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HASAW — Health and Safety at Work
LAN — Local Area Network
YTD — Year To Date
ROM — Read-Only Memory
AFFF — Aqueous Film Forming Foam
HAZID — Hazard Identification
ERDF — European Regional Development Fund
CWT — Carlson Wagonlit Travel
Y-P — Young Person
WATX — Watco
ANSI — American National Standards Institute, Inc.
IT — Information Technology
ASAP — As Soon As Possible (pronounced AY-sap)
VDU — Visual Display Unit
RAILTEL — RAILway TELephone project
B. OF D. — Board of Directors
T&RS — Traction & Rolling Stock
E&OD — Engineering and Operations Development
ZEPE — Zone Electrical and Plant Engineer
C&WI — Chicago and Western Indiana railroad
W&LE — Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway
S.L/H — Short LeaseHold
R&PA — Route and Programme Analyst
RF — Radio Frequency
L&PS — London and Port Stanley Railway
S&SM — Safety and Standards Manager
RFQ — Request For Quotation
P.WAY — Permanent Way
ZCRG — Zonal Commercial Review Group
LCD — Liquid Crystal Display
HAYSI — Haysi Railroad
N&VMP — Noise and Vibration Management Plan
P&LE — Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad
L&HR — Lehigh and Hudson River railway
D&DA — Design and Development Authority
M&EE — Mechanical & Electrical Engineering
OBRY — Orangeville-Brampton Railway
R(SCW) — Railway (Safety Critical Work) Regulations 1994
UCMX — United Clays, Inc
EDI — Electronic Data Interchange
D&DR — Design & Development Report
L&PSR — London and Port Stanley Railway
D&IA — Design and Implementation Authority
WWW — World Wide Web
GSM — Global System for Mobile Communications
O&SPA — Operational and Support hazard Analysis
VAMD — Virginia and Maryland
PPE — Personal Protective Equipment
PALADIN — Performance And Loading Analysis Database INformation
KPI — Key Performance Indicator

L&NE — Lehigh and New England railroad
GDP — Gross Domestic Product
AC — Alternating Current
IRR — Internal Rate of Return
TBA — To Be Advised
E,L&N — Early, Late and Night
VAT — Value Added Tax
N&B — Northhampton and Bath railway
PWAY — Permanent Way
PROJEX — Project Expenditure
ATP — Automatic Train Protection
CN — Canadian National Railway
WACC — Weighted Average Cost Of Capital (accounting)
HATX — Helm Financial Corporation
RPI — Retail Price Index
W — Watt
CV — Curriculum Vitae
FMECA — Failure mode effect and criticality analysis
UP — Union Pacific Railroad Company
GIS — Geographic Information System
WBS — Work Breakdown Structure
GBV — Gross Book Value
SPV — Special Purpose Vehicle (sometimes Single Purpose Vehicle)
CAPEX — Capital Expenditure
MTBF — Mean Time Before Failure
SPOC — Single Point Of Contact
PCB — printed circuit board
COSHH — Control Of Substances Hazardous To Health (UK)
GL — General Ledger
AP — Accounts Payable
SLA — Service Level Agreement
GUI — Graphical User Interface (goo-ey)
EU — European Union (1994; formerly referred to as the EEC or EC)
PDH — Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy
FM — frequency modulation
RAM — random-access memory
FAT — Factory Acceptance Test
VO — Variation Order
WAN — Wide Area Network
FX — Foreign Exchange
NPV — Net Present Value {economics}
AM — Amplitude Modulation
PCB — Polychlorinated Biphenyls
SD — Standard Deviation
GPRS — General Packet Radio Service
PO — Purchase Order
CAR — Corrective Action Request
FAQ — Frequently Asked Questions (sometimes Pronounced Fak)
P&L — Profit and Loss statement
MIS — Management Information System (OSHA)

RAB — Regulatory Asset Base
ABS — Alabama Southern Railroad
IDF — Intermediate Distribution Frame
CAD — Computer Aided Designer
SAT — Site Acceptance Test
CBI — Confederation of British Industry
DC — Direct Current
AE — Account Executive
O&M — Operation and Maintenance
ISDN — Integrated Services Digital Network
PVC — Polyvinyl Chloride
MTTR — Mean Time To Repair
ALARP — As Low as Reasonably Practicable
NEC — National Electrical Code
BAA — British Airports Authority
AF — Audio Frequency
COA — Chart Of Accounts
MMA — Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway
MSE — Mississippi Export Railroad Company
PICOW — Person in Charge of Works
BST — British Summer Time
AGR — Alabama and Gulf Coast Railway
PC — Personal computer (host)
JD — Job Description
SQL — Structured Query Language
OSI — Open Systems Interconnection (iso Standard)
CIMA — Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
ITU — International Telecommunication Union
BRC — Belt Railway of Chicago
AL — Almanor Railroad Company
SMS — Safety Management Systems
AQL — Acceptable Quality Level
PIC — Person In Charge
DCF — discounted cash flow rate
LA — Local Authority
LED — law enforcement desk; light emitting diode
CR — Change Request
CAPM — Capital Asset Pricing Model
HZ — cycles per second (hertz)
NI — National Insurance
BDW — Bighorn Divide and Wyoming Railroad
AA — Ann Arbor Railroad
BSOR — Buffalo Southern Railroad
DOS — Disk Operating System
LSI — Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad
HR — HUMAN RESOURCES
PSBR — Public Sector Borrowing Requirement
NEMA — National Electric Manufacturer's Association
WYSIWYG — What You See Is What You Get (pronounced Wizzy-wig. See Entry For Derived Acronyms)
IEE — Institution of Electrical Engineers

HV — High Voltage
PM — Project Manager
HW — Hardware
ELCB — Earth Leakage Circuit Breaker
DTI — Department of Trade and Industry (UK)
SAE — Society of Automotive Engineers
EVA — Ethylene Vinyl Acetate
GRN — Goods Received Note
AKMD — Arkansas Midland Railroad Company
KYLE — Kyle Railroad
PWME — Permanent Way Maintenance Engineer
PGR — Progressive Rail
OGEE — Ogeechee Railway
SPAX — Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA)
BDM — Business Development Manager
EMP — Environmental Management Plan
NIC — National Insurance Contributions
CCTV — Closed Circuit Television
IGBT — Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor
DML — Data Manipulation Language
RISC — Reduced Instruction Set Computer
RTU — Remote Terminal Unit
MDF — Main Distribution Frame
PMBX — Private Manual Branch Exchange
TCP/IP — transmission control protocol/internet protocol
GMT — Greenwich Mean Time (Zulu)
NRLC — National Railway Labor Conference
OCB — Oil Circuit Breaker
PHA — Preliminary Hazard Analysis
AWRR — Austin Western Railroad
CB — Circuit Breaker
PDP — Personal Development Plan
NSR — Newburgh and South Shore Railroad Compan
CHB — Cleveland Harbor Belt
EPS — Earnings per share
PABX — private automatic branch exchange (telephone)
HSC — Health and Safety Commission
COTS — Commercial Off the Shelf Software
KLSC — Kalamazoo, Lake Shore and Chicago Railway
IEC — International Electrotechnical Commission
ROCE — Return On Capital Employed
ELOX — Elcon Inc.
SCADA — Supervisory Control And Data Aquisition
AKDN — Acadiana Railway Company
RHS — Rectangular Hollow Section
EMC — Electromagnetic Compatibility
RC — Reinforced Concrete
OTR — Oakland Terminal Railway
PAX — Private Automatic Exchange
LPC — Louisiana Paving Corp

