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  2. Train horn - Wikipedia

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    Train horns are sounded where a whistle post (marked with the letter "S" for siffler – "to whistle") is present. If the whistle post is labelled "J" (meaning jour – "day"), the horn is only to be sounded between 07:00 and 20:00. Horns must also be sounded when passing an oncoming train, and shortly before reaching the last car of the train.

  3. List of train robberies in the United States - Wikipedia

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    A train belonging to The West Indian Fast Mail was stopped north of Monroe Junction, two of the men forced the fireman and train engineer, a man known only as Dumas, to stop the train. The other men attempted to enter the express car but were stopped by two men W. N. Saunders and I. M. Cox, Saunders was shot in the breast and later died.

  4. List of railway museums - Wikipedia

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    Front view of Bondowoso Rail and Train Museum, built by State Railway Company of the Dutch East Indies. Indonesian Railway Museum of Ambarawa, Central Java [11] Bondowoso Rail and Train Museum, Bondowoso Regency, East Java [12] Museum of Transport of Taman Mini Indonesia Indah, Jakarta [13] Sawahlunto Rail and Train Museum, Sawahlunto, West ...

  5. Train whistle - Wikipedia

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    One of two (front and rear) whistles on steam locomotive 60163 Tornado. A train whistle or air whistle (originally referred to as a train trumpet or air trumpet) is an audible signaling device on a steam or gas locomotive, used to warn that the train is approaching, and to communicate with rail workers.

  6. Automatic Warning System - Wikipedia

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    A train is driving towards a signal that shows clear (green). The train runs over the AWS magnet (which is two magnets, first a permanent magnet and then an electromagnet). The electromagnet is energized. The AWS receiver detects a magnetic field in the sequence: South, North. The south pole comes from the permanent magnet, and the north pole ...

  7. Railway coupling - Wikipedia

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    Small air cylinders, acting on the rotating heads of the coupler, ensure the Schaku coupler engagement, making it unnecessary to use shock to get a good coupling. Joining portions of a passenger train can be done at very low speed (less than 2 mph or 3.2 km/h in the final approach), so that the passengers are not jostled about.

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  9. Caltrain Modernization Program - Wikipedia

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    The Caltrain Modernization Program (CalMod), sometimes referred to as the Caltrain Electrification Project, was a $2.44 billion project which added a positive train control (PTC) system and electrified the main line of the U.S. commuter railroad Caltrain, which serves cities in the San Francisco Peninsula and Silicon Valley.

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