Booster units
Say you’re an engineer running a multi-unit diesel consist on a freight train. During the trip, it becomes necessary to…
Read moreSay you’re an engineer running a multi-unit diesel consist on a freight train. During the trip, it becomes necessary to…
Read moreWho controls the movement of the trains after the tower is closed? The train dispatcher is the most common heir…
Read moreAn Amtrak train en route from Milwaukee to Chicago on Canadian Pacific’s double-track main line hurtles by a metal cabin…
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The Association of American Railroads has 11 basic classification of freight cars. Most of the major classes have subclasses, and…
Read moreConrail. Milwaukee Road. Santa Fe. Rail Box. Anyone who watches freight trains is familiar with these and other names blazoned…
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Car trucks and carbodies Do you remember running boards and full-height ladders on box cars? They are known in the…
Read moreLeslie and Nathan may sound like a dull couple from the ‘burbs, but they’re actually the first chairs in railroading’s…
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Locomotive classification lights Locomotive classification lights — colored flags by day, lights by night — were once used throughout North…
Read moreRuling Grade: The maximum meaningful grade on a line; the grade that limits train tonnage. Traditionally, a ruling grade was…
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Outfit cars Cars equipped with facilities for feeding and housing construction and maintenance employees in the field are known as…
Read moreVirtually all the railways in the world employ the same system for moving the vehicles that travel over them: Power…
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