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Background Information
• Experts in the rail industry have created a ton of information to share with students. The link below is to a PowerPoint presentation on the ver-changing railroad-
https://www.wsorrailroad.com/resources/e_central_consortium_pp.ppt
Bailey Rail Yard, North Platte, NE
http://www.uprr.com/aboutup/facilities/bailey/index.shtml
Railroad Terminology• This website includes a pdf of terms:
– http://www.srpedd.org/commuterrail/Rail%20Terminology.pdf
• The Indiana DOT lists 41 terms on its website at– http://www.state.in.us/indot/files/append_a.pdf
• The below website lists about 1000 terms of the railroad industry– http://www.icrr.net/terms.htm
Basic Terms• Flat car A railroad freight car without sides or a roof. • Low-bottom flat car A railroad freight car that is depressed in the
center to permit overhead clearance for bridges and tunnels. • Trailer A large transport vehicle designed to be hauled by a truck or
tractor. • Piggy-back method of transportation in which truck trailers are
carried on train cars specially designed for truck trailers or containers.
• Double-stacked Two containers (often truck trailers) loaded one on top of the other for transport on low bottom railroad flatcars. This system may also be referred to as multi-deck operations for transporting containers of various types.
Basic Terms Continued…• Inter-modal A transport system that enables the direct
transfers of containers between different transportation types. Freight is usually contained in a box designed to be carried by different modes of transport that permits same box or container to be transferred between road, rail, sea, inland waterways, and air transport without transferring the contents to another container.
• Tank car A railcar consisting of a container capable of transporting liquids or compressed gas.
• Van A railroad car used for carrying baggage or freight
Types of Rail Cars• Car Types• Automobile Racks• Boxcars• Covered Hoppers• Flat Cars including Cente
rbeams• Gondola Cars• Open-Top Hoppers• Intermodal Equipment• Tank Cars
The types listed above go to links on the Union Pacific Website.
How Trains Work
• How Stuff Works has a great unit on this topic. Please visit this website and follow along with the 7 parts.
• http://www.howstuffworks.com/train.htm
How Diesel Locomotives Work
• How Stuff Works has a great unit on this topic. Please visit this website and follow along with the 7 parts.
• http://science.howstuffworks.com/diesel-locomotive.htm
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