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Refrigerated freight cars Progress can give us good, time-saving machinery and concepts our forefathers could have never dreamed of. In…
Read moreRefrigerated freight cars Progress can give us good, time-saving machinery and concepts our forefathers could have never dreamed of. In…
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Distributed power In North America, the railroad network is firmly entrenched with operating longer trains. Technology such as distributed power,…
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Class I railroads Class I railroads: If you’re in your car watching a long 100-car freight train roll over a…
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Rail yard basics What are rail yard basics? Think of a yard as a giant sorting machine. It’s a place…
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Builder’s plate Imagine walking around all of your life with your birth certificate attached to your forehead. Anyone could walk…
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Winter affects locomotives Diesel locomotives have many components and systems that can be negatively affected during periods of cold and…
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Railroading with pride Pride. It’s a simple word with a multitude of meanings. Just look it up in a dictionary.…
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EGR and SCR locomotive systems EGR and SCR locomotive systems are just two ways locomotives meet U.S. Environmental Protection Agency…
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Traveling Dallas-Fort Worth by rail During my recent trip to Fort Worth for the Railway Supply Institute conference, my brother,…
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Railroad snow plow methods Railroad snow plow methods in North America: Railroads do use some of the same tools as…
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Railroad signs Railroads, like highway systems, use a variety of signs, signals, and identification markers to convey information to railroaders…
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Traveling through the mountains Having never visited Canada before September and thus never having an opinion of the Canadian Rockies,…
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