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    A defect detector is a device used on railroads to detect axle and signal problems in passing trains. The detectors are normally integrated into the tracks...
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    Station MP QR 7.2 - Bogota defect detector MP QR 18.8 - New Jersey / New York State Border MP QR 20.5 - Orangeburg defect detector MP QR 24.5 - Nyack MP QR...
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  • heavy freight train moving at low speed. Dragging equipment detector See Defect detector. Drawbar The part of a coupler that attaches to the frame of...
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  • disease, caused by rice hoja blanca tenuivirus Hot bearing detector, a type of defect detector Hbd, IMA symbol for Humboldtine Torrenticolidae (CoL taxon...
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    scanners and monitors. These are sometimes called "in motion defect detectors" or defect detectors (DD). As the railroad has evolved from block stations and...
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    Most of the larger railroads use defect detectors to scan passing trains for hot box conditions. Some of these detectors also have "automated mile posts"...
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    in-motion wheel defect detector developed by Union Pacific that uses ultrasound technology to inspect each wheel. It is the only such detector in the world...
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  • meter Blind spot monitor Crankshaft position sensor (CKP) Curb feeler Defect detector Engine coolant temperature sensor Hall effect sensor Wheel speed sensor...
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  • of constraint on a relational database Dragging equipment detector, a type of defect detector used on railroads Ded, Bishop of Vác, Hungarian 12th-century...
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    problems at the rear of the train before they caused trouble. Lineside defect detectors and end-of-train devices eliminated much of this need. Older freight...
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    listen in to the local railroad frequency, which broadcasts out of the defect detector in nearby Jenkinsburg. Locust Grove Elementary School Unity Grove Elementary...
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    sparks about an hour before. The crew received an alarm from a wayside defect detector shortly before the derailment indicating a mechanical problem, and...
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    The Canny edge detector is an edge detection operator that uses a multi-stage algorithm to detect a wide range of edges in images. It was developed by...
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  • Fowlerville – CH 64.0 – defect detector Williamston – CH 71.5 to CH73.0 – 7150-ft passing siding, south side Okemos – CH 79.9 – defect detector Trowbridge – CH...
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    integrated circuits allowed the design of the axle counters currently used. Defect detector Lists of rail accidents Severn Tunnel rail accident (1991) Rail inspection...
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    Polygraph (redirect from Lie detector)
    A polygraph, often incorrectly referred to as a lie detector test, is a pseudoscientific device or procedure that measures and records several physiological...
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  • 1 Dawson 275.3 Dawson defect detector 272.7 270.3 269.7 Connellsville Connellsville Yard 268.6 266.2 Casparis defect detector 262.9 Indian Creek 253...
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  • tracks on its full entire route and two defect detector locations over its length. The first defect detector is at milepost SM 1.3 and the first siding...
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    approaching the park include the following: Eastbound - Both railroads have defect detectors just west of the crossing that signal train statuses over the radio...
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    modern planned maintenance procedures and line-side defect detectors, such as hot box detectors, wheeltappers are redundant. The job is mostly associated...
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    coal from the siding at milepost (MP) 38 into the plant. A talking defect detector, which scans the axles of passing trains for problems, is located in...
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    261.1 Kingwood Tunnel 260.3 Tunnelton WV Northern RR 258.1 Tunnelton defect detector 254.5 Rowlesburg 253.6 M & K Junction 237.7 233.4 Youghiogheny River...
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  • based in Leeds in England Hot Wheels, a brand of toy car Hot wheel defect detector, a railway sensor designed to detect sticking brakes This disambiguation...
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    superconducting nanowire single-photon detector (SNSPD or SSPD) is a type of optical and near-infrared single-photon detector based on a current-biased superconducting...
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    X-ray detectors are devices used to measure the flux, spatial distribution, spectrum, and/or other properties of X-rays. Detectors can be divided into...
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  • may refer to: Early childhood development Endocardial Cushion Defect Heart structural defect Eastern Caribbean dollar Eastern Continental Divide in North...
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    South Branch defect detector...
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  • A flame detector is a sensor designed to detect and respond to the presence of a flame or fire, allowing flame detection. Responses to a detected flame...
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  • number 2 track (left to right track). There is also the first EDD (Defect Detector) at 000179.1. Few more miles southward, the next major location appears...
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    Lazarus effect (category Particle detectors)
    Lazarus effect refers to semiconductor detectors; when these are used in harsh radiation environments, defects begin to appear in the semiconductor crystal...
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