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| railroad crossing gate | 9/28/2008 |
Q: once the railroad crossing lights come on is there a min. or max. time that the crossing gate is ...
A: The crossing arrangement and hence sequence of operation and timing differs from country to country ...
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| trains | 9/6/2008 |
Q: I have been seeing a bnsf coal train with two engines and one engine at the rear.
A: The engine in rear of train is also called Banker and it is mostly used in heavy gradient sections ...
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| communication between dispatcher and train in early sixties. | 5/27/2008 |
Q: I would like to know by what means the dispatcher communicated with the engineer of a coal train ...
A: sorry for the delay. Unfortunately system did not prompt me this time since it does not prompt for ...
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| something strange | 3/30/2008 |
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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| grade crossing bell | 1/30/2008 |
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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| Offloading stone | 12/9/2007 |
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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| train detection | 11/1/2007 |
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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| Railroad crossing flashers | 7/13/2007 |
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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