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	Railroad Terminology Terms
		A railroad which is a party, under concurrence, to a tariff issued by another railroad or by a tariff publishing agent.
		A service extended by the railroad to the owner of the freight (shipper, consignee) permitting a change to the waybill in the name of the shipper, consignee, destination, route or other instructions to effect delivery of the car providing no back haul is involved.
		Any employee of a railroad or of a contractor to a railroad, whose duties include and who is engaged in the inspection, construction, maintenance, or repair of railroad track, bridges, roadway, signal and communication systems, roadway facilities, or roadway machinery on or near the track or with the potential of fouling a track.
	www.icrr.net /terms.htm (8998 words)

	Railroad Terms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		A railroad with trackage within and/or around a city, operating as a pickup, delivery and transfer facility for truck lines and industrial plants.
		A system of railroad tracks divided into short sections or blocks, usually three or four miles in length, which will permit trains to be run by signal apparatus so that no train can enter a block until the preceding train has left it.
		Facilities provided by a railroad at a terminus or at any intermediate point on its line for the handling of passengers or freight, and for the breaking up, making up, forwarding and servicing trains, and interchanging with other carriers.
	sunshineregion.org /RailroadTerms.htm (1398 words)

	Railroad Terminology
		This page is a collection of terms used in railroad construction and operation.
		A steel plate lapping a joint of railroad rails and secured to the sides so as to connect the members end to end.
		The trainmaster is in charge of railroad operations on his territory, management.
	home.cogeco.ca /~trains/rrterms.htm (2410 words)

	Underground Railroad - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		This nomenclature, along with the numerous, somewhat glorified, personal reminiscences written by conductors in the postwar period, created the impression that the Underground Railroad was a highly systematized, national, secret organization that accomplished prodigious feats in stealing slaves away from the South.
		In fact, most of the help given to fugitive slaves on their varied routes north was spontaneously offered and came not only from abolitionists or self-styled members of the Underground Railroad, but from anyone moved to sympathy by the plight of the runaway slave before his eyes.
		The abolitionists used the Underground Railroad as a propaganda device to dramatize the evils of slavery; Southern slaveholders publicized it to illustrate Northern infidelity to the fugitive slave laws.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-undergro.html (624 words)

	Railroad Terminology
		A chicken head in the railroad signal world is a certain type of connection used for signal wires that terminate on the tracks (track wires).
		Local Railroad - A railroad which is neither a Class I nor a Regional Railroad, and is engaged primarily in line-haul service.
		Around 2000, railroads established the concept of "Three Point Protection" to secure a train before conductors, brakemen and car men go underneath the train or between cars to couple an air hose.
	www.michiganrailroads.com /MichRRs/Information/Terminology.htm (620 words)

	BNSF Customer Tools - Glossary
		Railroad movement involving at least three roadhaul carriers at which BNSF is neither the first or last carrier.
		The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is the branch of the DOT that establishes safety standards for rail equipment.
		Railroad classification yard in which the classification of cars is accomplished by pushing them over a summit, known as hump, beyond which they run by gravity
	www.bnsf.com /tools/glossary.html (5884 words)

	Railfan USA: rr terms
		That car may not be moved from the terminal where the inspection occurred until the necessary repairs are made.
		One or more tracks within an area in which the testing, servicing, repairing, inspecting, or rebuilding of cars is under the exclusive control of mechanical department personnel.
		An interconnection of signals and signal appliances such that their movements must succeed each other in a predetermined sequence, assuring that signals cannot be displayed simultaneously on conflicting routes.
	www.railfanusa.com /info/terms.html (3136 words)

	CyberHobo's
		It was easier to walk the railroad tracks, and then these train men discovered it was easier to ride the train than walk the tracks.
		Railroading - Not a railroad workers term but it means to take up riding the trains by hobos.
		Railroad spike - Not a term but the actual object carried by many hoboes, to keep the railroad yardman from closing the door on them, which could result in him freezing to death or suffocating, as some freight cars were pushed into the rail yard and out of use for weeks at a time.
	www.cyberhobo.com /words.htm (9799 words)