UFN — Until Further Notice
SIL — Safety Integrity Level
CAXX — CEMENTO CRUZ AZUL
IR — Illinois Railnet
LV — Low Voltage
AVI — Automatic Vehicle Identification
CF — Cape Fear Railways Incorporated
ARZC — Arizona and California Railroad
ADBF — Adrian and Blissfield Rail Road
AGCR — Alamo Gulf Coast Railroad Company
AR — Accounts Receivable
CBL — Conemaugh and Black Lick Railroad
NCR — Nonconformance Report
AR — Aberdeen and Rockfish Railroad
BCLR — Bay Colony Railroad
OMID — Ontario Midland Railroad Corporation
ACOP — Approved Code Of Practice (UK)
CGT — Capital Gains Tax
PRV — Pearl River Valley Railroad Company
SQVR — Sequatchie Valley Railroad
ONT — Ontario Northland Railway
TOFC — trailer-on-flatcar
OAR — Old Augusta Railroad
SSC — Southern Switching Company
TRC — Trona Railway Company
ANR — Angelina and Neches River Railroad
ATW — Atlantic and Western Railway
BJRY — Burlington Junction Railway
CFWR — Caney Fork and Western Railroad
EIA — Environmental impact assessment (international)
VM — Value Management
NOPB — New Orleans Public Belt Railroad
ARR — Alaska Railroad
MBO — Management Buy-Out
APA — Apache Railway Company
APNC — Appanoose County Community Railroad
CHR — Chestnut Ridge Railway Company
UPS — Uninterruptible Power Supply
CRL — Chicago Rail Link
RSR — Rochester and Southern Railroad
SLAL — South Plains Lamesa Railroad
PBVR — Port Bienville Railroad
BRG — Brownsville and Rio Grande International Railroad
SRC — Strasburg Railroad
GPF — General Protection Fault
NOKL — Northwestern Oklahoma Railroad
SVRR — Shamokin Valley Railroad Company
PW — Providence and Worcester Railroad
FRA — Federal Railroad Administration
PBT — Profit Before Tax

KKRR — Knox and Kane Railroad Company
CCKY — Chattooga and Chickamauga Railway Company
NCIR — New Castle Industrial Railroad
STR — Shawnee Terminal Railway Company
BVRY — Brandywine Valley Railroad Company
FE — Finite Element
ASRY — Ashland Railway
BB — Buckingham Branch Railroad
MSV — Mississippi and Skuna Valley Railroad Company
MNN — Minnesota Northern Railroad Incorporated
FOC — Freight Operating Company
NDT — Nondestructive Test
RRVW — Red River Valley and Western Railroad
DMM — Dansville and Mount Morris Railroad Company
SW — Southwestern Railroad Company
LEU — Lineside Electronic Unit
BOP — Border Pacific Railroad Company
SCRF — South Carolina Central Railroad
PCN — Point Comfort and Northern Railway
CAGY — Columbus and Greenville Railway Company
BRW — Black River and Western railroad
SLWC — Stillwater Central Railroad
NS — Norfolk Southern Railway
PBR — Patapsco and Back Rivers Railroad
CMPA — Madison railroad
OCTL — Oil Creek and Titusville Lines, Inc.
TCWR — Twin Cities and Western Railroad
LCR — Lake County Railroad
CALA — Carolina Southern Railroad
CIRR — Chattahoochee Industrial Railroad
RARW — Rarus Railway Company
CLC — Columbia and Cowlitz Railway Company
RSA — Railway Study Association
HL — High Level
KCS — Kansas City Southern Railway
CFNR — California Northern Railroad
XLPE — Crosslinked Polyethylene
LW — Louisville and Wadley Railway Company
WCOR — Wellsboro and Corning Railroad Company
WRRC — Western Rail Road Company
CTRR — Cloquet Terminal Railroad
ALAB — Alabama Railroad
OTVR — Otter Tail Valley Railroad Company
SAPT — Savannah Port Terminal Railroad Incorporated
SDH — Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (ATM)
DDA — Disability Discrimination Act
SLC — San Luis Central Railroad Company
BPRR — Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad Inc.
CC — Chicago Central and Pacific Railroad Company
EC — European Community

NERR — Nashville and Eastern Railroad
LSRC — Lake State Railway Company
EPROM — Electrically Programmable Read Only Memory
MH — Mount Hood Railroad
PORTIS — Portable Ticket Issuing System
URR — Union Railroad
CNZR — Central New England Railroad
CW — Colorado and Wyoming railway
IBH — Intermediate Block Home Signal
PRY — Pioneer Industrial railway
KJRY — Keokuk Junction Railway
BLR — Blacklands railroad
RMT — National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers
DPC — Damp Proof Course
ARC — Alexander Railroad
CCRR — Claremont Concord Railroad
CPS — Criminal Protection Society. Sarcastic alternative meaning to the official Crown Prosecution Service, the government body responsible for bringing criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state, (thanks J Heeley). CPS stands for many more relatively unexcit
UMP — Upper Merion and Plymouth Railroad
KJR — Kiski Junction Railroad
CCRA — Camp Chase Industrial Railroad
PVS — Pecos Valley Southern Railway Company
SM — St. Mary's Railroad
MET — Modesto and Empire Traction Company
AZCR — Arizona Central Railroad
NVRR — NAPA Valley Railroad Company
CBRY — Copper Basin Railway
SCTR — South Central Tennessee Railroad
DCRR — Dubois County Railroad
NCVA — North Carolina and Virginia Railroad
NMGR — New Mexico Gateway Railroad
HSE — Health & Safety Executive Officer
OS — Ordnance Survey
CBRW — Columbia Basin Railroad
SLRG — San Luis and Rio Grande railroad
MPLI — Minnesota Prairie Line Incorporated
SMV — Santa Maria Valley Railroad Company
CTR — Clinton Terminal Railroad Company
MRL — Montana Rail Link
TDM — Time Division Multiplexer
CLP — Clarendon and Pittsford Railroad
PAYE — Pay-As-You-Earn
CMSL — Cape May Seashore Lines
TDMA — Time Division Multiple Access
WATC — Washington Terminal Company
KRR — Kiamichi Railroad
NSHR — North Shore Railroad
SAN — Sandersville Railroad
POTB — Port of Tillamook Bay Railroad
MCER — Massachusetts Central Railroad
PMCS — Project Management Control System

