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| Creating a Quiet Zone for a private entity | 7/11/2008 | Chris Holliday |
Q: Chris, I have been asked to research establishing a quiet zone for a private, instead of public ...
A: For a privately owned grade crossing, State law would usually apply. If the grade crossing is a ...
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| Railway Maintenance of Way Machines | 6/23/2008 | Chris Holliday |
Q: Where can I get a current Industry Review 2008 of the Railway Maintenance of Way equipment & ...
A: There are a number of monthly industry periodical publications which can provide insight into the ...
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| Vertical train lift / elevator? | 6/18/2008 | Chris Holliday |
Q: I was wondering if there are any examples of a vertical lift or elevator used to transfer a train ...
A: I believe you are looking for an example of some sort of elevator system being used in regular ...
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| plastic subway seats | 5/7/2008 | Chris Holliday |
Q: Certain NYC subway seats provide great relief to my lower back. The best are the yellow, gold and ...
A: The NY City subway operates about 6000 subway cars, one of the world's largest fleets. There are ...
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| railcar brakes | 5/2/2008 | Chris Holliday |
Q: I am involved in the trucking business,familiar with how trailer brakes work in that application ...
A: I am guessing that when you refer to hoses, you may be referring to the hoses which connect the ...
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| Railcars going round a curve | 4/10/2008 | Chris Holliday |
Q: What is the relative movement between two adjacent say 65 ft railcsrs when going around a typical ...
A: Believe it or not, this issue is typically dealt with as a matter of geometry using a relatively ...
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| something strange | 3/30/2008 | Akhilesh Yadav |
Q: This past winter I saw something I'd never seen on a railroad and am super curious as to why. Along ...
A: Your eyes are perfectly all right. Actually during winter some sections of tracks known as switch ...
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| railcar air brakes | 3/12/2008 | Chris Holliday |
Q: This is additional information for my original question. I am trying to convert a dining car from a ...
A: It appears you may be looking to upgrade the brake valve in order to move this car in regular ...
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| Railway Track buckles due to Heat | 3/9/2008 | Chris Holliday |
Q: I am in the final stages of being granted a British patent for a device to prevent heat buckles and ...
A: It seems to me that you might want to introduce your device to the Class I freight railroads who ...
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| railroad rails | 2/5/2008 | Chris Holliday |
Q: My 6 year old grandson is a railroad fanatic. He is bugging me to find a couple of short rails to ...
A: Most railroads replace rail on a periodic basis. When they do, they typically sell the old rail ...
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| grade crossing bell | 1/30/2008 | Akhilesh Yadav |
Q: I bet I get you on this one. I found a crossing bell (U.S & S. Co.) patented Feb.20-1917 number ...
A: Joe, i can not tell this without actually having a look at it. But i feel it should be a 10v dc bell ...
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| ITS and Railroad Crossing | 12/13/2007 | Chris Holliday |
Q: What are the ITS technologies to inform passengers about train approaching, how long its takes or ...
A: I believe you are asking if ITS technologies are being applied to railroad grade crossings in a way ...
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| Offloading stone | 12/9/2007 | Akhilesh Yadav |
Q: I work for a construction company that is interested in moving stone by rail to various locations. ...
A: Railroad will be economical for point to point movement if both the start and destination are on ...
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| Rail composition and loadbearing | 11/30/2007 | Chris Holliday |
Q: 1) What types of metals and in what percentages are they used in a typical rail? 2) How much weight ...
A: Joe: Thanks for your question. Here is some information in response to your question. There is an ...
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| train detection | 11/1/2007 | Akhilesh Yadav |
Q: is there a kind of train detection available which does not use rails for sending and receiving ...
A: If you mean just the current in rails, then yes, axle counter is the detection system which does not ...
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| TOC's | 10/24/2007 | Norman T. Eisengart |
Q: Which railway station (UK) currently holds the record for being served by the most TOC's? ANSWER: ...
A: I will be able to get an answer from a friend of mine who owned the EWS Railway. Ed Burkhardt who ...
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| Signalling Criteria | 10/15/2007 | Gary Wilson |
Q: What is the criteria for using four indication signalling (R-Y-FL Y-G) vs. three indication (R-Y-G)? ...
A: Hey George That is a very good question and a very long answer would be in order. The lights ...
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| Is it possible to rehire with NS railway? | 9/20/2007 | Gary Wilson |
Q: Will NS rehire a former employee who abruptly quit them? I was going through a divorce and quit ...
A: Hey Mark It may be hard to get past the hiring manager. Class ones would like to hire ...
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| retainer valves | 9/15/2007 | Gary Wilson |
Q: I was recently promoted to conductor. The instructor gave us a handout on using retainer valves in ...
A: Retainers are not to be used in place of hand brakes. First lesson you learn is that air brakes are ...
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| Railroad Tie Replacement | 9/7/2007 | Chris Holliday |
Q: I occasionally see lots of railroad equipment working on maintenance of the railways. How do the ...
A: All those machines belong to a class of equipment call "Maintenance Of Way" or MOW equipment. These ...
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| Rail deminsions | 9/7/2007 | Chris Holliday |
Q: I'm figuring a project that calls for rail road rails to be set in stone via drilling holes to a ...