	OPR >> Welcome to the unofficial Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad Site
		The Central Columbiana and Pennsylvania Railroad is now the Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad, a division of the Ohio Central Railways.
		It was leased to the Ohio Central in December of 2004.
		RVI acquired the Youngstown and Southern Railroad in November of 1996.
	cqpa.steelvalleywebdesign.com (669 words)

	Hobo Terminology
		It is used by railroad workers with a length of rope to knock hoboes off the rods.
		The city was the railroad gateway between the east and the west.
		There was no reason to keep the tramp off their trains, and by 1880's it was accepted by railroad companies as an unavoidable nuisance upon the railroad's property.
	www.hobonickels.org /terms.htm (20540 words)

	BRS 72 - Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen - Railroad Terminology, Slang, Definitions
		The act of routing freight such that the haul takes maximum advantage of the originating railroad, at the disadvantage of another railroad which had to be used to carry the freight part of the way to its destination.
		Railroad detective, police, or security personnel, often found in plain clothes in rail yards or piggy-back lifts where high-dollar freight is being moved.
		A water filled trough placed between the rails at certain locations on a railroad's main line, each trough having a length of up to 2500 feet, for the purpose of adding water to the tender of a steam locomotive via an air activated scoop which was located on the underside of a locomotive tender.
	www.brs72.org /BRS-RRTALK.html (13436 words)

	Gold Coast Railroad Museum - Junior Trainman Class
		This is a unique educational opportunity for young visitors who have an interest in railroading to experience first-hand the training required by our regular volunteers to operate equipment at the Gold Coast Railroad Museum.
		The remainder of the class is conducted outside in and around the Museum's cars, equipment, and right-of-way, where railroad terminology is discussed and the physical properties of the railroad are explained, including coupling cars, brakes, switches, and more.
		Participants will receive a copy of the Museum's Operating Rules which are written for adults and may include concepts and terminology that may be beyond the level of comprehension of younger children.
	www.goldcoast-railroad.org /jrtrainman.php (717 words)

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		Terminology of design and structural resistance of airplanes.
		Terminology on theory and characteristics of turbo engines, Issue N 24.
		Terminology and Letter Symbols of Values and Dimensions.
	www.ets.ru /cgi-bin/search.pl?categ=901&l=e (2987 words)

	Trainz Railroad Simulator 2006 game review - Page 1 of 1 - Gameworld Network
		The instructions were difficult to understand for two reasons: first, the instructions seemed to assume a certain amount of familiarity with railroad terminology; second, and this may not come across well, but the instructor spoke with a thick accent that I think was German.
		And what exactly are “consist” and “turnout” and “industry?” None of these words in railroad terminology means anything resembling their conventional dictionary definition.
		It is not for noobs save those with an obsession with trains and railroads, an infinite amount of patience, and a geek-like fondness for arcane detail.
	pcgames.gwn.com /reviews/gamereview.php/id/892 (707 words)

	railroad - OneLook Dictionary Search
		Railroad, railroad : UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info]
		Phrases that include railroad: railroad track, railroad ticket, railroad tunnel, railroad vine, railroad line, more...
		Words similar to railroad: dragoon, railroaded, railroading, railway, railroad line, railway line, railway system, more...
	www.onelook.com /?w=railroad (292 words)

	Engelska fackordlistor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		This dictionary of bookbinding and book-conservation terminology is compiled by Matt T. Roberts and Don Etherington.
		A glossary of British steam locomotive terminology, compiled by Piers R Connor.
		This glossary of volcano terminology is issued by the USGS/Cascades Volcano Observatory, Vancouver, Washington.
	hem.passagen.se /tornq/engfack.htm (380 words)

	Catalogue - Images (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Passengers on train’s flatcar near kilometer 151 of the Madeira-Mamoré railroad.
		Flooding along the path of the railroad during the high-water season of the Madeira River.
		Steam-powered crane during construction of the railroad quay on the Madeira River.
	www.mp.usp.br /mamore/catalogue.html (1699 words)

	Railroad Training (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		This is designed to acquaint businesses and their employees on the basics of railroad operations.
		It provides a basis for employees who interact with railroad departments to understand the terminology, job functions and basic operations of a railroad.
		This course is also well suited for local governmental offices that interact with a railroad and need to understand what a railroad does.
	www.nvo.com /sts_consultants/training/list.nhtml (293 words)