SLR — St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad Company
TSE — Texas South-Eastern Railroad Company
EIB — European Investment Bank
WNFR — Kanawha Rail Corporation
CSM — Customer Service Manager
FRS — Functional Requirements Specifications
TVRR — Tulare Valley Railroad Company
LT — Lake Terminal Railroad Company
ISRR — Indiana Southern Railroad
SCFE — South Central Florida Express Incorporated
MDDE — Maryland and Delaware Railroad
PDT — Portable Data Terminal
POVA — Pend Oreille Valley Railroad
CTN — Canton Railroad Company
YARR — Youngstown and Austintown Railroad
KT — Kentucky and Tennessee Railway Company
CSCD — Cascade and Columbia River Railroad Company
WTNN — West Tennessee Railroad
DME — Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad Company
SBVR — South Branch Valley Rail Road
NYOG — New York and Ogdensburg Railway Company Incorporated
RSS — Rockdale, Sandow & Southern Railroad
KBSR — Kankakee Beaverville and Southern Railroad Company
SMA — San Manuel Arizona Railroad Company
QRR — Quincy Railroad Company
BBOH — Bloomingburg Ohio
NCRC — Nebraska Central Railroad
MJ — Manufacturers Junction Railway Company
MOD — Ministry Of Defence (United Kingdom) And Various Other Countries
MNNR — Minnesota Commercial Railway
COP — City of Prineville Railway
NAUG — Naugatuck Railroad Company
NEBOSH — National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health
IMDG — International Maritime Dangerous Goods
PNW — Prescott and Northwestern Railroad
NYGL — New York and Greenwood Lake Railway
PNWR — Portland and Western Railroad Incorporated
RVPR — Riverport railroad
CPDR — Carolina Piedmont Railroad
FURNO — Until FURther NOtice
VTR — Vermont Railway
ITT — Invitation To Tender
PTW — Permit to Work (UK)
CBGR — Council Bluffs Railway
SHARON — Sharon Steel
RVSC — Rio Valley Switching Company
CT — Columbia Terminal
STMA — St. Maries River Railroad Company
MDS — Meridian Southern Railway
WSR — Warren and Saline River Railroad

VR — Valdosta Railway
NKCR — Nebraska, Kansas & Colorado RailNet
NAO — National Audit Office
YW — Yreka Western Railroad Company
TBRY — Thermal Belt Railway
WPRR — Willamette and Pacific Railroad
COEH — Conecuh Valley Railroad
TSU — Tulsa-Sapulpa Union Railway
MRS — Manufacturers Railway
NRI — Nebkota Railway Incorporated
DSE — Display Screen Equipment
YVRR — Yadkin Valley Railroad
DC — Delray Connecting Railroad Company
SW — Software (SFTWE Preferred)
TR — Tomahawk Railway
GBP — Great British Pound
EMCAR — Empty Carriages
CIMAH — Control of Industrial Major Accident Hazard
WBCR — Wabash Central railroad
RC — Remote Control
LVRR — Lycoming Valley Railroad
OUCH — Ouachita Railroad
MCR — McCloud Railway Company
YRC — York Railway
ISRS — International Safety Rating System
TSRR — Tennessee Southern Railroad
SBRR — Stourbridge Railroad Company
CP — Canadian Pacific Railway
PTR — Port Terminal Railroad of South Carolina
NBER — Nittany and Bald Eagle Railroad Company
PICK — Pickens railway
PFI — Private Finance Initiative
SMIS — Safety Management Information System
MMID — Maryland Midland Railway
FDM — Frequency Division Multiplex
RPRC — Richmond Pacific Railroad Corporation
NENE — Nebraska Northeastern Railway
NYCH — New York Cross Harbor Railroad Terminal Corporation
OOO — Out Of Order
FTVM — FerroValle
WB — Westbound
SGLR — Seminole Gulf Railway
WSRY — Winamac Southern railway
RT — Radiographic Testing
WI — Work Instruction
UTAH — Utah Railway
PLC — Public limited company
UT — Ultrasonic Testing
RCD — Residual Current Device
M&E — Mechanical & Electrical

MSCI — Mississippi Central Railroad Company
MSTR — Massena Terminal Railroad Company
IR — Ingersoll-Rand Company
OHCR — Ohio Central Railroad
MPV — Multi-Purpose Vehicle
SS — Sand Springs Railway Company
PA — Personal Assistant
FC — Financial Controller
TNHR — Three Notch railroad
AKS — AK Steel Holding Corporation
HAZCHEM — Hazardous Chemical
RIO — Rail Incident Officer
CPO — Compulsory Purchase Order
VRRC — Vandalia Railroad
LD — Liquidated Damages
EPI — Environmental Performance Indicator
LRT — Light-Rail Transit
RBC — Radio Block Centre
UB — Universal Beam
OD — Outside Diameter
NVQ — National Vocational Qualification
TB — Trial Balance
FAST — Federation Against Software Theft
SOCO — Scene Of Crime Officer
FOC — Fibre Optic Cable
RTA — Regional Transportation Authority
HVAC — Heating, Ventilating, And Air Conditioning
ECU — European Currency Unit
CATS — Charlotte Area Transit System
OLEMI — Overhead Line Equipment Master Index
AFC — Approved For Construction
EXPOTEL — hotel accommodation and conference booking agency
CITB — Construction Industry Training Board
CPD — Continuous Professional Development
HST — High Speed Train
RIDDOR'95 — Reporting of Injuries, Disease and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995
PACT — PAved Concrete Track
USN — United States Navy
SMBX — Southern MN Sugar Beet Coop
MEBO — Management and Employee Buy Out
BTP — British Transport Police
TNA — Training Needs Analysis. The TNA term is most commonly given to the process of identifying and planning personal/skills development for an individual, group, or entire workforce. This can be the responsibility of a supervisor, group leader, senior manager
ETA — Expected Time of Arrival
PSN — Packet Switched Network
LCP — Local Control Panel
BS — British Standard
AVP — Assistant Vice President
FOC — Free Of Charge. Widely used acronym promising a good deal, however see TANSTAAFL.
BP — British Petroleum
NFF — No Fault Found

ITE — Institute of Transportation Engineers
BN — Burlington Northern Railroad
LOA — Limit of Authority
APM — Assistant Project Manager
RR — Railroad
IIP — Investors In People. The UK system of human resources quality and development accreditation system. Or more amusingly, Intellectually Impaired Person (or Passenger or Protester) - being the unofficial term allegedly used by some London Transport staff to
IC — Illinois Central Railroad
DD&I — Design Development and Implementation
TMP — Traffic Management Plan
DETR — Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
CPS — Crown Prosecution Service (UK criminal justice system)
MDF — Medium Density Fibreboard
DSS — Department of Social Security
MM — Money Market
JC — Junction
AMP — Asset Management Plan
OTDR — Optical Time Domain Reflectometer
MTBHE — Mean Time Between Hazardous Events
PNB — Personal Needs Break
PRR — Pennsylvania Railroad
OPEX — Operating Expenditure
BP — Business Plan
SCHLID — SCHedule IDentity
FRS — Financial Reporting Standard
NYC — New York Central Railroad
LOP — Loss of Power
VRE — Virginia Railway Express
ETH — Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule
LVDT — Linear Variable Differential Transformer
GTO — Gate Turn-Off thyristor
ABL — Alameda Belt Line
P&M — Plant & Machinery
PSTN — Public Switched Telecommunications Network
DD — Direct Debit
BRASS — British Railways Additional Superannuation Scheme
RTA — Road Traffic Accident (British)
PROM — Programmable Read Only Memory (chip)
CPC — Circuit Protective Conductor
ATO — Automatic Train Operation
TMS — Traffic Management System
PMT — Project Management Team
ILWS — Inductive Loop Warning System
FTA — Freight Transport Association
AT — Auto Transformer
WP — Western Pacific
RRI — Route Relay Interlocking
PTE — Passenger Transport Executive
HA — Highways Agency
PDFH — Passenger Demand Forecasting Handbook
WSOR — WISCONSIN & SOUTHERN

