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North American railroad signals — Main article: North American railway signaling Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Color Position Light bracket masts at Magnolia, West Virginia North American railroad signals generally fall into the category of multi headed electrically lit units… … Wikipedia
railroad — /rayl rohd /, n. 1. a permanent road laid with rails, commonly in one or more pairs of continuous lines forming a track or tracks, on which locomotives and cars are run for the transportation of passengers, freight, and mail. 2. an entire system… … Universalium
railroad crossing — UK US noun [countable] [singular railroad crossing plural railroad crossings] american a level crossing Thesaurus: road and traffic signals and crossingshyponym * * * … Useful english dictionary
Railroad switch — For other uses, see Switch (disambiguation). A right hand railroad switch with point indicator pointing to right … Wikipedia
Railroad Museum of New England — The Railroad Museum of New England operates the Naugatuck Railroad between Waterville, CT and Thomaston, CT. The Railroad Museum of New England name and trademark was adopted in 1987, as a result of reassessing the Valley Railroad (Connecticut)… … Wikipedia
Railroad car — A railroad car or railway carriage is a vehicle on a rail transport system (railroad or railway) that is used for the carrying of cargo or passengers. Cars can be coupled together into a train and hauled by one or more locomotive. Passenger cars… … Wikipedia
Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum — Infobox Museum name = Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum imagesize = 200 caption = Interior historical displays at at the Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum. map type = map caption = latitude = longitude = established = mid 1900s dissolved = location =… … Wikipedia
Port Reading Railroad — thumb|267px| The Port Reading Railroad Depicted on a Railroad Map Dated 1923 Segment From Manville to Port Reading The Port Reading Railroad was a railroad chartered in 1890 and opened in 1892 by the Reading Railroad. OriginsThe Port Reading… … Wikipedia
Application of railway signals — Semaphore stop signals protecting the convergence of two tracks into one The application of railway signals on a rail layout is determined by various factors, principally the location of points of potential conflict, as well as the speed and… … Wikipedia
interlocking signals — interlocking signals, railroad signals connected by catches, bolts, and other apparatus, in such a way that their operation is dependent on other signals being activated first, as by a train passing through … Useful english dictionary
