Boston and Maine installs G. R. S. system in eastbound yard; 10 retarders serve 36 tracks; layout of this yard differs in many features from other yards previously equipped with car retarders; principal difference is in arrangement of ladders, whereby each group of six tracks is served by one group of retarders, yard having 36 classification tracks; description of yard; ladder arrangement; grades; car retarders; control towers; traffic; economies. (see also Ry. Signaling, vol. 21, no. 3, Mar. 1928, pp. 85-89, 13 figs)


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    Title :

    Car retarders at Mechanicville


    Additional title:

    Ry. Age


    Published in:

    Railway Age ; 84 , n 5


    Publication date :

    1928


    Size :

    4 pages


    Remarks:

    6 Figs.


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


    Car retarders at Mechanicville

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1928




    Boston and Maine yard at Mechanicville

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1913


    Retarders

    Hilgers, Michael / Achenbach, Wilfried | Springer Verlag | 2021