GN — Great Northern Railway
D&I — Design and Implementation
H&S — Health and Safety
NR — Network Rail
BSC — Base Station Controller
LPO — Local Process Owner
GE — Great Eastern
NKP — Nickel Plate Road
FTA — Federal Transit Administration
IC — Intercity
QS — quantity surveyor
ATPM — Automatic Train Protection Manual
DQM — Data Quality Manager
EC — Excellent Condition
JDHX — JD Heiskell
FJLC — Fabrica de Jabon la Corona
TBW — Temporary Block Working
ECO — Electrical Control Operator
ATC — Automatic Train Control
AEA — Atomic Energy Authority
FP — Footpath
REFOS — Running Edge to Face Of Structure
SP — Southern Pacific Railroad
TBE — To Be Evaluated
FDDI — Fibre Distributed Data Interface
SIMBIDS — SIMplified BI–Directional Signalling
CTRL — Channel Tunnel Rail Link
PW — Permanent Way
ETM — Electric Track Maintenance
DART — Dallas Area Rapid Transit
MP — Milepost
PDMX — Programmable Digital Multiplexer
SLUT — South Lake Union Trolley
PA — Public Addresses
ISG — International Steel Group
TOC — Train Operating Company
PWM — Pulse width modulation
CD ROM — Compact Disc Read-Only Memory
FSG — Financial Statement Generator
TO — Technical Officer
KE — Kinematic Envelope
SCXY — St. Croix Valley Railroad Company
GP — Georgia-Pacific
PTO — Public Telecommunications Operator
CCA — Current Cost Accounting
CDM — Construction Design and Management
DO — Driver Only
SRA — Strategic Rail Authority
OEL — Occupational Exposure Limit
CV — Central Vermont Railway

COCP — Code of Construction Practice
AIP — Approval in Principle
HEP — Head-End Power
REN — Ringer Equivalence Number
LEC — London Electricity Contracting Limited
CSAO — Conrail Shared Assets Operation
SRN — Sabine River and Northern
BSP — Bulk Supply Point
JTC — Jointless Track Circuit
URFDO — Ultrasonic Rail Flaw Detector Operator
MP — Missouri Pacific Railroad
IMC2 — 2nd generation Infrastructure Maintenance Contract
GMTX — GATX Rail Locomotive Group
IHB — Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad
RJCM — R.J. Corman Railroad Company/ Memphis Line
SSR — Super Saver Return
SSI — Solid State Interlocking
AFC — Anticipated Final Cost
RJCN — R.J. Corman Railroad Company/ Allentown Lines Incorporated
PTI — Positive Train Identification
OE — Oregon Electric Railway Company
COSS — Controller of Site Safety
TCS — Traffic Control System
CR — Conrail
CB — Central Battery
CAT — Central Arkansas Transit
SWT — South West Trains
RJCL — R.J. Corman Railroad Company/ Cleveland line
CAIX — CAI Rail Inc.
GER — Great Eastern Railway
PTA — Passenger Transport Authority
SOU — Southern Oregon University
FRED — Financial Reporting Exposure Draft
RJCW — R.J. Corman Railroad Company/ Western Ohio Line
NER — North Eastern Railway
BH–RAIL — Bull Head RAIL Section
ROSCO — Rolling Stock Leasing Company
SPM — Senior Project Manager
RAMS — Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Safety
A&GW — Atlantic and Great Western Railroad
AEAT RAIL — The Former British Rail Research
UTX — Under Track Crossing
EAC — Extended Arm Contract
FFT — Functional Fault Tree
RE — Resident Engineer
QX — Qualifying eXceptions
SCAX — Southern California Regional Rail Authority
ESSD — Electrostatic Sensitive Device
NJNY — New Jersey and New York Railroad
GWRR — Great Walton Railroad Incorporation

ANBX — Anbel Corporation
ELHS — Erie Lackawanna Historical Society
GMPTA — Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Authority
SLU — Standard Length Unit
DBFO — Design Build Finance Operate
IORY — Indiana & Ohio Railway
WRIX — Western Rail Incorporated
ALQS — Aliquippa and Southern Railroad Company
JDNX — J & M Locomotive Inc.
SYPTE — South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive
CRP — Central Railroad of Pennsylvania
GMPTE — Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive
RO-RO — Roll On-roll Off
LFCD — Linea Coahuila Durango SA de CV
OHL — OverHead Line
RTS — Rapid Transit Systems
PAMX — PrivAte Manual branch eXchange
MTBFF — Mean Time Between Functional Failures
EOA — End of Authority
NMRX — New Mexico Department of Transportation-New Mexico Rail Runner Express
CRR OF NJ — Central Railroad of New Jersey
TCS — Train Control System
MPI — Magnetic Particle Inspection
LMLX — Livingston Mountain Locomotive Works
ESMS — Engineering Safety Management System
HMCR — Huntsville and Madison County Railroad Authority
LJU — Line Jack Unit
PCV — Petty Cash Voucher
LMA — Limit of Movement Authority
FR — Feasibility Report
MILW — Milwaukee Road
RJCP — R.J. Corman Railroad Company/ Pennsylvan
GSM–R — Global System for Mobile communications for Railways
VIAMONT — Viamont
SPT — Signal Post Telephone
KX — Kings Cross
ORC — Order of Railroad Conductors
DVT — Driving Van Trailer
LO-LO — Lift on, lift off,
AWS — Automatic Warning System
EZP — Electro–Zinc Plating
GIJ — Glued Insulated rail Joint
BNS — Birmingham New Street
SSSI — Site of Special Scientific Interest
CAHA — Claims Allocation and Handling Agreement
AAX — Agrico Chemical Company
VT — Virgin Trains
PRT — Philadelphia Rapid Transit
LDDC — London Docklands Development Corporation (UK)
MTTRS — Mean Time to Restore Service

