Quarry tub

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. 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.

Rail transport freight rolling stock

Enclosed equipment	Autorack Boxcar (US) British Railway Milk Tank Wagon Cattle wagon Coil car Container Covered goods wagon Covered hopper Livestock wagon Milk car Refrigerator car (US) Refrigerated van (EU) Roadrailer Stock car Tank car Wagon with opening roof

Open equipment	Chauldron wagon Double-stack car Flatcar (US) Flat wagon (EU) Gondola (US) Hopper car Mine car Minecart Mineral wagon Modalohr Open wagon (EU) Quarry tub Rollbock Rotary car dumper Schnabel car Slate waggon Transporter wagon

Non-revenue equipment	Brake van (EU) Caboose (US) Clearance car Crane Crew car Rotary snowplow Scale test car Stoneblower Tamping machine Work trains

Mining equipment

Excavation

Tools	Pickaxe Shovel Hand steel Crowbar Sledgehammer Jackhammer Gezähe

Blasting	Blasting machine Detonator / Blasting cap Dualin Dynamite Gunpowder

Heavy machinery	Steam shovel Power shovel Dragline excavator Bucket-wheel excavator Gold dredge

Other	Fire-setting Gold panning Hushing

Transport

Vertical	Hoist Headframe Winding engine Whim Man engine

Horizontal	Mine railway Minecart Mine car Pit pony Quarry tub Slate waggon Mantrip Ropeway conveyor Haul truck Articulated hauler Stacker Reclaimer

Safety

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Quarry tub

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