Yard Hardware — Switches and Crossings

Sakasita, Masami

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Yard Hardware — Switches and Crossings

1978-09-07
By Sakasita, Masami

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English

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Creators:

Sakasita, Masami
Corporate Creators:

SRI International
Subject/TRT Terms:

Railroad Equipment Industry Railroad Grade Crossings Routing Switches (Railroads) Yard Operations
Resource Type:

Other
Geographical Coverage:

United States
Edition:

Informal Working Note 38
Corporate Publisher:

SRI International
Abstract:

The purpose of this working note is to discuss devices used to re-route cars on one track to another track (or to cross another track) such as switches, crossings, turnouts, etc. The types of hardware used for these activities are especially important for railroad classification yards, because the functions of the railroad yard are to disassemble incoming trains and assemble outgoing trains, and therefore, engine and car movements at the yard involve crossing, merging, diverging and turn-back moves.
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PDF
Funding:

Project 6364-1
Collection(s):

US Transportation Collection
Main Document Checksum:

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https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/75570/dot_75570_DS1.pdf
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File Language:

English

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