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By the 1850s, railroad operating rules, often printed as pamphlets or on the back of a time card, had evolved to near universal application. On April 14, 1887 representatives of 48 railroads voted for the adoption of what is now known as the Standard Code of Operating Rules (SCOR), published by the AAR. Thus, all railroad rule books in North ...
Reporting marks on two Canadian Pacific covered hopper cars; with the left car marked as CP 388686 and the right car marked as SOO 115239. A reporting mark is a code used to identify owners or lessees of rolling stock and other equipment used on certain rail transport networks.
Automatic equipment identification (AEI) is an electronic recognition system in use with the North American railroad industry. Consisting of passive tags mounted on each side of rolling stock and active trackside readers, AEI uses RF technology to identify railroad equipment while en route.
Old and new railway mileposts in the UK, indicating a distance of 33 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles (53.5 km) from the zero point. The Railways Clauses Consolidation Act 1845 [8] compels UK railway companies to provide their passengers with a means of determining the distance travelled (fares were set by distance at this time). Section 94 states:
RI - Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Railroad LLC (Rock Island Rail) RIIX - Reilly Industries, Inc. RILX - Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad LLC/Rock Island Lines; RJCC - R.J. Corman Railroad/Central Kentucky Lines; RJCP - R.J. Corman Railroad/Pennsylvania Lines; RJCW - R.J. Corman Railroad/Western ...
The rules cover employee responsibilities, signaling equipment, procedures for safe train movement, dealing with accidents and other topics that directly and indirectly affect railroad safety. These rules govern operation on main lines, defined as those with some form of block control system.
1851 (Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad), 1869 and 1871 (Danville, Hazelton and Wilkes-Barre Railroad), 1880s (North and West Branch Railway), 1915 (Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad- Nicholson Cutoff) Technical; Number of tracks: 1-2: Track gauge: 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) standard gauge
In 1890, 5,800 postal railway clerks provided service over 154,800 miles (249,100 km) of railroad. By 1907, over 14,000 clerks were providing service over 203,000 miles (327,000 km) of railroad. When the post office began handling parcel post in 1913, Terminal Railway Post Office operations were established in major cities by the RMS to handle ...