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  2. Spreader (railroad) - Wikipedia

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    A spreader is a type of maintenance equipment designed to spread or shape ballast profiles. The spreader spreads gravel along the railroad ties. The various ploughs, wings and blades of specific spreaders allow them to remove snow, build banks, clean and dig ditches, evenly distribute gravel, as well as trim embankments of brush along the side of the track.

  3. List of American railway unions - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of unions and brotherhoods playing a significant role in the railroad industry of the United States of America.Many of these entities changed names and merged over the years; this list is based upon the names current during the height of American railway unionism in the first decades of the 20th century.

  4. Ballast regulator - Wikipedia

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    A ballast regulator (also known as a ballast spreader or ballast sweeper) is a piece of railway maintenance equipment used to shape and distribute the gravel track ballast that supports the ties in rail tracks.

  5. List of defunct railroads of North America - Wikipedia

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    Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (D&RGW) Detroit, Toledo and Milwaukee Railroad (DT&M) [5] Detroit and Pontiac Railroad (D&P) Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee Railway (DGH&M) Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad (DTI) Erie Railroad (Erie) Florida Overseas Railroad; Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railroad [6] Grand Trunk (GT) Great ...

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  7. Talk:Spreader (railroad) - Wikipedia

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  8. North American Railcar Operators Association - Wikipedia

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    The North American Railcar Operators Association (NARCOA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation, restoration, and safe, legal operation of railroad equipment historically used for maintenance of way purposes. The organization is primarily composed of those who own and operate a personal railcar speeder. [2]

  9. List of reporting marks: A - Wikipedia

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    Alton Railroad: AA: Ann Arbor Railroad (1895-1976) → Ann Arbor Railroad (1988) A&A: Anniston and Atlantic Railroad: AAR: Association of American Railroads: AB: Akron Barberton Cluster Railway: ABB: Akron and Barberton Belt Railroad: ABCK: Alaska British Columbia Transportation Company: ABEC: Aberdeen Electric Company: ABL: Alameda Belt Line: ABM