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  • Driving Efficiency: PJM’s Automatic Brake Test and Digital Train Functions
  • Rail Transport’s Digital-Analog Paradox
  • Aug 12, History of the Train Dispatcher: Train Orders to Network Centers

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railwaypro.com /1 month ago

Driving Efficiency: PJM’s Automatic Brake Test and Digital Train Functions

PJM’s proven digital train functions and Automatic Brake Test provide immediate operational advantages and secure a future-ready system designed for [...]

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railway-news.com /3 weeks ago

Rail Transport’s Digital-Analog Paradox

Rail transport is becoming increasingly digital. Modern passenger rail systems rely on signalling and speed-control platforms, onboard data processing, radio communications, passen...

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american-rails.com /4 weeks ago

Aug 12, History of the Train Dispatcher: Train Orders to Network Centers

A railroad can lay steel and buy locomotives, yet still fail if no one controls who may use the main track. The train dispatcher is that control.

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american-rails.com /3 weeks ago

Aug 14, Amtrak Unique Trainsets: TurboTrain, Turboliner, Metroliner & More

Amtrak’s distinctive trainsets—United Aircraft TurboTrain, French RTG and Rohr RTL Turboliners, German ICE and Swedish X2000 tests, and Budd Metroliners on the Northeast Corridor.

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american-rails.com /3 weeks ago

Aug 13, Locomotive History (USA): Steam, Electric & Diesel Power

How American trains are powered—steam, electric, and diesel-electric locomotives from Tom Thumb and Stourbridge Lion through B&O’s Howard Street motors, EMD FT, a...

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american-rails.com /3 weeks ago

Aug 12, History of the Railroad Trainmaster: Field Boss of the Operating Plan

Craft railroaders run trains; trainmasters make the operating plan survive contact with reality. The title names a supervisory layer between crews and senior operating officers—par...

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american-rails.com /4 weeks ago

Aug 12, History of the Signal Maintainer: From Highballs to PTC

Long before anyone spoke of Positive Train Control, railroads needed a language of movement: stop, proceed, caution. The people who installed and kept that language honest became s...

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railway-news.com /1 week ago

First ETCS-Equipped Passenger Train Travels on East Coast Main Line

Passenger trains travelling on the East Coast Main Line have made use of digital in-cab signalling for the first time. On Monday 31 August; the 08.05 Great Northern service to Moor...

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american-rails.com /3 weeks ago

Aug 14, Amtrak Locomotive Roster: Historical & Current Power

Amtrak motive power—heritage E/F/SDP40F/F40/Genesis roster research plus mid-2020s ALC-42 Chargers, state SC-44s, ACS-64 electrics, NextGen Acela, and Airo ALC-42E dual-modes.

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american-rails.com /4 weeks ago

Aug 12, History of the Locomotive Engineer: Steam Hoggers to PTC-Era Cabs

The locomotive engineer (hogger, runner, driver in other English dialects) is the person who makes the train move and stop under control.

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american-rails.com /4 weeks ago

Aug 12, Locomotive Engineer (2026): Job, Salary, Certification & Career Path

The train engineer is in full control of the locomotive and must be able to read signals, trackside signs, and other indications. They are also known as hoggers or hostlers in yar...

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american-rails.com /9 hours ago

Sep 9, Railroads In The 1930s: Depression, Streamliners & the FT

U.S. railroads 1930–1940—249,052 to 233,670 miles. Section 77, Eastman, Motor Carrier Act, M-10000 and Pioneer Zephyr 1934, EMC FT 1939. Decade frame, not the streamliner encyclope...

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databricks.com /4 weeks ago

How Amtrak is building the data backbone for its largest transformation in over 50 years

"Every new trainset is a data-generating asset. The intelligence platform that connects...

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rtands.com /1 month ago

STV to Modernize Richmond SFC Station

PHILADELPHIA - Amtrak selects STV to develop the preliminary design in the replacement of Static Frequency Converter (SFC) #4 at the Richmond SFC Station. The post STV to Modernize...

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american-rails.com /4 weeks ago

Aug 12, Railroad Dispatcher (2026): Job, Pay, Training & Stress Reality

The railroad dispatcher's role covers a broad role, making sure that the trains in their territory operate safely and efficiently.

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railway-news.com /1 month ago

LNER Completes First ETCS Test on East Coast Main Line

LNER has completed the first live operation of an Azuma train under full European Train Control System (ETCS) Level 2 supervision on the East Coast Main Line. Testing took place ov...

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railway-news.com /1 month ago

Fit for the Future: Modernisation of the Control Cars

Railway technology | Controlling | Control technology | Energy and power protection systems Partner Enotrac offers highly specialised engineering for railway and infrastructure ope...

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railwaypro.com /17 hours ago

A ‘Flightradar24’ for trains has been launched

A new free platform allows users to track passenger trains on a map, in a similar way to the Flightradar24 [...]

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googlemapsmania.blogspot.com /4 weeks ago

Trains and Termini

tokyo-trains It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a city in possession of a good railway network, must be in want of an animated train map. Yet, having once beheld the g...

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