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    Catch points and trap points are types of points which act as railway safety devices. Both work by guiding railway carriages and trucks from a dangerous...
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    run-off points are referred to either as trap points or catch points. Derailers are another device used for the same purpose. Catch points are installed...
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    will be getting one to permit a 2tph service pattern. Some railways fit catch points at the ends of crossing loops so that if a train overruns the loop, it...
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    This form is common throughout the UK, where it is called trap points or catch points. The third type of derail is the portable derail, and is used by...
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    causes. In emergency situations, deliberate derailment with derails or catch points is sometimes used to prevent a more serious accident. The first recorded...
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    Catch-22 is a satirical war novel by American author Joseph Heller. It was his debut novel. He began writing it in 1953; the novel was first published...
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    catch points of a ratchet gear. The tumbler is similar in function to a ratchet gear. It is mounted on the inside of the lock-plate and has two catch-points...
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    A track circuit interrupter may be fitted at catch points, trap points or buffer stops to maintain a track circuit in the 'occupied' state in the event...
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  • Deadliest Catch is an American reality television series that premiered on the Discovery Channel on April 12, 2005. The show follows crab fishermen aboard...
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  • Catch 21 is an American game show broadcast by Game Show Network (GSN). Created by Merrill Heatter (who also produced the show's predecessor Gambit),...
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    To Catch a Thief is a 1955 American romantic thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, from a screenplay by John Michael Hayes based on the 1952 novel...
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    unreliable due to rusty rails, for example adjacent to buffer stops and catch points, a long treadle bar is used. When this is depressed, the signaller gains...
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    boomerangs at the same time and catch them in sequence in a special way. Consecutive Catch: points are awarded for the number of catches achieved before the boomerang...
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    control switches (points), signals and block systems is called interlocking. Originally, all signaling was done by mechanical means. Points and signals were...
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    endangering the safety of people on the railway. Buffer (rail transport) Catch points Cushioning Derail List of rail accidents Retarder (railroad) Shock absorber...
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  • dictionary. A sand trap can be: Bunker (golf), a hazard in the game of golf Catch points, designed to stop runaway railroad cars Run-off area, designed to stop...
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  • each. Every dot ball bowled gets 1 point. Every catch taken and stumping done are equal to 2.5 points each. The award is currently known as My11Circle...
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    for runaway vehicles on the I-5 near Byala, Bulgaria Transport portal Catch points Derail Engineered materials arrestor system Runway safety area (RSA/RESA)...
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    opposing team's goal, a field goal, worth three points, is awarded to the kicking team. The fair catch kick has its origins in rugby football's goal from...
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  • Catch the Sperm is a 2011 educational game developed and published by Phenomedia. It was recognized as an entertaining way for health professionals to...
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    Intermittent cab signals are updated at discrete points along the rail line and between these points the display will reflect information from the last...
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  • train derailed mitigated the consequences of the SPAD) and the second, catch-points associated with the signal operated correctly and derailed the train...
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    and without bobbling [Nachgreifen], the field team receives a catch point. Catch points also may be earned off invalid hits of the batting side by catching...
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  • Catch the ten, also called Scots whist or Scotch whist, is an 18th-century point-trick ace–ten card game that is recorded as being played only in Scotland...
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    interlaced loops had been provided where sprung catch points were required because of the steep gradient. The points at either end of the loop were set according...
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    switches, detection of the switch points would have to be monitored separately, whereas on track-circuited lines misaligned points can be set to automatically...
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  • Sand pile may refer to: Abelian sandpile model Catch points This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Sand pile. If an internal...
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    Congress. Retrieved 29 April 2015. "Sugar Cane Railway Drawbridges and Catch-points Photos and Information". Sa-Transport.co.za. Media related to Diamond...
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  • Hillclimbing Horseshoe curve Zig Zag / Switchback Spiral Block post Buffer stop Catch points Integrated Electronic Control Centre Interlocking Level crossing Loading...
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    driver has permission to proceed That points (also called switch or turnout in the US) are set correctly Which way points are set The speed the train may travel...
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