Freight Terminals and Trains: Including a Revision of Yards and TerminalsMcGraw-Hill Book Company, 1912 - 465 страница |
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Страница 14 - SECTION. — One of two or more trains running on the same schedule displaying signals or for which signals are displayed. EXTRA TRAIN. — A train not represented on the time table.
Страница 15 - MAIN TRACK. — A track extending through yards and between stations, upon which trains are operated by time-table or train order, or both, or the use of which is governed by block signals.
Страница 7 - ... door of the consignor to the door of the consignee : in other words, all additional cost for cartage or switching service, and something more as compensation for the trouble (usually a very considerable 'addition), must be borne by the railway before it is in a position to> compete at all.
Страница 188 - That when animals are carried in cars, boats, or other vessels in which they can and do have proper food, water, space, and opportunity to rest the provisions in regard to their being unloaded shall not apply.
Страница 15 - A person assigned to a train when the engineman or conductor, or both, are not fully acquainted with the physical characteristics, or rules of the railroad, or portion of the railroad over which the train is to be moved.
Страница 15 - SIDING: A track auxiliary to the main track for meeting or passing trains, limited to the distance between two adjoining stations from which train orders may be received.
Страница 13 - YARD. — A system of tracks within defined limits provided for the making up of trains, storing of cars and other purposes, over which movements not authorized by Time-table, or by train order, may be made, subject to prescribed signals and regulations.
Страница 144 - Volatile, flammable, and combustible liquids, or flammable liquefied gases, such as gasoline, naphtha, petroleum oils, or liquefied petroleum gas, in large quantity and spread over a large surface, will form vapors that will ignite at a considerable distance, depending on the kind and quantity of liquid and the direction and force of the wind. Many of the liquids, regarded as safe to carry under ordinary conditions and transported In tank cars without the "Dangerous" placard, should still be treated...
Страница 188 - Provided, That upon the written request of the owner or person in custody of that particular shipment, which written request shall be separate and apart from any printed bill of lading, or other railroad form, the time of confinement may be extended to thirty-six hours.
Страница 15 - The authority for the movement of regular trains subject to the rules. It contains the classified schedules of trains with special instructions relating thereto. Schedule. — That part of a Time Table which prescribes the class, direction, number, and movement of a regular train.