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American railway signaling principles and practices.
LIBRA TF615 .A75 chap.1-3, 6-11, 13-20, 22-26
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Association of American Railroads. Communication and Signal Section.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Railroads--United States--Signaling.
- Railroads.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- volumes : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, [publisher not identified], 1927- [v. 1, c1954]
- Contents:
- chap. 1. History and development of railway signaling.
- chap. 2. Symbols, aspects and indications.
- chap. 3. Principles and economics of signaling.
- chap. 4. Centralized traffic control. 2 v.
- chap. 5. Batteries.
- chap. 6. Direct current relays.
- chap. 7. Non-coded direct current track circuits.
- chap. 8. Transformers.
- chap. 9. Rectifiers.
- chap. 10. Alternating current relays.
- chap. 11. Non-coded alternating current track circuits.
- chap. 12. Semaphore signals.
- chap. 13. Light signals and light signal lamps.
- chap. 14. Definitions.
- chap. 15. Block signal systems.
- chap. 16. Interlocking.
- chap. 17. Mechanical and electro-mechanical interlocking.
- chap. 18. Electro-pneumatic interlocking.
- chap. 19. Electric interlocking.
- chap. 20. Interlocking circuits.
- chap. 21. Hump yard systems.
- chap. 22. Fundamentals of electricity.
- chap. 23. Railroad-highway grade crossing protection.
- chap. 24. Signal power transmission and lightening protection.
- chap. 25. Coded track circuits.
- chap. 26. Relay interlocking.
- Notes:
- Chapters issued before 1935 by the American Railway Association, Signal Section; 1935-60, by the Signal Section of the Association of American Railroads; 1961- by the Association's Communication and Signal Section.
- Published in Chicago since 1950.
- Includes various editions of some chapters.
- OCLC:
- 80591765
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