Catch points and trap points are types of points which act as railway safety devices. Both work by guiding railway carriages and trucks from a dangerous...

run-off points are referred to either as trap points or catch points. Derailers are another device used for the same purpose. Catch points are installed...

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will be getting one to permit a 2tph service pattern. Some railways fit catch points at the ends of crossing loops so that if a train overruns the loop, it...

Deadliest Catch is an American reality television series that premiered on the Discovery Channel on April 12, 2005. The show follows crab fishermen aboard...

points, is awarded to the kicking team. The fair catch kick is considered to be an obscure rule and it is rarely attempted. Because most fair catches...

causes. In emergency situations, deliberate derailment with derails or catch points is sometimes used to prevent a more serious accident. The first recorded...

Catch 21 is an American game show broadcast by Game Show Network (GSN). Created by Merrill Heatter (who also produced the show's predecessor Gambit),...

Accuracy 50. Endurance: points are awarded for the number of catches achieved in 5 minutes. Fast Catch: the time taken to throw and catch the boomerang five...

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dictionary. A sand trap can be: Bunker (golf), a hazard in the game of golf Catch points, designed to stop runaway railroad cars Run-off area, designed to stop...

Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators is a 2019 book by the American journalist Ronan Farrow. He recounts the challenges...

This form is common throughout the UK, where it is called trap points or catch points. The third type of derail is the portable derail, and is used by...

for runaway vehicles on the I-5 near Byala, Bulgaria Transport portal Catch points Derail Engineered materials arrestor system Runway safety area (RSA/RESA)...

control switches (points), signals and block systems is called interlocking. Originally, all signaling was done by mechanical means. Points and signals were...

catch points of a ratchet gear. The tumbler is similar in function to a ratchet gear. It is mounted on the inside of the lock-plate and has two catch-points...

"YIELD" below the crossbuck, whose sides are bent backwards in order to catch and reflect at a right angle the light of an approaching train. The experiment's...

train derailed mitigated the consequences of the SPAD) and the second, catch-points associated with the signal operated correctly and derailed the train...

interlaced loops had been provided where sprung catch points were required because of the steep gradient. The points at either end of the loop were set according...

When trains run in opposite directions on a single-track railway, meeting points ("meets") are scheduled, at which each train must wait for the other at...

passed that station, directing them to take certain actions at various points ahead: for example, take a siding to meet another train, wait at a specified...

signals at danger when it reached Potters Bar. The train cut through the catch points and buffers and crashed onto the platform. The front part of the engine...

Intermittent cab signals are updated at discrete points along the rail line and between these points the display will reflect information from the last...

detectors of a set of points through the track circuit over those points. This can be done in one of two ways: A contact of the points detector can shunt...

connected to the present-day Up Homebush Bay West Fork track, complete with catch points and a shunt signal. Remnants of the track can also be seen between the...

Sand pile may refer to: Abelian sandpile model Catch points This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Sand pile. If an internal...

endangering the safety of people on the railway. Buffer (rail transport) Catch points Cushioning Derail List of rail accidents Retarder (railroad) Shock absorber...

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Railway and entered Manchester Metrolink tracks, where it was derailed on catch points. On 17 October 2017, an MPV performing leaf removal duties near Markinch...

driver has permission to proceed That points (also called switch or turnout in the US) are set correctly Which way points are set The speed the train may travel...