Interchange Point
The location where cars are transferred from on road to another.
Interchange Track ...
See Interchange Point.
Gauge
The distance between the inside edges of the rail heads. Most railroads in North America and Europe are built to a standard gauge of 4'- 8 1/2". Some gauges currently in use are; ...
Interchange Point The point at which two or more railroads join. Traffic is passed from one road to another at interchange points.
Interchange Point - A location where cars switch from one road to another.
Interlocking - A system of electrical, and mechanical controls that allow only one train to move through a junction of two or more tracks at any one time.
Gateway See Interchange Point Gauge Broad gauge (Spain): 1674 mm 5'5 9/10th" Broad gauge (Portugal): 1665 mm 5'5 11/20th" Broad gauge (Ireland): 1600 mm 5'3" Broad gauge (Finland): 1524 mm 5' exactly Broad gauge (former USSR): 1520 mm 5' Standard ...
Interchange points are Philadelphia via Allentown for CSXT, Hagerstown via Enola for NS, all Canadian traffic via Enola (and connection to the Buffalo Line), and Chicago via Elkhart for all western traffic.
A mixed track gauge, often seen at interchange points between standard gauge and narrow gauge railroads.
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Local interchange occurs when cars are set out to be picked up by another train of the same railroad. This means each car has a destination, usually on the modeled portion of the railroad, beyond the interchange point.
 See also: Track, Train, Point, Interchange, Branch
  
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