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Topic: Flashing Rear End Device

	FRED - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		A flashing rear end device; railroad equipment that monitors the integrity of a train's air line, taking the place of a caboose on most modern railroads.
		A Fucking Ridiculous Eating Device is a knife/spoon/bottle opener/can opener combination issued in Australian Army ration packs.
		FRED is a slang name for the C-5 Galaxy transport aircraft.
	en.wikipedia.org /?title=FRED (151 words)

	Exhibits (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The function of rear end vigilance has been assigned to an end of train (EOT) flasher, or flashing rear end device (FRED), an electronic device which is battery powered and mounted on the rear coupler.
		When the train went around a curve to the left, the rear brakeman would move over to the other side to inspect the train to determine if something might be dragging, if the brakes were all released or if there were any hot boxes.
		Should the rear end crew see trouble in the train and they could not get the attention of the head end crew by flagging them from the window of the cupola or the platform, they would pull the air lever back to the first notch.
	www.galesburgrailroadmuseum.org /Gales_RR_Museum/exhibits/waycar.htm (1553 words)

	Glossary of Railroad Terminology - Blake Bailey Law Firm Tyler, TX East Texas Personal Injury Lawyer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The hinged metal plate attached to the rear end cab floor of a steam locomotive, which rested on the front of the tender and formed a transition piece between the engine and tender for crew safety.
		A device used in unison with a clawbar to pull spikes from the wing rails of a frog and also from the guard rail.
		A device added to the braking device on a car, to allow a portion of the air pressure to be retained in the brake cylinder of a car to help restrict the movement of a train on severe downgrades.
	www.bailey-law.com /rrterms.html (8698 words)

	* Flange - (Model Railroad): Definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		FRED - flashing rear end device; TIBS box at the tail end with flashing red light...
		Flag A device used for indicating a condition on the right-of-way.
		Flair A tapered widening of the flangeway at the end of the guard line of a track structure, as at the end of a guard rail or at the end of a frog or crossing wing rail...
	www.bestknows.com /modelrailroad/flange.html (630 words)

	Vocabulary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		CLU - communications logic unit; TIBS device at the head end that handles the communications to and from the TIBS device at the tail end, connected to IDU.
		This decelleration is accomplished by a remotely-controlled device on a section of track on the downslope of the hump that grips the wheels of the car as it passes over.
		On the rear of each train is a small box which may have flashing light or only a reflector.
	www.trainscan.com /data/voc/voc.html (2261 words)

	Flashing Rear End Device (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The flashing rear end device, or "FRED," is an electronic device mounted on the end of North American freight trains in lieu of a caboose.
		Though the FRED greatly cuts labor costs as well as the costs of the purchase and upkeep of cabooses, railroad "purists" seem to agree that a train simply isn't complete without a caboose at the end.
		The widespread use of FREDs has all but made the caboose obsolete, but some roads still use cabooses where the train must be backed up, on short local runs, as rolling railroad police stations and transportation for right-of-way maintenance crews.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/flashing_rear_end_device (224 words)

	FRED (Flashing Rear End Device)
		PROX 85805 at the end of a molten sulpher train passing the Bensenville rail yard.
		FRED (Flashing Rear End Device) on CSX Transportation 965572 Four-outlet open ballast hopper car.
		The square device in the left foreground is a switch heater and electric switch machine.
	chicago.railfan.net /cgi/photos.pl?page=FRED (554 words)

	* FRED - (Model Railroad): Definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Acronym of Flashing Rear-End Device, the modern end-of-train marker, placed on the rear coupler of a train to monitor air-brake system integrity and air pressure.
		FRED - flashing rear end device - equipment which has been used to eliminate the caboose...
		FRED Flashing Rear End Device -- end of train telmetry device Frog The intersection of two rails of a switch...
	www.bestknows.com /modelrailroad/fred.html (381 words)

	Beginner's Glossary
		circuit breaker – a device used to halt the flow of electricity in a circuit in the event of an overload or short circuit.
		FRED – flashing rear end device – equipment which has been used to eliminate the caboose.
		FREDs not only flash a warning light to the rear of the train, they also transmit the brake pipe air pressure at the end of the train to the engineer so that he knows that his train remains together.
	www.nmra.org /beginner/glossary.html (6474 words)

