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Ask Trains from November 2008
12/23/2008
This Month: Definition of running track - Passenger train speeds

Ask Trains from December 2008
12/23/2008
This month: Nova Scotia railroad - Run-through switch - Left-hand running

Ask Trains from January 2009
12/23/2008
This month: High-speed turbine - SFSP merger rejection - Doubleheaded steam power

Ask Trains from March 2007
12/22/2008
This month: Guard rails on bridges - Bells on EMD Es and Fs - Quarter-mile markers

Ask Trains from October 2007
12/22/2008
This month: Freight car reporting marks - Classification lights

Ask Trains from December 2005
12/22/2008
This Month: PRR's S2 steam turbine -
Signal indications - Isolation mode - Flags

Ask Trains from November 2005
12/22/2008
This Month: Big freight cars - Position-light
signals - "Turbo lag" - St. Maries River

Ask Trains from October 2005
12/22/2008
This Month: Ballast cleaning - Activating
crossing gates - Radioactive commodities

Ask Trains from September 2005
12/22/2008
This Month: Pressure-differential cars -
Crossing i.d.s - Spring switches - C&W

Ask Trains from August 2005
12/22/2008
This Month: SW1500 vs. MP15 - Auto
racks - "single stacks" - 50-year rule

Ask Trains from January 2007
12/18/2008
This month: "Doll-arm" signals - Turbocharged diesels - Those hooded coil cars

Ask Trains from December 2006
12/18/2008
This Month: Main track authority - The
color of smoke

Ask Trains from November 2006
12/18/2008
This Month: Front-end diesel hoses -
Restoring switches - Dynamic braking

Ask Trains from October 2006
12/18/2008
This Month: Diesel wheel arrangements - Automatic interlockings

Ask Trains from September 2006
12/18/2008
This Month: Amtrak's NPCUs -
Restricted speed - Non-compliant cabs

Ask Trains from April 2007
11/07/2008
This month: Hancock air whistles - Trackage vs. haulage rights - Crossing-gate timing

Ask Trains from February 2007
11/07/2008
This month: Southern Pacific's headlights - Do diesels use antifreeze? - Phase-break signals

Ask Trains from September 2007
11/06/2008
This month: Cars with reflective strips - Grand Central intrigue - Lights on Amtrak cars

Ask Trains from August 2007
11/06/2008
This month: Early transfer diesels - What does CSX stand for? - "Trainman" duties

Ask Trains from July 2007
11/06/2008
This month: BN's "Trough Train" - "Bailing off" brakes - Wheeling & Lake Erie

Ask Trains from June 2007
11/06/2008
This month: Distributed power - American Freedom Train cars - Blue-flag protection

Ask Trains from May 2007
11/06/2008
This month: "Dapping" a crosstie - "Set and centered" - Welded rail vs. temperature

Ask Trains from June 2008
10/31/2008
This month: 'Ivan the Terrible' - Exempt railroad crossing - Horse express car

Ask Trains from May 2008
10/31/2008
This month: Definition of a Mallet - Buffer car use - CSX Standard Time

Ask Trains from April 2008
10/31/2008
This month: Setting out a bad-order car - Brush cutting - Sleeping car types

Ask Trains from March 2008
10/31/2008
This month: Rural crossing protection - Dual-gauge track

Ask Trains from February 2008
10/31/2008
This month: Color position signals - Ditch lights - Four-lens signals

Ask Trains from January 2008
10/31/2008
This month: Leslie and Nathan horns - N&W 611's retirement

Ask Trains from December 2007
10/31/2008
This month: Horsepower-hours - VIA frequencies - Smoke deflectors

Ask Trains from November 2007
10/31/2008
This month: Torpedo tubes on GP9s - Hi-rails and grade crossings - GE and EMD 6,000-hp units

Ask Trains from October 2008
10/03/2008
This month: Locomotive latrines - Clear block indicator

Ask Trains from September 2008
10/03/2008
This month: Amtrak sleeping options - Track renewal systems - Well car configurations

Ask Trains from July 2008
10/03/2008
This month: Water treatment - Carman terminology

Ask Trains from August 2008
07/18/2008
This month: Fireless steam locomotives - Diesel fuel types - Less-than-carload freight

Ask Trains from August 2006
06/30/2006
This month: Soo Line's name - MacArthur vs. Mikado - Stack car lettering

Ask Trains from July 2006
06/29/2006
This month: USDA scale-test cars - Tank car sizes - Track speed limits

Ask Trains from June 2006
04/21/2006
This month: Vanderbilt tenders - Compound and extra steam cylinders - Wyes

Ask Trains from May 2006
03/24/2006
This Month: PRSL GP38s - Long-hood forward - Approach-lit and lunar signals

Ask Trains from April 2006
02/17/2006
This Month: Time zones - Steam: ducts and cylinders

Ask Trains from March 2006
01/20/2006
This Month: Hooking mail 'on the fly' - Tank car colors - Calculating track curvature

Ask Trains from February 2006
12/23/2005
This Month: EMD's BL20-2 - Diesels in reverse? - Dynamic-brake whine - Plate C

Ask Trains from January 2006
11/25/2005
This Month: "Little Joe" electrics - Open-top containers - Tank-car cleaning

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