Fully automated hump yard capable of handling 5000 cars/day; construction work involved laying 100 mi of track and building 53 bridges and level crossings; electronic devices used include analog computer, and teletype machines; "talkback" speakers, private-line telephone, and seven radio systems; there are 20 reception tracks, 121 sorting tracks, and two yards, one with six and one with seven tracks, for departures; access line is 37 mi long.


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    Titel :

    Toronto yard, Canadian national railways


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Ry Gaz


    Erschienen in:

    Railway Gazette ; 121 , n 14


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1965


    Format / Umfang :

    2 pages


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch





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