started, I am more than willing to began expanding.
  • AMO-F-15 a 1924 truck from Avtomobilnoe Moskovskoe Obshchestvo , image with specifications
  • Car dance show - These shows involve cars called lowriders hopping in the air with the help of hydraulics.
  • Car hydraulics
  • Chrysler's 4.0L I6 HO engine - Can anyone help me find the info on the fuel efficiency of this engine? I recently bought a cherokee xj with this kind of engine, and I am wondering about its exact gas consumption.
  • Continuation car, a special type of replica of a vehicle no longer in production by the original automaker. Continuations of the Ford GT40 and AC Cobra are relatively common, though expensive.
  • Custom Coaches - http://www.custom-coaches.com.au/ Australian bus and coach builder, supplying a large part of australian public transport buses.
  • Diesel Dually
  • Driving/car physics model Description of physics and maths involved in racing or driving simulations.
  • Florida State Road 116 Description of history and route of Florida State Road 116 in eastern Jacksonville, FL.
  • GPS Receiver chipset and protocols for example SiRF III, SiRF Xtrac etc. and their differences
  • Great places to drive fast fast fun for everyday people
  • Hodophobia the fear of driving/transportion
  • Hyosung GT / Comet Range Hyosungs GT Range of Motorcycles 125cc - 650cc
  • International Pacific Highway - expedition started in 1930 for a proposed highway along the west coast of the Americas. From the United States through Mexico and Central America. Possibly started by the AAA (Auto Club)
  • Lamborghini Giallo already exist, its spelled Lamborghini Gallardo - Newer Model of car made by famous car maker Lamborghini
  • Linear referencing system
  • List of Opel engines for example like "List of Volkswagen engines", chip tuning, tuning, concepts etc. Opel VS. VW and their differences of engines
  • MacArthur Highway - A main thoroughfare in the Philippines; Bataan Death March monument located along the route; part of Pan-Philippine Highway. Disambiguate from the MacArthur Freeway (Interstate 580 in Oakland, CA).
  • motorcycle shaft drive
  • Pup Trailer Type of pull behind trailer
  • Recreational Vehicle Rentals How to rent motorhomes and travel trailers and where to stay.
  • Sharabang Also spelled Charabang; derived from the French word char-a-banc, a bus-like wagon, at one time typically with an open roof; relevant to European social history, especially as concerns public drunkenness (see day-tripper); historical pictures not hard to find, e.g., http://www.foxearth.org.uk/glemsfordPictures/charabang.jpg; current in British-English usage, e.g., http://www.curlewrowingclub.co.uk/regatta_photos2002/Banyoles%/pages/a%20sharabang%20full%20of%20old%20cobblers.htm; Charabang appropriated by Hergé as a placename in the story Tintin_in_Tibet; relevant to etymology of shebang (vs. the French char-a-banc, gives a clearer basis for understanding why the etymology might be disputed.)
  • skid pan
  • step van - The iconic delivery truck
  • Step Van This kind of van is used in almost every movie that involves surveillance or other cool covert police/CIA/FBI operations. The Wikipedia has no information about it at all. I wonder if the articles are getting deleted because they compromise national security... :)
  • Thailand Accident Research Center (TARC) The center of scientific information in Road Safety in Thailand, more info here: [25]
  • Toyota North-American cars timeline template from 1980's-Present. See Pontiac (Section: References)for an example of template outline.
  • Trailer Refrigeration Unit
  • Tubeless tyre
  • V-Rod - I am so fascinated by this bike in fact millions of people world over are...it will serve them well if wikipedia has an article on it.
  • www.blueschoolofmotoring.comDriving course by Blue School of Motoring The safe way to drive according to the standards set in the United Kingdom, safe driving methods.
  • Yard spotter -- this is a type of medium- or heavy-duty truck.
  • Yukon River Highway (proposed highway from approximately Fairbanks to Nome)
  • ZIL-485 - Soviet copy of the DUKW amphibious truck
  • I would like to see an article on the Hot Wheels model and concept car of the Twin Mill Link
  • I would like to see further information on water-powered engines and hydrogen from water used for practical energy uses such as Glenn Castillo's car that runs on 80% hydrogen. Link

[edit] Automotive technologies

Engines, etc; especially technologies for buses, cars and trucks.
