Grab Iron - Steel hand rails found on the sides, ends, and roofs of locomotives and cars.
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GRAB IRON"Steel bar attached to cars and engines as a hand bold
GRABBER"Conductor of a passenger train. (He grabs tickets)
GRAMOPHONE"Obsolete term for telephone ...
Grab iron (Grab) Handles on the sides of cars or equipment.
Grade Angle or rise or fall of tracks as they follow the land.
Grain The direction in wood of the fibers.
Grab Irons
Handholds on the sides, ends, or roofs of railroad cars.
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If you look carefully behind the road number on the side of the cab you will observe two grab irons that run the entire height of the car body. Just behind those grab irons look carefully at the black car body itself.
"Low" rear hear light mounted vertically, high sand filler accessed from roof, or a trio of grab irons mounted to the rear of the long hood.
First stop of freight car, under the lowest grab iron.
Safety Cab
Contemporary design for USA made current-generation loco cabs. Adopted by GE, following CN's "Draper Taper" cowl design.
Don't handle the locomotives. If it leaves the track, ask the host what to do. If he wants you to re-rail it, look before handling. Be careful of grab irons and other detail parts!
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The fact that the track gauge is a little too wide for the scale or that Moguls are pretending to be Consolidations or that the grab irons are not right doesn't bother me.
Grab bar: handle on the side of a car to allow switching personnel to hold on (also known as a "grab iron"). safely
Green: a colour associated with go or proceed.
Guard (UK): conductor (US) See #Conductor, above.
Grab Iron - The handhold on the side of cars.
Grade - Gradient slope to the horizontal, as a percentage, of rise or fall.
Grade Crossing - Where a street or highway crosses the railroad. Also where two tracks cross each other.
 See also: Locomotive, Switch, Rail, Iron, Train
  
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