Freight car markings
Conrail. Milwaukee Road. Santa Fe. Rail Box. Anyone who watches freight trains is familiar with these and other names blazoned…
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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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…
Read moreQ Why do automobile rack cars have TTX Co. reporting marks but also bear a logo from a railroad? –…
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