FRED
Acronym of Flashing Rear-End Device, the modern end-of-train marker, placed on the rear coupler of a train to monitor air-brake system integrity and air pressure. Also known as an end-of-train (EOT) device.
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A FRED Flashing rear-end device
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FRED Flashing Rear End Device -- end of train telemetry device Friction Bearing A babbet type wheel bearing sometimes seen on old rail cars. Frog The intersection of two rails of a switch.
Also "Telem", "Tele", "FRED", and "Freddie". Tender A vehicle connected to most steam locomotives which carried the coal (or oil) and water for the locomotive. Terminating line haul road The last railroad over which any shipment travels.
Largely obsolete, having been replaced by the electronic End of Train (EOT) device, or Flashing Rear End Device called "FRED".
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FRED
RAILWAYS. See "Flashing Rear End Device".
Freight Train
RAILWAYS. The term used in the USA, and possibly some other countries, for what is called a goods train in Britain.
Freightcar Destination System (FDS)
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Nothing out of FRED for several minutes means there is a problem. Rich gets organized and I inform him that whatever the problem is it is way back as the tail end of the train was in emergency several seconds before the head end was.
An end-of-train device (sometimes called a FRED, or flashing rear- end device) that has replaced cabooses.
EOT device: An end-of-train device (sometimes called a FRED, or flashing rear-end device) that has replaced cabooses. Along with a flashing light, many EOTs can transmit information on brake-line pressure and speed to the locomotive.
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FRED Flashing Rear End Device -- end of train telmetry device Frog The intersection of two rails of a switch. Full Service Application Corresponds to a handle position for the automatic brake handle.
 See also: Engine, Point, Locomotive, Car, Track
  
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