	Railroad Glossary-F
		The temporary air-pressure gradient that exists when the brake system is less than fully charged (for example, the exaggerated difference between the head end and rear end after a release).
		Devices mounted on locomotives that apply grease or oil to the wheel flanges in order to prevent flange wear.
		Warning device consisting of a cardboard tube filled with a combustible mixture of chemicals that burns brightly when ignited (red, yellow or green) and remains burning for ten to fifteen minutes as warning signals to other trains when touched off and placed or thrown on the ground by train service employees.
	users.adelphia.net /~edportzline/Frames/TheProjectF.htm (1638 words)

	CABOOSES.. THE HISTORY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The rear end brakeman's job was to climb over the moving train and make his way forward, turning brake wheels that rose above the car roofs.
		The FRED radios telemetry to the engineer, including brake pressure at the rear of the train, whether or not the last car is moving, and whether or not the flashing red light is working during darkness.
		A FRED also allows the engineer to set the air brakes from the rear of the train, as much as halving the normal time it would take to set all of the brakes in the train.
	www.angelfire.com /sc3/aldershot7/caboose.html (834 words)

	Signals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		This circuit is for a "F.R.E.D." that is designed to be used with DCC control systems.
		The flash rate and duration can be adjusted by changing the values of the resistors R1 and R2 in the timing portion of the circuit.
		Increasing the value of resistor R1 will slow the rate at which the LED flashes.
	home.cogeco.ca /~rpaisley4/FredDCC.html (290 words)

	FRED
		Common among the prototype railroads, a FRED provides a bright red flashing indication that there's a train ahead, and where the back of it is located.
		The few parts required are readily available at Radio Shack and others; you might want to build your FRED on a small piece of "perf board" (also from RS); I urge you to socket the IC, don't install the IC until you're all done soldering, and keep things as compact as possible.
		Keep in mind that LEDs are semiconductor devices, and are not fond of heat; hence, always use some sort of heat sink when soldering to LEDs and their ilk.
	www.awrr.com /FRED.html (1091 words)

	Railroad Glossary-E
		A device applied to secure a manually operated switch or derail for the protection of Roadway Workers.
		The device must be vandal and tamper resistant, and designed to be applied, secured, uniquely tagged, and removed only by the class, group, or class of employees for whom the protection is provided.
		Along with a flashing light, many EOTs can transmit information on brake-line pressure and speed to the locomotive, while a two way EOT is also capable of receiving a transmission from the lead unit to open the brake pipe and put the train into emergency stop.
	users.adelphia.net /~edportzline/Frames/TheProjectE.htm (547 words)

	Fred Flasher
		The Richmond Controls FRED Flashers have been designed to produce flash intervals and durations as close as possible to the prototype.
		Typical flash rates are 40 flashes per minute (1.5 second period) and about 1/5 second flash duration.
		It is expected that most users will not need the extreme long flashing duration and will not want to wait two minutes to charge a completely discharged supercapacitor, and will select the tantalum capacitor.
	richmondcontrols.com /fred.htm (1048 words)

	glossary railroad railway operation control signaling signalling signal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		A device with an integrated rear end marker which is mounted at the rear car of a train and connected to the airbrake pipe to check train integrity by radio transmission to the leading engine.
		A track clear detection device consisting of an electrical circuit of which the rails of a section form a part.
		The clearance of the section is detected by a detection device at one end of the section which receives a current from a source at the other end of the section.
	www.ivev.bau.tu-bs.de /~pachl/glossary.htm (4896 words)

	Old Time Trains
		These end-of-train devices (E.O.T.) are know as an S.B.U. for Sense and Brake Unit and are electronically linked to another device (TIBS Train Information and Brake System) in the cab of the controlling unit which the engineer monitors.
		The SBU is also know by its USA term of "Fred" short for "Flashing Rear End Device" (also F....ing Rear End Device) thus the remark could be heard that Fred will look after that.
		Too, there was the delay to passenger trains to be taken into account, back in those days that was not something to be taken lightly as "the varnish", as passenger trains were referred to, was a priority as connections with other passenger trains were often closely timed.
	www.trainweb.org /oldtimetrains/vans.html (2192 words)