ENGLEWOOD — Englewood Railway
MPI — Motive Power Industries
DPI — Dye Penetrant Inspection
PICOP — Person In Charge Of Possession
VRG — Virgin Rail Group
LSB — Local Sensor Bus
MVB — Multifunctional Vehicle Bus
RSSX — Rail Switching Service
RJCC — R.J. Corman Railroad/Kentucky Lines
QAM — Quality Assurance Manager
SDNX — Coaster
HN — Hutchinson and Northern Railway Company
NSE — Network Southeast
CIS — Customer Information System
SSHA — Subsystem Hazard Analysis
DNC — Declared Non–Compliance
OCS — Overhead Catenary System
TCI — Track Circuit Interrupter
ACT — Advanced Corporation Tax
LS — Luzerne and Susquehanna Railway
HABD — Hot Axle Box Detector
FSH — Full Screen Height
TPW — TOLEDO PEORIA & WESTERN
DSRC — DAKOTA SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY
AAR — American Association of Railroads
PRDC — Princess Royal Distribution Centre
AB — Additions and Betterments
RIFAA — Rail Industry First Aid Association
NRSC — Network Rail railway Safety Case
HMFI — Her Majesty's Factory Inspectorate
SWOT — Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats analysis
SIN — Special Inspection Notice
RCF — Rolling Contact Fatigue
CRE — Contractor's Responsible Engineer
MYC — Multi-Year Coverage
TVRM — Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum
HBT — HOUSTON BELT & TERMINAL
ID&T — Implementation, Development and Training
SNCB — Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Belges
BCHX — Bosques De Chihuahua
NY&E — New York and Erie Railroad
ECS — Empty Coaching Stock
PPG — Planning Policy Guidance notes
ISO — International Standards Organisation
HCA — Historic Cost Accounting
PMUX — Panel Multiplexer
CCLX — Crystal Car Lines
HTT — Harsco Track Technologies
SRS — Sperry Rail Service
TSR — Temporary Speed Restriction

SHA — Safety Hazard Analysis
CCI — Confirmation of Client's Instruction
E&P — Electrification and Plant
TCAID — Track Circuit Actuator Interference Detector
NBV — Net Book Value
OSGR — Ordnance Survey Grid Reference
TOOS — Taken Out of Service
QRP — Quarterly Reporting Pack
EE&CS — Electrical Engineering & Control Systems
CBQ — CHICAGO BURLINGTON & QUINCY
RTHQ — RailTrack HeadquartersRailCons
AF — Alabama & Florida Railway Company
P&E — Plant and Equipment
GNRTS — Greater Nottingham Rapid Transit System
CIP — Core Investment Program
ATS — Automatic Train Supervision (for rail signaling systems)
AHBLC — Automatic Half Barrier Level Crossing
AM — Arkansas and Missouri
EBS — Emergency Bypass Switch
ETT — Employee Timetable
CET — Controlled Emission Toilet
OPU — Operational Planning Unit
ABB — Akron-Barberton Belt railroad
SLRR — St. Lawrence & Raquette River Railroad
ETRB — Electronic Train Register Book
GLW — Gross Laden Weight
OOG — Out of Gauge
EPRY — East Penn Railway
CMNW — CHICAGO MISSOURI & WESTERN
GMO — Gulf Mobile and Ohio
CRT — Critical Rail Temperature
ST — Springfield Terminal Railway Company
ETL — Essex Terminal Railway Company
PTC — Philadelphia Transportation Company
SLR — ST. LAWRENCE & ATLANTIC
F/B — Foot Bridge
W/S — Work Station
ADN — Ashley, Drew & Northern
CIW — CHICAGO & ILLINOIS WESTERN
SBK — South Brooklyn Railway Company
SWGX — Southwest Georgia Railroad Excursion Authority/Sam Shortline Excursion Train
COER — CRAB ORCHARD & EGYPTIAN
PI — Paducah & Illinois Railroad
PDRR — Pee Dee River RR
ABA — Air Brake Association
COS — Client Operating System
GP — General Purpose
WICT — WISCONSIN & CALUMET
SSN–FTA — Subsystem Fault Tree Analysis
MNS — Minneapolis Northfield & Southern

FEC — Florida East Coast
WLL — West London Line
PLJI — Position Light Junction Indicator
CRI — CHICAGO RIVER & INDIANA
SIGWEN — Signalling Equipment Workshop Engineering Notice
CS — COLORADO & SOUTHERN
AEAT — AEA Technology PLC
BTA — British Transport Advertising
LV — Lehigh Valley Railroad
TFVM — Terminal Ferroviaria Del Velle De Mexico Sa De Cv
ETH INDEX — Electric Trains Heating Capacity
CITDS — Construction Industry Tax Deduction Scheme
GCSX — Granite City Steel Co
BCC — Banking Control Account
CIC — CEDAR RAPIDS & IOWA CITY
ECRO — Electrical Control Room Operator
BLW — Baldwin Locomotive Works
FWD — FORT WORTH & DENVER
TBTC — Transmission-Based Train Control
PRI — Preliminary Routing Indicator
EFL — External Financing Limit
AWP — ATLANTA & WEST POINT)
TP&SN — Three Phase and Switched Neutral
C&O — Chesapeake and Ohio railroad
NJT — New Jersey Transit
WABCO — Westinghouse Air Brake Company
PGE — Pacific Great Eastern Railway
FRP — Field Reporting Procedures
RETB — Radio Electronic Token Block
SIRT — STATEN ISLAND RAPID TRANSIT
TPWS–E — Train Protection and Warning System based on Euro–balise technology
USAF — U.S. Air Force
GCSR — Gulf, Colorado, and San Saba Railway
SSOR — Sisseton Southern Railway Company
SP&SN — Single Phase and Switched Neutral
LHR — Lehigh and Hudson River Railway
MEAV — Modern Equivalent Asset Value
BGCM — Bg & Cm Railroad
WMPTA — West Midlands Passenger Transport Authority
RAYO — Rayonier
BKRR — Batten Kill Railroad
SPAD — Signal Passed At Danger
SCUK — Signalling Controls Uk Ltd
CBS — Contract Breakdown Structure
CAD — Cadiz Railroad
DTI — Detroit, Toledo, & Ironton
ABCL — Automatic Barrier level Crossing Locally monitored by train crew
DOE — Department of the Environment (Canada)
HTS — High Tensile Steel
SPI — Safety Performance Indicator

OCC — Occupied
BM — BOSTON & MAINE
RIC — Regolamento Internazionale Carrozze
BO — BALTIMORE & OHIO)
AVGX — Avon Grain
HMRI — Her Majesty's Railway Inspectorate
VOL. — volume
FMEA — Failure Mode and Effect Analysis
FNW — First North Western
ROSIN — Railway Open System Interconnection Network
APTIS — All Purpose Ticket Issuing System
BH — Bath & Hammondsport Railroad Company
FWWR — Fort Worth and Western Railroad
LRV — Light-Rail Vehicle
CWR — CWR Incorporated
THB — TORONTO HAMILTON & BUFFALO
ACWP — AccuracyActual Cost of Work Performed
JS2 — advanced signalling cable jointing and testing
GU — Grafton and Upton Railroad Company
CEI — CHICAGO & EASTERN ILLINOIS
CPMT — Central Project Management Team
D&D — Design & Development
PLGS — Position Light Ground Signal
BCWS — Budgeted Cost of Work Scheduled
CPMG — Company Performance Management Group
PIO — Police Incident Officer
LC — LANCASTER & CHESTER
TSC — Train Service Code
ROW — Renewal Of Way
PT&R — Promotion Transfer and Redundancy
PJR — Port Jersey Railroad
SPCC — Southern Peru Copper Corporation
PLMX — CIT Group/Capital Finance, Inc
EM — Edgemoor & Manetta Railway
ASLEF — Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen
RSP — Rail Settlement Plan
ABB — Akron and Barberton Belt Railroad Company
NRES — National Rail Enquiry Service
FDDM — FORT DODGE DES MOINES & SOUTHERN
AC — Algoma Central Railway
PIDS — Passenger Information Display System
NTO — National Training Organisation
ATOC — Association of Train Operating Companies
CDNP — Cheques Drawn Not Presented
FDC — Financial Data Control
ROTR — Rules of the Route
LNER — London and North Eastern Railway
FNOR — Florida Northern Railroad
AEPX — American Electric Power Service
RWY — Railway

