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rail crane

type of crane used on a railroad
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rail crane
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rail crane

Summary

rail crane ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (22 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • rail crane is a type of railroad car[2].
  • rail crane is a type of crane[3].
  • rail crane's Commons category is recorded as Rail cranes[4].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include railroad car[2] and crane[3].

Why It Matters

rail crane ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (22 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[5] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[6]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Subclass of → railroad car, crane
    Aliases → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007560721005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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