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Course Outline
Railroad Industry Overview
- Introduction to the world of freight, transit, inter-city passenger, high-speed and other rail.
- History/railroad facts
- Track network
- Train types/car types
- Industry trade groups
- Regulatory agencies
Track Structure
Learn in detail the importance and standard practices of all aspects of the track structure beginning with the importance of drainage and subballast up to the top-of-rail for a variety of applications and situations.
- Drainage
- Subballast
- Ballast
- Ties
- Rail
- Special trackwork: turnouts, frogs, and other
Track Alignment
- Design and maintenance characteristics
- Track gauge
- Vertical alignment
- Horizontal alignment
- Track stiffness
- Clearances
- Design Criteria
- Difference between rail and highway, freight and transit
Special Trackwork
- Turnouts and Switches
- Frogs
- Crossovers and Diamonds
- Guardrails
Bridges and Structures
- Bridge types
- Design loadings
- Bridge ratings
- Inspections and FRA 237 Bridge Management
Signals
- Block signal systems
- Track circuits
- Aspects and indications
- Positive train control
Operations Planning & Scheduling
- Track Charts
- Signaling and train movements
- Modeling
- Stringlines
- Operations class exercise