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  2. Token (railway signalling) - Wikipedia

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    Examples of single line tokens: Tablet on left, key token on right. The operation of a bidirectional single track line has the hazard of two trains colliding. The simplest way to prevent such collisions is to have only one train in the section at any given time. Such a system is known as "one-engine-in-steam” (OES) or “one-train working ...

  3. Watford DC line - Wikipedia

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    The Watford DC line is a suburban railway line from London Euston to Watford Junction in Greater London and Hertfordshire.Its services are operated by London Overground for the whole length of the line and the Bakerloo line of the London Underground between Harrow & Wealdstone and Queen's Park.

  4. Automatic block signaling - Wikipedia

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    Automatic block signaling (ABS), spelled automatic block signalling or called track circuit block (TCB [1]) in the UK, is a railroad communications system that consists of a series of signals that divide a railway line into a series of sections, called blocks. The system controls the movement of trains between the blocks using automatic signals.

  5. West Coast Main Line - Wikipedia

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    The Colour of British Rail: West Coast Main Line. Vol. 2. Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 9780906899328. OCLC 21600017. Joy, David (1967). Main Line Over Shap. Dalesman Publishing Co. Ltd. ISBN 9780852060636. OCLC 12273695. Longhurst, Roly (1979). Electric Locomotives of the West Coast Main Line. Bradford Barton. ISBN 9780851533551. OCLC ...

  6. West Coast Main Line route modernisation - Wikipedia

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    Overhead Line Electrification for Railways - 6th edition. "Network Rail A Guide to Overhead Electrification Revision 10" (PDF). Network Rail. February 2015. Buck, Martin; Rawlinson, Mark (2000). Line By Line: The West Coast Main Line, London Euston to Glasgow Central. Swindon: Freightmaster Publishing. ISBN 0-9537540-0-6.

  7. Paoli/Thorndale Line - Wikipedia

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    SEPTA and Amtrak share the four-track Main Line grade of the "Keystone Corridor" between Philadelphia and Thorndale. This branch makes local stops between Thorndale and Center City Philadelphia along Amtrak's Philadelphia to Harrisburg Main Line, an electrified 104-mile two to four-track high-speed route between Harrisburg Transportation Center in Harrisburg and 30th Street Station in ...

  8. Glossary of rail transport terms - Wikipedia

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    A siding used as a passing place on a main line, where slow trains may be held whilst an express passes—a simpler, but less convenient, form of the passing loop Reporting mark A two- to four-letter code, assigned by the Association of American Railroads , that is applied to equipment operating on North American railroads to identify the owner ...

  9. Philadelphia Main Line - Wikipedia

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    The Philadelphia Main Line, known simply as the Main Line, is an informally delineated historical and social region of suburban Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Lying along the former Pennsylvania Railroad 's once prestigious Main Line , it runs northwest from Center City Philadelphia parallel to Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike , also known as U ...