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Subject(s)

• Railroads—United States—Signaling [Browse]

Related name

• Association of American Railroads. Signal Section [Browse]

Notes

• Chapters issued before 1935 by the American Railway Association, Signal Section ; 1935-60, by the Signal Section of the Association of American Railroads ; 1961- by the Association's Communication and Signal Section.
• Published in Chicago since 1950.
• Includes various revised editions of some chapters.
• Ex copy is chapter 6 only.

Contents

• ch. 1. History and development of railway signaling
• ch. 2. Symbols, aspects and indications
• ch. 3. Principles and economics of signaling
• ch. 4. Centralized traffic control. 2 v
• ch. 5. Batteries
• ch. 6. Direct current relays
• ch. 7. Non-coded direct current track circuits
• ch. 8. Transformers
• ch. 9. Rectifiers
• ch. 10. Alternating current relays
• ch. 11. Non-coded alternating current track circuits
• ch. 12. Semaphore signals
• ch. 13. Light signals and light signal lamps
• ch. 14. Definitions
• ch. 15. Block signal systems
• ch. 16. Interlocking
• ch. 17. Mechanical and electro-mechanical interlocking
• ch. 18. Electro-pneumatic interlocking
• ch. 19. Electric interlocking
• ch. 20. Interlocking circuits
• ch. 21. Hump yard systems
• ch. 22. Fundamentals of electricity --ch. 23. Railroad-highway grade crossing protection
• ch. 24. Signal power transmission and lightening protection
• ch. 25. Coded track circuits
• ch. 26. Relay interlocking.

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LCCN

66042665

OCLC

80591765

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