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  • General discussion about railroad operations, related facilities, maps, and other resources.
General discussion about railroad operations, related facilities, maps, and other resources.

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Railroad Dining and Cafe Car Menus
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best source for railroad maps circa 1950-1960
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Last manual grade crossings
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ISO 4-track Water Level diagrams
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Signalling and train control systems
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Lake Michigan Ferry Traffic
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New Old USGS Maps
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Railway time
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PTC in track warrant territory?
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Question about Signaling
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Passenger trains in sections
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Coupling in motion?
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I just rediscovered my OG trainspotting spot.
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Rail to Ale Trail
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Toronto Interlocking
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under ground rail road Questions.
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Absent signal in yard service
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Protected rail crossings
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Concrete vs Wood Ties
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Trainset transformation of Indonesia train
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New shortcut track project
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Speedometers on steam locomotives
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Train Equipment Technical Security
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Train 2 Name
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Trainboards name design in Indonesia
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Indonesia crossing path security system
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Crossing Protection.
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Rules service in trainset
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Route/speed signal interface-aspects?
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Cab Drivers
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Trackside Restaurants (was:Restaurants by the tracks)
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How Can I Calculate Total Miles of Track?
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Grade crossing removal thread (public thourougfares)
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What is a sidecar? (Personnel Clearance)
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What is the Best Rail Map Setup?
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Nick names
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Yard Ops Question
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New guy looking for Knowledge
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Engineer Pay
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4 Replies 
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Building your own Solari split-flap display
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Google Earth Timelapse
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How do Train Dispatchers track trains?
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4 Replies 
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Yard Operations and other questions
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2 Replies 
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Reducing head way to less than stopping distance
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3 Replies 
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How much UPS goes by rail?
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12 Replies 
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BART -- how to quiet noisy rail
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1 Replies 
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3 letter station codes
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2 Replies 
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Parallel Tracks on a Curve
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2 Replies 
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farm crossing
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3 Replies 
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Operation of yard next to automobile plant
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3 Replies 
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Railway buildings?
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9 Replies 
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Slow Approach And Approach at Leaman
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1 Replies 
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Restricting aspect question
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13 Replies 
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PTC Question
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1 Replies 
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Locomotive Train Bell
by cornishbell  - 
0 Replies 
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Federal Rail Agency Steps Up Campaign: Crossing Accidents
by Jeff Smith  - 
6 Replies 
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What If Protesters Shut Down A Class I Railroad?
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18 Replies 
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Flag protection for stopped train in ABS territory?
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7 Replies 
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Intermodal Billing
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2 Replies 
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What Is the Signal Progression to Restricting?
by MoPac  - 
6 Replies 
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Is posting certain information on trains illegal?
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17 Replies 
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Greenhorn questions
by Gone2long  - 
6 Replies 
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Car Hire
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2 Replies 
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Dispatching by Timetable and Tain Order -- A Lost Art
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12 Replies 
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Watch Time Register / Comparison
by Bigt  - 
3 Replies 
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Electrified industrial switching
by ExCon90  - 
12 Replies 
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 by ExCon90
 
Signalling and ways of tracks
by Fearguy1234  - 
6 Replies 
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 by ctclark1
 
Tie Life?
by KSmitty  - 
6 Replies 
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 by JWilson
 
CBTC train to train?
by CLamb  - 
2 Replies 
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Weird Track Names
by RearOfSignal  - 
53 Replies 
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 by nyandw
 
Level island platform that is high-level on one side only?
by BostonUrbEx  - 
5 Replies 
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 by ExCon90
 
Law or not? New grade crossings.
by hando401  - 
7 Replies 
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Grade Crossing Accidents.
by railfan365  - 
31 Replies 
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 by railfan365
 
Pondering an idea that might've saved some lives..
by DJ700R4  - 
22 Replies 
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 by BR&P
 
When is a grade crosing an official grade crossing
by maddoxdy  - 
10 Replies 
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 by Statkowski
 
A question for the really old, "old heads."
by jg greenwood  - 
8 Replies 
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 by Desertdweller
 
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