DGL — Down Goods Loop
WTT — Working Time Table
DB — Deutsche Bahn
AMTK — Amtrak
BTOG — British Transport Officers Guild
SMTH — Signal Maintenance Tester's Handbook
CSS — CHICAGO SOUTH SHORE & SOUTH BEND
AEM — Area Environmental Manager
ATS — Aviation Technical Services (SPAWAR, US Navy)
SGVY — Saginaw Valley Railway Company Incorpora
S&SD — Systems and Safety Department
SRNJ — Southern Railroad Company of New Jersey
RFD — Rail Freight Distribution
OHNS — OverHead Line Neutral Section
GBW — Green Bay & Western Railroad
NORTA — New Orleans Regional Transit Authority
FTRL — Foster Townsend Rail Logistics
PABS — Passenger track Access Billing System
MTRT — Matisa Track Recording Trolley
GCFX — Alstom Canada Transport
LMSX — Locomotive Management Services
EOTD — End of Train Device
OLE — Overhead Line Equipment
ACIO — Assistant Chief Inspecting Officer
MAA — Magma Arizona Railroad Company
CIÉ — Corás Iompair Éireann
EIRC — Eastern Illinois Railroad Company
CRUCC — Central Rail Users Consultative Committee
LEB — London Electricity Board
GRIP — Guide to Railway Investment Projects
AGW — Atlantic and Great Western railroad
DPL — Down Passenger Loop
BEEM — Beech Mountain Railroad Corporation
W&N — Wharton and Northern railroad
KIWIRAIL — Kiwi Rail
ACTO — Association of Charter Train Operators
IERS — International Environmental Rating System
JLE — Jubilee Line Extension
RAFS — Rail Freight Billing System
EG — Executive Grade: old style executive job grading system
WMPTE — West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive
PON — Periodical Operating Notice
RITS — Rail Infrastructure Transport System
IECC — Integrated Electronic Control Centre
FHIX — Fruit Growers Express
INLORS — INner London Orbital Route Strategy
RITC — Railway Industry Training Council
SRT — Sectional Running Time
B&O — Baltimore and Ohio railroad
ALG — Association of London Government

MSP — Measured Shovel Packing
KOT — Kentucky-Ohio Transportation Co
UTLX — Union Tank Car Company
ETCS — European Train Control System
WYPTE — West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive
ACL — Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
DSL — Denver & Salt Lake
PIP — Property Investment Panel
ZOC — Zone Operational Control
POMG — Police Incident Office
AP TDM — Accounts Payable Electronics, Time Division Multiplex
OCRR — Ottawa Central Railway
LC — Level Crossing
HFDG — Human Factors Development Group
NHCR — New Hampshire Central Railroad
KWT — Kwt Railway, Inc.
WESTRACE — Westinghouse Radio Advance Control Equipment
SSIHA — SubSystem Interface Hazard Analysis
DL&W — Delaware, Lackawanna and Western railroad
GTR — Great River Railroad
FCP — Ferrocarril del Pacifico
SI — Spokane International Railroad Company
REB — Relocatable Equipment Building
CGRX — Consolidated Grain and Barge Company
ARPS — Association of Railway Preservation Societies
QC — Quebec Central
OTW — One Train Working
MTR — Mass Transit Railway
ACI — Allied Continental Intermodal
EFRX — Eastside Freight Railroad
POHC — Pittsburgh & Ohio Central
SN — Sacramento Northern Railway
WR SSTD — Western Region Solid State Train Describer
AWS — Auxiliary Wayside System
IMECHE — Institution of Mechanical Engineers
AB — Akron and Barberton Cluster Railway Company
RRNE — Regional Railways North East
FTRX — Foster Townsend Rail Logistics
D&H — Delaware and Hudson railroad
LOSX — Locomotive Specialists, Inc.
HQ — Head Quarters
BMWE — Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees
CUOH — Columbus and Ohio River Railroad Company
TRTS — Train Ready To Start indicator
URFD — Ultrasonic Rail Flaw Detection
OCTR — Octoraro Railway Incorporated
IMR — Interlocking Machine Room
TCT — Texas City Terminal Railway Company
LXOH — Knoxville & Holston River Railroad
FCA — Ferrovia Centro Atlantica

SOR — Southern Ontario Railway
CTR3 — Channel Tunnel Route 3
ADD — Automatic Dropping Device
FIO — For Information Only
ECBR — East Cooper and Berkeley Railroad Company
WOHO — Wabash and Ohio Railroad
RHA — Road Haulage Association
IDMS — Integrated Document Management System
CV — CENTRAL VERMONT PUBLIC SERVICE CORP.
QCM — Chemin de fer Cartier
DCA — Data Concentrator Appreciation
LRWN — LITTLE ROCK & WESTERN
EJR — East Jersey Railroad and Terminal
ZIAR — Zone Infrastructure Asset Register
AVR — Allegheny Valley Railroad
EARY — Eastern Alabama Railway
LHR — Lehigh and Hudson River
GWT — Great Western Trains
JCT — Joint Construction Trades
CE — Contract Engineer
PNRX — Pittsburgh Naval Reactors Office
CSN — Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional
GSPP — General Specification for Possession Planning
DNE — Duluth and Northeastern Railroad Company
FRVR — Fox River Valley Railroad
EUROSPIN — European Seamless Passenger Information Network
AFRR — Amador Foothills Railroad
NBEC — New Brunswick East Coast Railway Company Incorporated
WABL — Wabush Lake railway
NTBEP — Not to Be Exceeded Price
LMD — Light Maintenance Depot
ICDB — Industry Capacity DataBase
CCF — Control Centre of the Future
WSP — Wheel Slip Protection
AB — Absolute Block
WYPTA — West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Authority
G&SW — Glasgow and South West line
TTC — Toronto Transit Corporation
DCTA — Denton County Transportation Authority
ATR — Automatic Train Regulation
IRSE — Institution of Railway Signal Engineers
CRS — Computerised Reservation System
COI — Confirmation Of verbal Instruction
R/G — level crossing with miniature Red & Green warning lights
SNCF — Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Français
ECTB — East Chattanooga Belt Railway Company
OMLX — OmniTRAX Leasing Limited
FDP — Ferrocarril de Panama
CGW — Chicago Great Western Railway
CRI&P — Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railroad

