in North American railroad signaling. For a more technical look at how signals actually work, see North American railway signaling. There are two main... 53 KB (7,656 words) - 19:40, 13 May 2024 |
Standards for North American railroad signaling in the United States are issued by the Association of American Railroads (AAR), which is a trade association... 33 KB (4,701 words) - 19:47, 13 May 2024 |
Railway signalling (BE), or railroad signaling (AE), is a system used to control the movement of railway traffic. Trains move on fixed rails, making them... 45 KB (5,957 words) - 14:21, 11 April 2024 |
Level crossing (redirect from Railroad crossing signals) crossing (chiefly international), grade crossing or railroad crossing (chiefly American), road through railroad, criss-cross, train crossing, and RXR (abbreviated)... 32 KB (2,861 words) - 14:16, 29 April 2024 |
General Railway Signal – The other major US railway signaling company North American railroad signals Safetran – Another US railway signaling company, now... 14 KB (1,199 words) - 19:28, 1 May 2024 |
Automatic block signaling (ABS), spelled automatic block signalling or called track circuit block (TCB) in the UK, is a railroad communications system... 11 KB (1,132 words) - 22:56, 21 October 2023 |
nickname for a type of railroad grade crossing signal once common in North America, referring to its pendulum-like motion that signaled a train's approach... 26 KB (3,407 words) - 02:10, 8 April 2024 |
Level crossing signals are the electronic warning devices for road vehicles at railroad level crossings. Level crossings can be operated in various ways... 8 KB (1,024 words) - 18:05, 30 April 2024 |
Eastern and Chatham, used motor-operated three-position semaphore signals of North American origin. These worked in the upper quadrant to distinguish them... 62 KB (8,489 words) - 14:18, 11 May 2024 |
Interlocking (redirect from Interlocking (railroad)) (2003). Railroad Signaling. St Paul, Minnesota: MBI Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0-7603-1360-2. OCLC 52464704. The first manufacturer of signal equipment... 25 KB (2,932 words) - 16:38, 13 January 2024 |
Positive train control (category Railway signalling block systems) communications. Even where safety systems such as cab signaling have been present for many decades, the freight railroad industry has been reluctant to fit speed control... 74 KB (8,865 words) - 19:13, 22 April 2024 |
Bibliotheca Palatina in Heidelberg. Color position light, a type of North American railroad signal Commercial pilot licence, a qualification that permits the holder... 4 KB (610 words) - 08:47, 10 April 2024 |
a fixed manual signaling system across Britain and North America, surpassing all other types in most applications by 1870. Such signals as electrically... 27 KB (3,836 words) - 22:03, 23 April 2024 |
Centralized traffic control (category Railway signalling block systems) concept of CTC is the notion of traffic control as it applies to North American railroads. Trains moving in opposite directions on the same track cannot... 16 KB (2,243 words) - 04:41, 2 April 2024 |
Train protection system (section Cab signaling) High Speed 1 (TVM, KVB) United States of America (ACSES, ATCS, I-ETMS, ITCS) Anti Collision Device Cab signalling Dead man's switch Linienzugbeeinflussung... 12 KB (974 words) - 17:37, 23 April 2024 |
train is 'complete with tail lamp'. Automatic block signaling uses a series of automated signals, normally lights or flags, that change their display... 23 KB (3,134 words) - 16:38, 24 April 2024 |
compatible with the permitted speed allowed by signalling, including automatic stop at certain signal aspects. If it is not, ATP activates an emergency... 2 KB (115 words) - 10:57, 9 April 2024 |
Progress Rail (category Railway signalling manufacturers) largest integrated and diversified suppliers of railroad and transit system products and services in North America. Progress Rail markets products and services... 13 KB (988 words) - 21:38, 11 May 2024 |
with the conventional (national) signal system either by connecting to the lineside railway signal or to the signalling control tower. A balise transmits... 23 KB (2,969 words) - 06:59, 27 April 2024 |
Conrail (redirect from Consolidated Railroad Corporation) Position Light: Better Know a Signaling System - NORAC". The Position Light. Retrieved March 26, 2022. ""Tri-Light" Railroad Signals". railroadsignals.us. Retrieved... 49 KB (4,689 words) - 15:40, 29 April 2024 |
must necessarily have signals for both directions. Used in conjunction with the American train order system, a train order signal advises the engineer... 11 KB (1,481 words) - 12:17, 28 November 2023 |