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A slide fence is a structural fence designed to physically stop falling rocks from reaching the tracks. The fence is designed to retain a rockslide if possible, but if it is displaced by such it also can cause the signaling system to display a restrictive aspect to approaching trains.[1]

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Railway slide fence

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A slide fence is a structural fence designed to physically stop falling rocks from reaching the tracks. The fence is designed to retain a rockslide if...

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Landslide

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Railway signalling

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Institution of Railway Signal Engineers Railroad chronometer Rail sabotage Railroad switch Railway semaphore signal Railway slide fence Signalling block...

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Pass of Brander stone signals

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Brander system is much older and entirely mechanical in operation. Railway slide fence Falls of Cruachan derailment Dalton, Alastair. "Train driver tells...

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Bad Rock Canyon

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Frequent rock slides occur along the northern side of the BNSF Railway tracks that traverse through the canyon. Railway slide fences have been installed...

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Signaling of the New York City Subway

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The Canadian

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Mountains lie to the east for much of the way to Valemount. Although railway slide fences protect the route alongside the mountains, the train usually runs...

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Application of railway signals

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The application of railway signals on a rail layout is determined by various factors, principally the location of points of potential conflict, as well...

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Electric gate

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mechanism. Driveway gate openers can be the rollback (sliding) type that retracks a gate along the fence or wall on wheels or bearing, or the swing type that...

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Signalling control

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the process by which control is exercised over train movements by way of railway signals and block systems to ensure that trains operate safely, over the...

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Level crossing

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north of its previous site, outside of the airport boundary fence. "Wynyard Airport Railway Crossing". Airways Museum. "Airport Tunnel will open at one...

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Interlocking

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In railway signalling, an interlocking is an arrangement of signal apparatus that prevents conflicting movements through an arrangement of tracks such...

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Avalanche

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similarities, avalanches are distinct from slush flows, mudslides, rock slides, and serac collapses. They are also different from large scale movements...

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Adtranz

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movers as well as freight wagons. Non rolling stock businesses included railway electrification and signalling infrastructure. On 8 May 1995, ABB and Daimler-Benz...

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Railway semaphore signal

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Railway semaphore signal is one of the earliest forms of fixed railway signals. This semaphore system involves signals that display their different indications...

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Automatic train protection

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Zugbeeinflussung RS4 Codici SelTrac Sistema Controllo Marcia Treno SACEM Slide fence Train automatic stopping controller Train Protection & Warning System...

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Snowdon Mountain Railway

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Retrieved 26 October 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive. "Fatal slide on the Snowdon Railway". Aberdeen Journal. Scotland. 22 September 1910. Retrieved 26...

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Railway signals in Germany

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Railway signals in Germany are regulated by the Eisenbahn-Signalordnung (ESO, railway signalling rules). There are several signalling systems in use,...

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UK railway signalling

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The railway signalling system used across the majority of the United Kingdom rail network uses lineside signals to control the movement and speed of trains...

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Steam locomotive

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where all lines are by law fenced throughout, bells were only a requirement on railways running on a road (i.e. not fenced off), for example a tramway...

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Balise

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/bəˈliːz/ is an electronic beacon or transponder placed between the rails of a railway as part of an automatic train protection (ATP) system. The French word...

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ATACS

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"埼京線への無線式列車制御システム(ATACS)の使用開始について" (PDF) (Press release) (in Japanese). East Japan Railway Company. 2017-10-03. Retrieved 2021-07-10. https://www.nikkan.co...

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Axle counter

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An axle counter is a system used in railway signalling to detect the clear or occupied status of a section of track between two points. The system generally...

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Catch points

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and trap points are types of points which act as railway safety devices. Both work by guiding railway carriages and trucks from a dangerous route onto...

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Chinese Train Control System

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Control System (CTCS, Chinese: 中国列车控制系统) is a train control system used on railway lines in People's Republic of China. CTCS is similar to the European Train...

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York Rail Operating Centre

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a Rail operating centre (ROC) located at the south western end of York railway station in York, England. The site is one of twelve that will control all...

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