LCAMS — Low Carbon Austenitic Manganese Steel
SFO — Senior Fire Officer
JSRC — Jackson and Southern Railroad Company
GA — Georgia Railroad
TQ — Technical Query
S&SD — Railtrack's Safety and Standards Directorate
CESM — Civil Engineering Safety Manual
NECR — New England Central Railway
RPPS — Rail Passenger Partnership Scheme
SWELTRAC — South West London Transport Conference
AGILIS — agilis Verkehrsgesellschaft
APRR — Albany Port Railroad
ER — Erie Railroad
CCT — Central California Traction Company
WRA — Western Railway of Alabama
TXL — TX Logistik AG Germany
ZFC — Zone Freight Controller
UIC — Union Internationale des Chemin
RIC — Rail Incident Commander
TGV — Train a Grande Vitesse
QNSL — Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway
SOR — Standard Open Return
OCL — Operational Communications Link
CSR — Cab Secure Radio
HIRR — Hainesport Industrial Railroad
WLE — Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway Company
TSBY — Great Lakes Central Railroad
LCM — Lake Champlain and Moriah
EN — ESQUIMALT & NANAIMO
SLW — Single Line Working
CGIX — Collingwood
EV — Everett Railroad
ARTP — Association of Rail Training Providers
TRS — Train Ready to Start
TPH — Trains per Hour
MQT — Marquette Rail
BMS — Berlin Mills Railway
FB — Flat Bottom Rail
DRIR — Denver Rock Island Railroad
ZWSX — Zanesville & Western
RLE — Rail Link Engineering
MPRX — Motive Power & Equipment Solutions, Inc.
P — Programme
RGSP — Railway Group Safety Plan
CRR — Competition and Regulatory Reviews
SWRX — Southwind Shortline Railroad Co
ACCOLC — Access Overload Control
RBRX — RB Railway Group
ROAD — Railway jargon for railway line
MHSW — Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations 1992

COBA — Cost Benefit Analysis
EFC — Estrada de Ferro Carajas
HAZOP — HAZard OPerability study
TE — Tacoma Eastern Railway Company
DO — Delaware Otsego
ICG — Illinois Central Gulf
RUCC — Rail Users' Consultative Committee
JKL — J.K. Line Incorporated
LIFT — London International Freight Terminal
CPCX — Chevron Phillips Chemical Company
WAB — Wabash Railroad
FCM — Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Mexico
COMPASS — COMbined Performance And Safety System
USRA — United States Railway Association
NPMEA — National Planning Manager, Engineering Access
DH — Delaware and Hudson Railroad
VPF — Value of Preventing a Fatality criterion
DEP — Designated Earth Point
AHBC — Automatic Half Barrier Crossing
CIRY — Central Illinois Railroad Company
FCCM — Compania de Ferrocarriles Chiapas Mayab, SA de CV
TOWS — Train Operated Warning System
TIIS — Train Infrastructure Interface Specification
CPTM — Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos
CPEF — Companhia Paulista de Estradas de Ferro
GNWR — Genesee and Wyoming Railroad Company
TD–D — Data Course (Training)
RSSB — Rail Safety and Standards Board
CEDAC — Civil Engineering Design And Construction
VFN — Valuation Field Notes
CTL — Combined Transport Limited
OCR — Ottawa Central Railway
CRG — Commercial Review Group
LVRM — Lehigh Valley Rail Management
DOO(P) — Driver Only Operation Passenger
LLPX — Locomotive Leasing Partners
CG — Central of Georgia Railway
FNTX — Ferronet Sa De Cv
AMU — Access Management Unit
AVACS — Aire VAlley Control System
PIXC — Passengers in Excess of Capacity
SPWEE — Safety Procedures for Working on Electrical Equipment
CENTRO — Marketing name of West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive
LTEX — Larry's Truck Electric
ETE — Electrical Traction Engineers
CO — Chesapeake and Ohio railroad
AVL — Aroostook Valley Railroad Company
BRSA — British Rail Staff Association
NEG — National Express Group
ECR — Electrical Control Room

SMG — Systems Management Group
NFPA — National Fire Prevention Association
ESLJ — East St. Louis Junction Railroad
BTCO — Boston Terminal Company
LWR — Long Welded Rail
CIM — Chicago & Illinois Midland
FF — File Folder
EACH — East Camden and Highland Railroad
MFCC — M. F. Coffman Collection
DH — Delaware and Hudson
PAL — Paducah and Louisville
IP — Investment Proposal
LFB — London Fire Brigade
SSLV — Southern San Luis Valley Railroad
IA — Implementation Authority
CEFX — CIT Group/Capital Finance, Inc
RIPM — Railtrack Investment Prioritisation Model
DVR — Devco Railway Cape Breton Development Corporation now Sydney Coal Railway
MOS — Motor Operated Switch
CRIX — Citicorp Railmark, Inc.
MDOT — Maryland DOT
TPLX — The Pacific Lumber Co
FA — Fixed Assets
CCU — Core Control Unit
VBR — Virginia Blue Ridge Railway
L/H — Leasehold
TRU — Track Recording Unit
VECX — VeraSun Energy
CRR — Clinchfield Railroad
XC — Cross-Country
GMRY — Great Miami and Scioto Railway
AKM — American Kraft Mills
BAR — Bangor and Aroostook
POA — Payment On Account
ILSX — Independent Locomotive Service
RR — Raritan River
BXN — Bauxite and Northern Railway Company
APD — Albany Port District
WJRR — West Jersey Railroad
TMD — Traction Maintenance Depot
FE — Foundation Electronics
NP — Northern Pacific Railway
BRIS — British Rail Infrastructure Services
JN — Junction
EN — Euro Norm
BBRR — Balfour Beatty Rail Renewals
LWVX — Lake Shore Railway Association Inc.
DEMU — Diesel-Electric Multiple Unit
ATLT — Austin Todd and Ladd Railroad Company
RLGX — Rail Logix, LLC

MCTA — Minnesota Central Railroad Company
ECML — East Coast Main Line
OROR — Outside Rules Of the Route
WTB — Wire Train Bus
CD — Ceske Drahy
GNRR — Georgia Northeastern Railroad
FGER — Fruit Growers Express Company
BLE — Bessemer and Lake Erie
LEN — Lake Erie and Northern Railway Company
NCC — National Control Centre
MCRR — Monongahela Connecting RR Company
NPBL — Norfolk and Portsmouth Belt Line
VLIX — Vintage Locomotives Inc
EPD — Engineering and Production Directorate
NDA — Not Described Alarm
GTRA — Golden Triangle Railroad
ETHERNET — Computer cabling system
UPY — Union Pacific Yard
PRYL — Port Royal Railroad
ABC — Automatic Ballast Cleaner
FWCR — Florida West Coast Railroad Incorporated
MML — Midland Main Line
NEKM — Northeast Kansas & Missouri
DLR — Docklands Light Railway
LI — Long Island Rail Road Company
RUT — Vermont Railway Incorporated
LRM — Layout Risk Model
YB2 — Yellow Book issue 2
KSRY — Kosciusko and Southwestern Railway
CI — Contract Instruction
BABT — British Approved Board for Telecommunications
PC — Penn Central railroad
PSB — Power Signal Box
RMPD — Route Modernisation Product Delivery
ZCAM — Zonal Corporate Affairs Manager
ESI — electricity supply industry
CERT — City of Edinburgh Rapid Transport
BM — Boston and Maine Railroad Corporation
CSL — Chicago Short Line Railway Company
SBD — Seaboard System Railroad
PPM — Planned Preventative Maintenance
BRIMS — British Rail Incident Monitoring System
MAFF — Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries & Food
AFLR — Alabama & Florida RR
HE — Hollis and Eastern Railroad Company
SSR — Railway Service Contractors
CORP — Central Oregon & Pacific Railroad
CEDG — Civil Engineering Design Group
JXPT — Jaxport Treminal
OLB — Omaha Lincoln and Beatrice Railway Company