See also Category:Automotive technologies
  • Acoustic enclosure for engine: What exactly is the acoustic enclosures function in case of diesel engines.
  • adaptive shifting
  • Anthony Wayne Bridge Suspension bridge in Toledo, OH that spans 3215 ft in total length...no page dedicated to it.
  • Anti roll suspension - See: [26]
  • Barstool racer
  • Brakes for trailers capabilities & safety of surge hydraulic, electric brakes or air brakes for trailers towed by cars & light trucks.
  • Brake Torque same as Brake Horsepower, mentioned under the horsepower entry.
  • Carbon deposits
  • Car Bra/Car Mask
  • Clean diesel
  • Comparative articles:
    • mileage vs cc (better, range vs. cc).
    • mileage vs torque (better, range vs. torque)
    • power vs RPM
    • torque vs RPM
    • Startup vs speed
  • Debimeter
  • DeCat (aka Cat Bypass)
  • Delahaye Prototype
  • Door Dings (car) are dents and scrapes in your vehicle's doors caused by inconsiderate parking "neighbors".
  • Eddy current dynamometer
  • Engine mounts
  • Evaporator (automotive) (not really covered in main Evaporator article)
  • Filter Smoke Number definition of the measuring unit, equivalence with a soot concentration per time in Diesel exhaust gases.
  • Ford Bellhousing Patterns (see List of GM bellhousing patterns; does Ford use ones listed there?)
  • Gear shifting using a tachometer, efficient gearshifting using a tachometer for a petrol car.
  • Inflatable restraint (is this more general than airbag?)
  • Jackrabbit starts (how to start a car?)
  • limp mode – also known as limp-home mode
  • Line boring (Engine machining technique)
  • Manual book of Mazda Interplay
  • Manual shift gate
  • Mattracks -- Can replace conventional wheels on trucks, strongly resembles caterpillar tracks, except for each individual wheel.
  • Mercedes-Benz common rail diesel engines, in particular the 2.7 litre,5 cylinder as fitted to the "m class" 1997 - 2005.
  • New technology engine (Oscillating piston engine)
  • Nitrogen filled tires [27]
  • Ram-Air hood - that raised area on the hoods of ram-air sports cars. I searched long to find out that's what it was called. It deserves an article or definition.
  • Recreation Vehicle Parts and Accessories
  • Russell Motor Car Company The automaker hailing from Canada lost to time. Compared to Rolls, Daimler and Bently. The "motor" in CCM (Canadian Cycle and Motor Co.)
  • Shift gate
  • Small engine repair and mechanics:Including LAWNMOWER repair diagrams and general wisdom It has been suggested that this be included in Requested Wikibooks..
  • Speedster Automobiles:Including manufacturing, history, and other speedster automotive items of interest
  • Smacks Booster A simple low cost device that increases Miles per gallon. Water is broken down into hydrogen and oxygen to form a hydroxy gas which is then added to the engine via the air intake. Developed by Panacea University [28]
  • Trailing Arm Bushing (automotive) AKA "compliance bushing," a part of a car's wheel suspension
  • Turner Number (dimensionless number used to describe rolling resistance and velocity in tires)
  • Twin scroll turbocharger as found on some Mitsubishi Evos
  • Valet lockout - A feature apparently available on car models such as the Buick Lucerne, some Mercedes-Benzes, Lexuses, VWs, and Hyundai Sonatas[29], though there isn't much information about them.
  • VM Motori RA 630 turbo-diesel
  • Water emulsion fuel water is blended with fuel, usually diesel for vehicles, or heavy oil for ships, to improve efficiency and reduce emissions.
  • Water pump (automotive) (it pumps coolant into the radiator and engine, not thoroughly covered in Water pump)
  • Weber-Marelli fuel/ignition systems, as in Aston Martin V8 and others.
  • Yaw rate; An important concept relating to the mechanical behaviour of cars in understeer and oversteer. There is an article for the Yaw angle and the Yaw rate sensors used in flight dynamics, but nothing for the automotive domain.

[edit] Other Road transport articles

  • 4 stroke vs 2 stroke (see Stroke (engine)).
  • Anhui Jianghuai Automobile/Jianghuai Anhui Automobile/Jianghuai Automobile (JAC), an another related automobile industry in China
  • ANWB See nl:ANWB, de:ANWB. Unfortunately the Dutch article is unsourced (the Dutch wiki doesn't care for citing sources) and can therefore not be used, so someone knowledgable in the subject matter should have a go.