	Glossary of Railroad Terminology
		District: a section of a railroad in a timetable
		Mainline: the main track on a railroad, often large railroads have several mainlines; not a siding
		Trestle: a type of bridge that uses beams arranged in such a way that many triangles are created to support and spread the weight of a passing train.
	www.trainweb.org /trainmaster1989/glossary.html (1703 words)

	Iowa Court Reporters Association - Railroad Terminology
		Book of Rules: Set of rules which govern the standard procedure by which employees are required to perform their assigned duties.
		boxcar: roofed railroad car with sliding doors on each side.
		It required an operator, normally sitting up in a cupola (all but identical to a caboose cupola), whose job it was to raise and lower a steel blade, a small plow, under the car that plowed the snow out from between the rails.
	www.iacra.org /in_verbis/glossaries/railroad.htm (1146 words)

	OPR >> Rail Termanology
		The railroad has terms all of their own.
		Here is some of the terminology you'll hear if you hang around the railroad long enough!
		Cars are cut off in motion at the top of the hump and gravity pulls the cars to the classification tracks.
	cqpa.steelvalleywebdesign.com /railterminology.htm (422 words)

	The Underground Railroad (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Underground Railroad was the first great freedom movement in the Americas.
		He used railroad terminology to confuse the slave catchers.
		Sometimes Fugitives would be transported from one station to another in false-bottom wagons, such as the one you see on the screen
	www.undergroundrailroadmuseum.com /ugrail.html (100 words)

	Spencer's Railroad site
		Information on railroad lines in Mississippi with additional information on surrounding states
		Mississippi railroad stations and structures - past and present
		Preserved steam engines either used by the Illinois Central Railroad or used in Mississippi
	www.icrr.net /indexrr.htm (93 words)

	Hobo Terminology
		Nowadays they are more likely to escort hobos directly to jail.
		Bulls - Plainclothes railroad cops; uniformed police; prison guards.
		Deck a rattler - To deck a railroad switchman or worker.
	www.angelfire.com /folk/famoustramp/terminology.html (18304 words)

	Railroad Language -- Lingo -- Dictionary
		The old term was discarded by railroad officials, probably because it was a butt for jokesters.
		Countless thousands of railroad men, especially boomers, have been discharged for violation of Rule G; not because of railroads' objection to liquor itself but because a man under the influence of liquor is not to be trusted in a job involving human lives and property
		SAW BY—Slow complicated operation whereby one train passes another on a single-track railroad when the other is on a siding too short to hold the entire train.
	www.catskillarchive.com /rrextra/glossry1.Html (8071 words)

	Coxrail - Railroad Stocks and Bonds
		This site is personally maintained by Terry Cox, author of Collectible Stocks and Bonds from North American Railroads, second edition.
		Before you write, please understand that I catalog stocks and bonds related to railroading only.
		This feature is intended to help you understand the events that affect the development of the railroad industry.
	www.coxrail.com (679 words)

	Underground Railroad
		It was run by local groups of Northern
		The abolitionists used the Underground Railroad as a propaganda device to dramatize the evils of slavery; Southern slaveholders publicized it to illustrate Northern infidelity to the
		The effect of this publicity, with its repeated tellings and exaggerations of slave escapes, was to create an Underground Railroad legend that correctly represented a humanitarian ideal of the pre–Civil War period, but that strayed far from reality.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/history/A0850012.html (493 words)

	Railroad Extra
		Baldwin Catalog—1906—Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Stories, General Railroading and Civil Engineering
		RAILROAD LINGO - a glossary of Railroad Terminology
		To All the Men, Women and Children of the Coal, Steel, Iron and Railroad Industries
	www.catskillarchive.com /rrextra/Page0002.Html (80 words)

	Underground Railroad
		Related content from HighBeam Research on: Underground Railroad
		(April Curtis and her daughter are helped by new cross-country underground railroad for sexually abused......
		The drinking gourd: compass to freedom on the Underground Railroad.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/history/A0850012.html (563 words)

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