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Identifier: operationoftrain02prio (find matches)
Title: Operation of trains and station work and telegraphy
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: Prior, Frederick John, 1858- (from old catalog) comp
Subjects: Railroad trains Railroads
Publisher: Chicago, F. J. Drake & co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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is the length of timeconsumed by trains in passing over the road. Delays arevery expensive. They consume coal, produce wear andtear on the engine and necessitate overtime to employes.With the A. B. C. Rules all these items of expense arereduced to the lowest possible figure. Receipts for freightcharges are the same no matter whether the movement isspeedy or otherwise, so that the saving in expense isclear gain. It is difficult to arrive at an exact statement of in-crease of efficiency, but a comparison of statistics for onemonth with that of the corresponding period a yearprevious shows that the average speed of all freight trainsin passing over this portion of the track was eleven milesper hour, as compared with 8.6 miles per hour the pre-vious year. This includes all delays of whatever kirdand also includes the movement of two way freights do-ing work and a goodly amount of switching. Omittingthe locals the record of the through freight trains shows 422 RULES FOR MOVEMENT OF TRAINS
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STATION AND TRAIN WORK 423

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