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Purpose of Yards and Terminals CORRECT ANSWERS Collect from inbound, sort
cars, make trains for destinations

Goal of Operations CORRECT ANSWERS keep cars moving

Storage Yards CORRECT ANSWERS long, short, or seasonal storage

local yards CORRECT ANSWERS last stop before destination

Hump classification CORRECT ANSWERS sorts cars, uses gravity to move cars

flat classification CORRECT ANSWERS sort cars, using locomotive

intermodal yards CORRECT ANSWERS box cars transported between modes

automobile CORRECT ANSWERS specific to cargo

locomotive facility CORRECT ANSWERS storage and maintenance of locomotive

Specialized Freight CORRECT ANSWERS Fluids, fossil fuels, chemicals

Passenger CORRECT ANSWERS cargo is people

Design Elements CORRECT ANSWERS Rail, frogs, turnouts, switch stands, crossings,
alignments, grades, ladders,

Components of Track CORRECT ANSWERS Ties, Tie Plates, hold down devices, gage
rods, rail anchors

Why do we use tie plates CORRECT ANSWERS to distribute weight across wood fibers

types of plates CORRECT ANSWERS switch, frog and guardrail, bridge, joint

cant CORRECT ANSWERS amount rail head of curved track is raised above other,
1:40

Cut spikes CORRECT ANSWERS common hold down device, nail like

screw spikes CORRECT ANSWERS hard to install and replace but creates less
damage to wood

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