  • Australian car industry
  • Bangernomics - The principal of buying, owning, running and maintaining cars as cheaply as possible.
  • Barabus TKR New car supposedly capable of 0-60 in 1.67 seconds and 270 MPH top speed
  • barstool racing
  • Basic Utility Vehicle Low-cost, low-feature vehicle developed for the third world by the Institute for Affordable Transportation
  • Canta cars - A car marque which makes tiny ultra-slim city cars like the lx
  • Capline pipeline
  • CF Moto -A Chinese motorcycle manufacturer specializing in automatic transmission models
  • Chevrolet Z71 Chevrolet/GMC Truck and SUV / see Z71 -- 14:02, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Citreon ZX
  • Clay bar - Substance and method for removing tar, ingrained dirt etc. from (primarily) the painted surfaces of road vehicles
  • David Low Way State Route 6 in Queensland, Australia should be made into an article
  • Dobbertin Surface Orbiter information about the first privately-owned amphibious vehicle to travel the Panama Canal, up for sale(?) [30]
  • E85 v Biodiesel comparison of 'greenness' - miles per acre, costs etc (E85 and Biodiesel both have articles)
  • Florida State Road A1A Alternate - a redirect page was deleted via RfD. Now it needs an article. (There isn't anything in the logs, but it still needs an article.)
  • Honda Sparta
  • Institute for Affordable Transportation - Not-for-profit public charity devoted to developing low-cost transportation for the world's working poor
  • Jethropa
  • Micromodeling Applications of micro-simulation modeling in planning; use of Intelligent Transportation Systems data to this end
  • Moretti Car Company Specifically the founder(s)
  • Multi-State Road 121 (Florida/Georgia/South Carolina) Three state highways with one route that runs through the states of Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina. Upon the creation of this site, I'm also requesting the merging of Florida State Road 121 into the article.
  • New Orleans Toll Tag
  • Nitrofill
  • On-demand public transportation - The principle of public transportation on flexible routes generated by the demand of users.
  • Peterbilt 379 A car. / car? A truck from Peterbilt
  • Plantation pipeline
  • PlateWire PlateWire.com allows users to "flag" bad drivers - Notable?
  • pod filter - air filter in the form of a cone, installed in a car to increase air flow resulting in better performance.
  • Pontiac GRAND LeMANS 1975 / see Pontiac LeMans 1973-1977
  • Port and Polish
  • Power vs torque
  • priority road
  • Quick Change Rear End - how it works and what are its' benefits?
  • RF layout - (goes with extant 'automotive layout' articles) An unusual configuration, but used in Bucky Fullers' 'Dymaxion car', Tiger I tanks, and perhaps other vehicles. Please explain challenges and benefits.
  • Riker Electric / see Riker Electric Vehicle Company
  • Romahome
  • RPM vs torque
  • Saturation flow - I'd like to see a a description of Saturation flows
  • Scorpion MK Series
  • Snow-melting machine
  • South African license plates see Vehicle registration plates of South Africa -- 14:02, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Sparksdötting - a "vehicle" used in Lapland/Sami
    see sv:Sparkstötting, no:Sparkstøtting, da:Sparkstøtting, nn:Sparkstytting and finally in English: Kicksled -- 14:02, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Teatro Zinzanni see: Teatro ZinZanni -- 14:02, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Tokyu Bus - (????) A bus company in Japan. It would be appreciated even if other bus company get written.
  • Tom Hartley - British luxury car dealer, highly notable in the 1990's with lots of press publicity from national newspapers (these were not from car sections) and appearances in TV programs, mainly because of Tom Jr, the elder son's ability to sell luxury cars from the age of eleven, when most boys would be dreaming of them.
  • Transporting livestock
  • UltraCommuter
  • Veterans Blvd Metairie, LA
  • WestStart-CALSTART a transport nonprofit organization, that helps to preserve environment (this article was created but "speedy deleted" due to beleived "non-notability").
  • Yamaha Aerox
  • Yamaha FZS600 motorcycle
  • Yamaha WR400F Enduro Motorcycle
  • Yuma Desalting Plant some information from the US Bureau of Reclamation
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