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The US and Canada departed from UK practice wherein a semaphore blade is devoted to each route (Route Signaling). General North American practice is to group routes by speeds and use a single blade for, say, "medium speed" regardless of the number of routes involved (Speed Signaling). The primary exception to this situation is in the field of ...
When a train has made a full brake application due to adverse event, or has lost its train air due to a defective valve (a "kicker"), or a broken air line or train separation. The train crew will normally declare that they are "in emergency" over the train radio, thus warning other trains and the dispatcher that there is a problem.
In the 1930s, following the integration of train and bus services, the summer train service was trimmed to about a dozen trains each way on all three main routes. This intensive service ran on an entirely single-track system controlled by staff and ticket safeworking, with limited semaphore signalling.
The Isle of Man has a rich transport heritage and boasts the largest narrow-gauge railway network in the British Isles [1] with several historic railways and tramways still in operation. These operate largely to what is known as "Manx Standard Gauge" ( 3 ft [ 914 mm ] narrow gauge ) [ 2 ] and together they comprise about 65 miles (105 km) of ...
The route is unique within the UK's franchised rail network in being vertically integrated - while Network Rail own the Island Line's infrastructure, it is leased out to the operator who is therefore responsible for everyday maintenance of the track [15] and immediate foundations as well as the trains that run on it.
Fullington Auto Bus Company, State College, Pennsylvania, U.S.: acquired in 2009 and sold in 2017 [157] Open Loop New York: hop on hop off tour company in New York City commenced in May 2014, ceded to Big Bus Tours in 2017 [158] [159] Capital MetroBus in Austin, Texas: 79 routes, 250 buses, 21 million passengers/year, from 2012 to early 2020 ...
The Indiana & Ohio Railway (reporting mark IORY) is an American railroad that operates 570 miles (920 km) of track in Ohio, southern Michigan, and parts of southeastern Indiana. It is owned and operated by Genesee & Wyoming , who acquired the railroad in the 2012 purchase of RailAmerica .
A bus stop is a place where buses stop for passengers to get on and off the bus.The construction of bus stops tends to reflect the level of usage, where stops at busy locations may have shelters, seating, and possibly electronic passenger information systems; less busy stops may use a simple pole and flag to mark the location.