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An axle counter is a system used in railway signalling to detect the clear or occupied status of a specified section of track. The system generally consists of a wheel sensor (one for each end of the section) and an evaluation unit for counting the axles of the train both into and out of the section.
The "2" truck is under the front of the unit, and has two idler axles in a row. The "A1A" truck is under the rear of the unit, and has one powered axle, one idler axle, and one more powered axle. An example is the FM OP800 800 hp (600 kW) railcar, six of which were built by the St. Louis Car Company exclusively for the Southern Railway in 1939.
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The California High-Speed Rail Authority was created in 1996 by the state to implement an 800-mile (1,300 km) rail system. It would provide a TGV -style high-speed link between the state's four major metropolitan areas, and would allow travel between Los Angeles's Union Station and the San Francisco Salesforce Transit Center in two and a half ...
VALUATION DOCKET NO. 400 1 ST. LOUIS-SAN FRANCISCO RAILWAY COMPANY ET AL. Submitted September 20, 1928. Decided July 8, 1932 Total final value for rate-making purposes of the properties of the various carriers embraced in this proceeding used by the respective carriers for common-carrier purposes found to be $209,446,179, including $6,004,758 for working capital, as of the respective valuation ...
Each truck axle was given a 375-horsepower (280 kW) motor, [3] adding 1,500 hp (1,100 kW) to give a total power output of 5,250 hp (3,910 kW) and a wheel arrangement of B-C-B or Bo′CoBo′. The main drivers had used double traction motors on each axle, but the trucks were a single motor per axle. This modification also meant that locomotive's ...
The first phase of the project cost $86 million, which included the purchase of the SD&AE, 14 light rail vehicles, construction of a single-tracked electrified light rail line along the 14.2-mile (22.9 km) SD&AE Main Line and construction of a 1.7-mile (2.7 km) section of new street running tracks in downtown San Diego. [8]
The company was closely affiliated with the Texas and St. Louis Railway Company in Texas, both corporations having been under the same control and their properties operated under a joint system. A receiver of the property was appointed on January 12, 1884, by the United States Circuit Court, under whom the property was operated to May 1, 1886.