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A right-hand railroad switch with point indicator pointing to right Animated diagram of a right-hand railroad switch. Rail track A divides into two: track B (the straight track) and track C (the diverging track); note that the green line represents direction of travel only, the black lines represent fixed portions of track, and the red lines depict the moving components.
This article is a list of important rail yards in geographical order. These listed may be termed Classification, Freight, Marshalling, Shunting, or Switching yards, which are cultural terms generally meaning the same thing no matter which part of the world's railway traditions originated the term of art.
A switcher locomotive (American English), shunter locomotive (British English), or shifter locomotive (Pennsylvania Railroad terminology) is a locomotive used for maneuvering railway vehicles over short distances. Switchers do not usually move trains over long distances. Instead, they typically assemble trains in order for another locomotive to ...
The railroad then developed a more effective system consisting of wooden balls, painted red, white or black, and hoisted up or down a pole on a rope-and-pulley system. The initial use of these signals was merely to indicate the on-time status of trains, rather than to control train movements.
An ALCO RS-1, generally regarded as the first successful road switcher model A JNR Class DE10, Japan's most popular road switcher model. A road switcher locomotive is a type of railroad locomotive designed to both haul railcars in mainline service and shunt them in railroad yards.
Pages in category "Rail junction types" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. ... Railroad switch; Railway turntable; S. Swingnose crossing; T.
This list may not reflect recent changes. Switching and terminal railroad; A. A&R Terminal Railroad; Adrian and Blissfield Rail Road; Ag Valley Railroad;
Patapsco and Back Rivers Railroad: 2 locomotives, #61-62; Missouri Pacific Railroad: 1 locomotive, #5 (UTSJ) Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway: 1 locomotive, D838; Union Terminal Railway: 1 locomotive, #10 (UTSJ) Baltimore and Ohio Railroad: 1 locomotive #2 (B&OCT) Two SW locomotives survive, but neither retains the original Winton engine.