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EA:  RAILWAY_TYPE

Status: STD 2005/06/07
Code: 1071
Concept definition: The type of a <SYSTEM> of <RAILWAY>s used to support various transportation uses.
 
Attribute value type: ENUMERATION
Reference type: IR
Reference: [FACC, Annex B: RRC]
Supplemental references:  
Enumerants (presented in a natural order)
Status Attribute label Enumerant label ▾ Concept definition Code Ref type Reference Supplemental references
STD
2005/06/07		 RAILWAY_TYPE ABANDONED Abandoned. 1 IR [DFAD, 209, "Non-operating Railroad Track"] [SOED, "abandoned", 2]
STD
2005/06/07		 RAILWAY_TYPE BRANCH_LINE A secondary line of a <RAILWAY>, not the <<<MAIN_LINE>>>; branch line. 2 IR [FACC, Annex B, RRC:17]  
STD
2005/06/07		 RAILWAY_TYPE CAR_LINE Car line. 3 IR [FACC, Annex B, RRC:2]  
STD
2005/06/07		 RAILWAY_TYPE DRILL_TRACK A <RAILWAY_TRACK> connecting with the <<<LADDER_TRACK>>>, over which <LOCOMOTIVE_ENGINE>s and <RAIL_WAGON>s move back and forth in switching; drill track. 4  
STD
2005/06/07		 RAILWAY_TYPE HOUSE_TRACK A <RAILWAY_TRACK> entering, or along side a freight house; house track. <RAIL_WAGON>s are moved to a house track for loading or unloading. 5  
STD
2005/06/07		 RAILWAY_TYPE INCLINED Design is based on elevation grade characteristics, usually including mechanical <COMPONENT>s (for example: a rack), to insure traction at all times; inclined. 7 IR [FACC, Annex B, RRC:15]  
STD
2005/06/07		 RAILWAY_TYPE INDUSTRIAL Used to transport industrial <MATERIAL>s. 8  
STD
2005/06/07		 RAILWAY_TYPE IN_ROAD <RAILWAY_TRACK> within a defined <ROAD>; in-road. 6 IR [FACC, Annex B, RRC:21]  
STD
2005/06/07		 RAILWAY_TYPE JOINT_TRACK Owned, operated, or maintained by more than one operating railway company; joint track. 9 IR [UKHR]  
STD
2005/06/07		 RAILWAY_TYPE LADDER_TRACK A series of turnouts providing access to any of several parallel <RAILWAY_TRACK>s in a <RAILWAY_YARD>; ladder track. 10  
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