Installation of centralized traffic control on 52 mi of single track and 10 mi of double track between Needmore Yard (North Dayton) and Erie Junction, (Lima, Ohio) on Baltimore and Ohio; arrangement saves time for 19 regularly scheduled trains, and especially for coal and iron ore shipments which are handled in 100 to 150 car trains averaging 7000 tons each hauled by 2-unit diesel electric locomotives.


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    Title :

    CTC moves heavy trains


    Additional title:

    Ry Signaling Communications



    Publication date :

    1954


    Size :

    4 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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