Locomotive classification lights
Locomotive classification lights Locomotive classification lights — colored flags by day, lights by night — were once used throughout North…
Read moreLocomotive classification lights Locomotive classification lights — colored flags by day, lights by night — were once used throughout North…
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Ruling 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…
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Virtually all the railways in the world employ the same system for moving the vehicles that travel over them: Power…
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Traffic control systems Running a safe operation is not as simple as you might think. Every train must have authority…
Read moreBecause shippers’ distribution patterns are rarely congruent with any one rail carrier, railroads have developed two traditional methods of extending…
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