Quarry tub
Railway wagon used at quarries and mines
Quarry tub on 1,300 mm (4 ft 3+3⁄16 in) gauge
A tub or quarry tub is a type of railway or tramway wagon used in quarries and other industrial locations for the transport of minerals (such as coal, sand, ore, clay and stone) from a quarry or mine face to processing plants or between various parts of an industrial site.[1] This type of wagon may be small enough for one person to push, or designed for haulage by a horse, or for connection in a train hauled by a locomotive. The tubs are designed for ease of emptying, usually by a side-tipping action. This type of rail vehicle is now mainly obsolete, its function having been mostly replaced by conveyor belts.
See also
- British narrow gauge railways
- Chaldron
- Corf
- Decauville wagon
- Mine car
- Minecart
- Mineral wagon
- Mine railway
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Rail transport freight rolling stock
- Bogie bolster wagon
- Chauldron wagon
- Class U special wagon
- Conflat
- Double-stack car
- Flatcar (US)
- Flat wagon (EU)
- Gondola (US)
- Hopper car
- Kangourou wagon
- Lowmac
- Minecart
- Mineral wagon
- Modalohr
- Open wagon (EU)
- Pocket wagon
- Quarry tub
- Rollbock
- Rotary car dumper
- Schnabel car
- Slate wagon
- Specialized flatcars
- Transporter wagon
References
- ^ Welbourn, Nigel (2000). Lost lines: British narrow gauge. Shepperton: Ian Allan. p. 123. ISBN 0711027420.
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