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Yellow/Red Flag
Warn a train to be prepared to stop because of men or equipment/ when
restricted area is close to a terminal, junction or another area employees
will display the yellow red flag less than 2 miles before the restricted area
Red Flag
Displayed where trains must stop. May not proceed unless employee in
charge gives instructions including milepost location of red flag
Blue Signal
outlines requirements for protecting railroad workmen who are inspecting
testing repairing and servicing rolling equipment
Locomotive consist
more than 1 engine in a train
QMI
Qualified mechanical inspector
Conventional Car
Any freight car equipped with two trucks and conventional or Cushing draft
gear at each end. most common
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Articulated Multiplatform Car
Any intermodal car with two or more platforms and with in board trucks
shared by adjacent platforms
Single well intermodal car
Any intermodal car with two or more platforms with two trucks per
platform
3 points of contact
both feet, one hand
Brake pipe pressure increases
train air brakes are released
Brake pipe pressure is reduced
train air brakes are applied
EOTD
end of train device. information system with rear train emergencybraking
feature
Class 1
75 psi @ rear, 20 psi reduction, 100% apply opposite side repeat, 100%
brakes release
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