A minecart, mine cart, or mine car (or more rarely mine trolley or mine hutch) is a type of rolling stock found on a mine railway, used for transporting ore and materials procured in the process of traditional mining. Minecarts are seldom used in modern operations, having largely been superseded in underground operations (especially coal mines) by more efficient belt conveyor systems that allow machines such as longwall shearers and continuous miners to operate at their full capacity, and above ground by large dumpers. (Full article...)
Image 3Arizona - North America - Southwest - Interstate Highway System (4893585908) (from Road transport)
Image 4Modes of road transport in Dublin, 1929 (from Road transport)
Image 5Interior view of a high-speed bullet train, manufactured in China (from Rail transport)
Image 6The Great North Road near High gate on the approach to London before turnpiking. The highway was deeply rutted and spread onto adjoining land. (from Road transport)
Image 21Bronocice pot with the earliest known image of a wheeled vehicle in the world, found in Poland (from Transport)
Image 22According to Eurostat and the European Railway Agency, the fatality risk for passengers and occupants on European railways is 28 times lower when compared with car usage (based on data by EU-27 member nations, 2008–2010). (from Rail transport)
Image 230-Series Shinkansen, introduced in 1964, triggered the intercity train travel boom. (from Rail transport)
Image 24The Lockheed SR-71 remains unsurpassed in many areas of performance. (from Aviation)
Image 25Bardon Hill box in England (seen here in 2009) is a Midland Railway box dating from 1899, although the original mechanical lever frame has been replaced by electrical switches. (from Rail transport)
Image 26Transport is a key component of growth and globalization, such as in Seattle, Washington, United States.
Image 27German soldiers in a railway car on the way to the front in August 1914. The message on the car reads Von München über Metz nach Paris ("From Munich via Metz to Paris"). (from Rail transport)
Image 28European rail subsidies in euros per passenger-km for 2008 (from Rail transport)
Image 30A cast iron fishbelly edge rail manufactured by Outram at the Butterley Company for the Cromford and High Peak Railway in 1831; these are smooth edge rails for wheels with flanges. (from Rail transport)
Image 31Map of world railway network as of 2022 (from Rail transport)
Image 32Passengers waiting to board a tube train on the London Underground in the early 1900s (sketch by unknown artist)
... that when Charles P. Gross became the chairman of the New York City Board of Transportation, the mayor told him that "if you think war is Hell, then you have something waiting for you on this job"?
... that United States Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg wrote an essay in 2000 on Bernie Sanders, his future competitor in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries?
... that a section of Mississippi Highway 489 was designated as the Jason Boyd Memorial Highway to commemorate the MDOT superintendent who was killed while removing debris from the road?