Boston and Maine installs G. R. S. system in eastbound yard; 10 retarders serve 36 tracks; layout of this yard differs in many features from other yards previously equipped with car retarders; principal difference is in arrangement of ladders, whereby each group of six tracks is served by one group of retarders, yard having 36 classification tracks; description of yard; ladder arrangement; grades; car retarders; control towers; traffic; economies. (see also Ry. Signaling, vol. 21, no. 3, Mar. 1928, pp. 85-89, 13 figs)
Car retarders at Mechanicville
Ry. Age
Railway Age ; 84 , n 5
1928
4 pages
6 Figs.
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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Car retarders at Mechanicville
Engineering Index Backfile | 1928
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