A: I will not venture a guess to your specific hole diameter question, as I do not sufficiently ...
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| Diesel loco fuel consumption | 8/27/2007 | Norman T. Eisengart |
Q: I am a fiction writer. The diesel train in my story has a 7500kg fuel capacity (16530 pds) (8.265 ...
A: Hey Bob... Sorry I was unable to respond to your question sooner. I was on vacation, and just got ...
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| Rails | 8/20/2007 | Chris Holliday |
Q: What is the difference between rails - such as 134 lb. vs. 132 lb.?
A: The description of rail in this way refers to the weight of a linear yard of a given cross section ...
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| railroad rail | 8/10/2007 | Chris Holliday |
Q: I need to know the height of a standard railroad rail Thanks JEff
A: Like so many things that seem simple, the answer to your question depends. As much as it seems that ...
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| RAILROAD CAREER | 8/7/2007 | Chris Holliday |
Q: I AM ABOUT TO TURN 40 AND HAVE HAD A DOZEN OR SO "GO NOWHERE" JOBS MOSTLY IN RETAIL. I AM GREATLY ...
A: Your timing in making a switch to Railroading is good! The freight railroads are experiencing record ...
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| Railroad crossing flashers | 7/13/2007 | Akhilesh Yadav |
Q: I have a set of old railroad crossing flashers and want to hook them up. I was thinking they were 12 ...
A: Any flashing system needs three things. 1. Light source (lamps/LED's) 2.Flashing unit(electronics ...
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| General Railroad Knowledge | 6/17/2007 | Chris Holliday |
Q: I am generally interested in how railroads maintain their right-of-way and if they share track with ...
A: The concept of shared right of way or shared track between freight and passenger is a bit more ...
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| Quad gate cost | 6/4/2007 | Chris Holliday |
Q: I am amazed at the $700K to $1M cost associated with converting to quad gates to get a quiet zone. ...
A: There are several suppliers of most equipment types, including grade crossing control systems. That ...
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| Quad gate cost | 6/1/2007 | Chris Holliday |
Q: I am amazed at the $700K to $1M cost associated with converting to quad gates to get a quiet zone. ...
A: I am not surprised at the cost. One of these systems involves site work, interface with the ...
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| Amtrak Question, etc | 5/30/2007 | Chris Holliday |
Q: I have a couple questions. Where does Amtrak dispatch their trains from? Also, what other Class I ...
A: I am familiar with Amtrak dispatching in the Northeast Corridor (NEC). For the main "spine" of the ...
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| vehicle caught in crossing | 5/27/2007 | Chris Holliday |
Q: my mom was caught beteween crossing gaurds with a train approaching. the guard came up and she drove ...
A: The crossing protection systems with gate arms all initiate their sequence with the flashing lights ...
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| Question about Railroad Employment | 5/10/2007 | Chuck Mitchell |
Q: Right now I am a 10th grade high school student but want to enroll in being a major freight train ...
A: Hey Daniel...I would suggest majoring in Transportation, and Minoring in Business. That helps ...
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| Locomotice Engines | 4/13/2007 | Bernard Markowicz |
Q: I have always wondered why there are engines facing forward and usually the same facing backwards, ...
A: Locomotives are (almost) always designed so it does not matter which direction they travel. ...
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| Capacity | 4/11/2007 | Chuck Mitchell |
Q: What is typical Boxcar Capacity (Volume and Weight)? I need this for a comparison to a semi trailer ...
A: ..The typical lengths of boxcars are 40 feet, 50 feet, and 60 feet. The weight limits on those would ...
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| Sources of railcar seats | 4/4/2007 | Chris Holliday |
Q: I am working for Indian Railways and would like to know any manufacturers of modern passenger ...
A: Railcar seating manufacturers here in the US must meet stringent Federal requirements for seat ...
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| Technical consultants for railway project | 12/6/2006 | Chris Holliday |
Q: I work with a consultancy firm in India. Can you give me information on Technology specialists who ...
A: The engineering group that I run has over 50 engineers who work every day with diesel, electric and ...
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| City tram | 11/29/2006 | Chris Holliday |
Q: I want to learn the maxiumum slope that a tram or a light-rail train can drive up. Is it possible to ...
A: I do not know what the steepest tram slope is in service at this time, however I believe the ...
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| Fire Retardent Passeger Coaches | 11/2/2006 | Chris Holliday |
Q: I am an Industrial Engineer /Consultant based in Kolkata , India . I would like to know what kind of ...
A: In the US, the materials used for railcar interiors must meet stringent standards for FST (Fire, ...
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| FUEL | 10/25/2006 | Bernard Markowicz |
Q: ARE THERE ENERGY SAVING METHODS BEING DONE FOR THE RAILROAD INDUSTRY WHICH WILL CONSERVE FUEL COST
A: Railroads are very energy efficient to begin with - they are like hybrid cars of today and they are ...
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| New irish Trains | 10/12/2006 | Chris Holliday |
Q: Irish Rail has purchased new trains from CAF for intercity use. I expected them to be similar at ...
A: I am not personnally familiar with these new Irish trains you are referring to. I can speculate on a ...
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