signalling route management functions
1Railway signalling — Not to be confused with Railway signal. A gantry of British semaphore signals seen from the cab of a steam locomotive Railway signalling is a system used to control railway traffic safely, essentially to prevent trains from colliding. Being… …
2Cab signalling — is a railroad safety system that communicates track status information to the train cab (driving position), where the engineer or driver can see the information. The simplest systems display the trackside signal aspect (typically, green, yellow… …
3Message Transfer Part — SS7 protocol suite OSI layer SS7 protocols Application INAP, MAP, IS 41... TCAP, CAP, ISUP, ... Network MTP Level 3 + SCCP Data link MTP …
4Network Rail — Not to be confused with National Rail. Network Rail Type Company limited by guarantee / State owned company Industry Railway infrastructure provision …
5North American railroad signals — Main article: North American railway signaling Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Color Position Light bracket masts at Magnolia, West Virginia North American railroad signals generally fall into the category of multi headed electrically lit units… …
6Privatisation of British Rail — The privatisation of British Rail was the result of the Railways Act 1993 introduced by John Major s Conservative government. The operations of the British Railways Board (BRB) were broken up and sold off. Some non core parts of the BRB s… …
7North American railway signaling — For the actual physical signals, see North American railroad signals. Standards for North American railway signaling in the United States are issued by the Association of American Railroads (AAR), which is a trade association of the railroads of… …
8Glossary of rail terminology — Rail transport Operations Track Maintenance High speed Gauge Stations …
9Chief Mechanical Engineer — and Locomotive Superintendent are titles applied by British, Australian, and New Zealand railway companies to the person ultimately responsible to the board of the company for the building and maintaining of the locomotives and rolling stock. In… …
10Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway — Overview Type Heavy rail Status Disused Locale …
