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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 IN_ROAD <RAILWAY_TRACK> within a defined <ROAD>; in-road. 6 IR [FACC, Annex B, RRC:21]  
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 MAIN_LINE A <RAILWAY_TRACK> extending through <RAILWAY_YARD>s and between <RAILWAY_STATION>s that must not be occupied without authority or protection; main line. 12 IR [FACC, Annex B, RRC:16]  
STD
2005/06/07		 RAILWAY_TYPE TEAM_TRACK A <RAILWAY_TRACK> on which <RAIL_WAGON>s are placed for the use of the public in loading or unloading freight; team track. 24  
STD
2005/06/07		 RAILWAY_TYPE STUB_TRACK A form of a <<<SIDE_TRACK>>> connected to a running <RAILWAY_TRACK> at one end only, and protected at the other end by an obstruction (for example: a bumping post); stub track. 22  
STD
2005/06/07		 RAILWAY_TYPE PAIRED_TRACK A pair of <RAILWAY_TRACK>s where, when two railway companies own single <RAILWAY_TRACK> lines and they have reached an agreement whereby one <RAILWAY> company services one <RAILWAY_TRACK> and the other company services the other <RAILWAY_TRACK>; paired track. 17  
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 LADDER_TRACK A series of turnouts providing access to any of several parallel <RAILWAY_TRACK>s in a <RAILWAY_YARD>; ladder track. 10  
STD
2005/06/07		 RAILWAY_TYPE RIP_TRACK A small <REPAIR_FACILITY> for <RAIL_WAGON>s, often a single <RAILWAY_TRACK> in a small <RAILWAY_YARD>; rip track. The name is derived from "Repair, Inspect and Paint". 20  
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