	TrainWeb for train travel, model railroading, railfans and the railroad industry.
		The purpose of the Flashing Rear End Device is so that the Engineer can apply the brakes from the rear of the train in case there is a block in the air hose that prevents him from applying all the brakes from the front of the train.
		The Flashing Rear End Device, by allowing the Engineer to also dump the air from the rear of the train via radio control, can effectively get the brakes to be applied in all the cars, even if there is a blockage in the air system.
		I also end up tipping at least $10 on a single day trip on the Coast Starlight and $20 on a two day trip regardless of whether I'm traveling alone or with someone as the service is usually superior on the Coast Starlight.
	www.trainweb.com /travel/stevelog/sg990102.html (6711 words)

	Light Flashers Circuits - Flasher & Blinkers Circuits - Flashing
		Flash Slave Trigger: Flash slaves are used when you need to supplement one flash unit with one or several more.
		Hacking the Kodak Max Single Flash Camera Into a Self Repeating Strobe: this approach is recommended mainly for homebrewing a strobe that is powered by a single1.5 volt battery.
		Power line outage flashes red alert: 06/13/2002 EDN - Design Ideas / This Design Idea expands on a circuit in a previous one to configure a power-outage detector with a flashing alarm (Figure 1, Reference 1).
	www.hobbyprojects.com /L/Light_Flashers.html (1353 words)

	Seattle to Mukilteo and Back
		Units were on the north end of the train, meaning that it had to go north to Everett, and from there either east or farther north.
		I noticed a FRED (Flashing Rear End Device) connected to a car in the middle of the string; the cars in back of it had no air connections.
		I asked him about the FRED I had seen; he said the train was probably still being assembled.
	www.northbankfred.com /dave16.html (2628 words)

	BRS 72 - Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen - Railroad Terminology, Slang, Definitions
		At the other end of the wire is a sleeve for crimping the track wire from the signal bungalow to the chicken head which is now connected to the rail.
		The free end of the rope is then hooked to the drawbar of a road engine.
		The most important feature was drop ends, which allowed the structural steel to protrude beyond the limits of the car itself (which required an "idler" car at the end(s) that protruded).
	www.brs72.org /BRS-RRTALK.html (13436 words)

	7-Plus-Ngm Digest October 2002
		Flashing Rear End Device or Detectors (depends on the railroad).
		It is metal, painted bright yellow, in the general shape of a FRED and has a red flasher unit attached that signals your end of train at night.
		One end of the rod is threaded thru a plug that somehow attaches to the left end of the spindle tube (opposite end from the chuck).
	www.7-plus-ngm.org /arch1002.htm (5861 words)

	Alaska Railroad's SD70MACs
		The switch in the red square to the right of the computers is the rear end emergency switch.
		Dynamic Braking - A method of train braking where the kinetic energy from the train movement generates current at the locomotive traction motors, and is dissipated in a resistor grid on the locomotive.
		FRED - Flashing Rear End Device: A blinking red light on the last car of the train used as an end of train telemetry device
	alaskarails.org /glance/sd70macs.html (1343 words)

	The Gauge - Model Train Forum - Scale Railroad Discussion & Model Trains - Free FREDs...
		I'll be using one as a FRED and one as a flasher on my steel wide vision.
		The I carefully unsoldered the FRED from the the motherboard and threaded it thru two holes drilled into the bottom of the car.
		The shoes that the FRED came with were $11.96, in the Walther's catalog a FRED goes for $12.95 so baby got new shoes, I got a FRED and had a buck left to offset the price of the battery clip for the caboose project.
	www.the-gauge.com /showthread.php?t=7133 (1101 words)

	Model Railroad and Misc. Electronics
		Two circuit breaker designs are shown; The first has its power isolation device on the Low or common side of the circuit while the second has it isolation device on the High or supply side of the circuit.
		This version was specifically design to be used by a handicapped person and is controlled by a single axis joy stick that operates microswitches at each end of its arc of travel.
		The shuttle will travel from one end of the track to the other wait for a preset time and then return to its start point, wait and then repeat the cycle.
	home.cogeco.ca /~rpaisley4/CircuitIndex.html (3943 words)

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		We were stopped for nearly 10 minutes near the end of another delicious lunch, then crawled slowly past a work crew replacing ties a few miles later.
		Amtrak employees call the rear flasher an "EOT" for "end-of train" device in contrast to the BNSF term "FRED - flashing rear end device or the Roseville, CA former Southern Pacific "tellie", probably short for telemetry unit.
	www.railphilatelist.com /newsletter.htm (7917 words)

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