In railway signalling, a treadle is a mechanical or electrical device that detects that a train wheel has passed a particular location. They are used...

Railway signalling (BE), or railroad signaling (AE), is a system used to control the movement of railway traffic. Trains move on fixed rails, making them...

Tricycle Unicycle Utility bicycle Velocar Velocipede Velomobile Treadle-powered vehicles Treadle bicycle Hand-powered vehicles Handcar Handcycle Hobcart Wheelchair...

rear door could haul a trailer and had a two-man crew. One-man cars had a treadle-operated single rear door. There was a hook at the rear of each car to...

The application of railway signals on a rail layout is determined by various factors, principally the location of points of potential conflict, as well...

The railway signalling system used across the majority of the United Kingdom rail network uses lineside signals to control the movement and speed of trains...

and signs on the state's railway network and connected private tracks. The first signalling system on the Norwegian railway system was a mechanically...

intersection where a railway line crosses a road, path, or (in rare situations) airport runway, at the same level, as opposed to the railway line crossing over...

rails so that the treadles or rims of the wheel or wheels caused frictional retardation and resulted in the halting of the railway car. In the United...

Railway signals in Germany are regulated by the Eisenbahn-Signalordnung (ESO, railway signalling rules). There are several signalling systems in use,...

amounts of automation or human input. Axle counting initially started with treadle-like mechanisms. They consisted of a mechanical contact device mounted...

Modern railway signalling in Thailand on the mainline employs color light signals and computer-based interlocking. The State Railway of Thailand is currently...

A crossbuck is a traffic sign used to indicate a level railway crossing. It is composed of two slats of wood or metal of equal length, fastened together...

and fireman, thus promoting safe operation. As an aid to the fireman, a treadle used steam pressure to open the firehole doors, where the coal is shovelled...

The current French railway signalling system is in force on the Réseau Ferré de France (now SNCF Réseau) since 1930, when the code Verlant was applied...

between signal boxes, there was some control of signals by track circuit and treadle. Upon its replacement by a 432 lever pistol grip power frame in the new...

lights only. Sykes' lock-and-block system was used with depression-type treadles. Although there was only one signal section, advance starting signals were...

In railway signalling, a token is a physical object which a train driver is required to have or see before entering onto a particular section of single...

projects on CSX, Norfolk Southern, Union Pacific, BNSF, Canadian National Railway, Amtrak, MBTA, Metra, Metrolink, Metropolitan Transit, New Jersey Transit...

an extended geographical area without changing the method of transport. Treadle A mechanical or electrical device for detecting the presence of a rail...

Railway semaphore signal is one of the earliest forms of fixed railway signals. This semaphore system involves signals that display their different indications...

an American company based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, which focused on railway signaling equipment, systems and services. The company was acquired by...

signals. Treadles at stations verified the passage of trains and interlocked signals for conflicting moves; if a train operated the treadle at the entrance...

a Rail operating centre (ROC) located at the south western end of York railway station in York, England. The site is one of twelve that will control all...

General Railway Signal Company (GRS) was an American manufacturing company located in the Rochester, New York area. GRS was focused on railway signaling...

A railway signal is a visual display device that conveys instructions or provides warning of instructions regarding the driver's authority to proceed...

counters or treadles. The first use of track circuiting was by William Robert Sykes on a short stretch of track of the London Chatham and Dover Railway at Brixton...

including a fire-dropping pit. The whole railway was resignalled by 2006 with track circuits replacing the treadle-operated signalling system. The signalling...

Hobbies of Dereham produced plans, kits and tools—including their famous treadle fretwork saws—for making wooden models and toys, which were popular in...

vertical drill, gear cutter, bench grindstone, forge and large grindstone (treadle powered). The carpenter's shed was attached to the north end of this, but...