Two modern car-retarder and power-switch equipped classification yards at Boston, Mass., to replace scattered facilities of four principal roads which make up that system; no coordination existed between old facilities; careful study was given to yard location; inbound yard has 28 and outbound has 30 classification tracks; retarders are of electropneumatic type; lower ends of yards have power switches; special communicating systems facilitate and speed yard operation; hump signals and journal oiling equipment.


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    Title :

    Modern yards complete solution of B and M. terminal problem


    Additional title:

    Ry. Age


    Published in:

    Railway Age ; 85 , n 1 ; p 5-10


    Publication date :

    1928


    Size :

    6 pages


    Remarks:

    6 Figs.


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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