RSL — Rolling Stock Library
NE — National Express
TZPR — Tazewell and Peoria Railroad
IMP — Industrial Metals Processing
RIDRR — Railway Industry Dispute Resolution Rules
CSAC — Candidate Special Area of Conservation
FMES — Fixed and Mobile Equipment Supply
GENIUS — GEmini for Non Integrating Unit Stock
SOO — Soo Line Railroad
PDAC — Performance Data Accuracy Code
TCI — Transportation Consultants International
MUNI — San Francisco Municipal Railway
ADRC — Access Dispute Resolution Committee
NYLB — New York and Long Branch Railroad Company
HOBC — High Output Ballast Cleaner
RR — Railroad Reporting
NH — New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
CTRW — Carlton Trail Railway Company
PMI — Project Manager's Instruction
WHOE — Walking Horse & Eastern
MCSA — Moscow, Camden, and San Augustine Railroad
MZSA — Midland Zone Sponsors Agent
MCF — Microfilm Roll
RPCX — Railroad Passenger Car Numbering Bureau
PHRR — Port Harbor Railroad
TSWR — Toppenish, Simcoe & Western Railroad
CDMA — Collision Detection Multiple Access
KNOR — Klamath Northern Railway
LLPA — Long Lead Public Address
KFR — Kettle Falls International railway
FCRD — First Coast Railway
TSNR — Tyson Railroad Incorporated
SWTH — Signalling Works Testing Handbook
RPM — Route Performance Manager
PM — Production Manager
BCG — Buffalo Creek & Gauley Railroad
MNCR — Metro North Commuter Railway
NPR — Northern Plains Railroad Incorporated
EPB — Electro Pneumatic Brake
LRCX — Livingston Rebuild Center
EUKL — Eurostar (UK) Ltd
EJS — East Jordan & Southern Railroad
AERC — Albany and Eastern Railroad Company
GCW — Garden City Western Railway Company
HSDR — High Speed Data Ring
DAPP — Draft Annual Possession Plan
NY&NJ — New Jersey and New York railroad
MSTL — Minneapolis & St. Louis
DMIR — Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range
BDLX — Big Dog Lines

KCT — Kansas City Terminal Railway
JSOP — Joint Signing on Point
KSW — Kansas Southwestern Railway
DLCX — Diesel Locomotive Co LLC
DBSO — Driving Brake Second Open
ICMU — Interference Current Monitoring Unit
JEFW — Jefferson Warrior Railroad Company
FRDN — H and S Railroad Company Incorporated
ETR — Electronic Train Recording
EC4T — Electric Current for Traction
SSIC — Solid State Interlocking Controller
LUL — London Underground Ltd
GRYR — Grenada Railway
EWS — English Welsh and Scottish railway
GANO — Georgia Northern Railway Company
SQE — Safety Quality and Environment
ZPUG — Zonal Possession User Group
PCHR — Port Colborne Harbour Railway
NPM — National Procurement Manager
GBRY — Gettysburg Railway
CCPN — Corpus Christi Terminal Railroad
T/T — Telephone and Telegraph
E&G — Edinburgh to Glasgow line
SLGW — Salt Lake, Garfield, and Western Railway Company
CNL — Columbia Newberry and Laurens
WYCO — Wyoming and Colorado Railroad
YST — Youngstown Sheet and Tube
EFRTC — European Federation of Railway Trackwork Contractors
OHLE — Overhead Line Equipment
MC1 — Maine Coast
BS&TE — Business Signal & Telecommunications Engineer
ZPAM — Zonal Public Affairs Manager
NYLE — New York and Lake Erie Railroad Company
MDW — Minnesota Dakota and Western Railway Com
YAN — Yancy Railroad
EFA — Estrada de Ferro Amapa
MDRY — Midland Railway Historical Association
ACJR — Ashtabula Carson Jefferson Railroad Company
BRR — British Rail Research
AGVX — Ag Valley Co-op
ALL — America Latina Logistica
OJEC — Official Journal of the European Community
GNER — Great North Eastern Railway
NJDOT — New Jersey Department of Transportation
EMD — Electro-Motive Division of General Motors
ESNA — Eureka Springs and North Arkansas
AEFR — Aurora Elgin and Fox River Electric
SAA — Station Access Agreement
PVRR — Pioneer Valley Railroad Company Incorporated
CER — Change En Route

CAG — Contract Approval Group
RT — River Terminal Railway Company
OKAN — Okanagan Valley Railway Company
CRA — Call Routing Apparatus
SFLR — Shore Fast Line Incorporated
EXCO — Railtrack Line Executive Committee
CVRY — Caddo Valley Railroad Company
CFMG — Chemin de Fer de LA Matapedia et du Golfe Inc.
TRB — Transportation Research Board
DPPP — Draft Period Possession Plan
TENS — Trans European Network Strategy
PRSL — Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Lines
WYS — Wyandotte Southern Railroad Company
CLCO — Claremont & Concord
EM — Environmental Manager
SIGTAN — SIGnalling equipment Technical Advice Notice
BRI — British Rail International
TPO — Travelling Post Office
FBMIS — Finance and Business Management Information System
MNCW — Metro-North Commuter Railroad
HSTRC — High Speed Track Recording Coach
TDS — Train Dispatcher Sheets
CMGN — Central Michigan RR
ETD — National Extension Trunk Dialling
BMRR — Beech Mountain Railroad
PWI — Permanent Way Institution
TGV — Train à Grande Vitesse
KW — Keota & Washington RR
GUV — General Utility Van
RPI — Revenue Protection Inspector
DAKR — Dakota Rail Incorporated
NUCX — Nucor Steel Crawfordsville
SSM — Safety Strategy Manager
PEARS — Paladin data Extract And Recording System
DPA — Delegated Procurement Authority
BP — Brake Pipe
BBRM — Balfour Beatty Rail Maintenance Limited
KNRY — Korean National Railways
BCR — Bay Coast Railroad
TIT — Texas International Terminals
BRT — British Rail Telecommunications
SPT — Strathclyde Passenger Transport
ANY — Athabasca Northern Railway
WSS — Winston-Salem Southbound Railway Company
RUPP — Road Used As A Public Path
FGMR — Fruit Growers Express Company
B&M — Boston & Maine Railroad
TKEN — Tennken Railroad Company Incorporated
DOO(NP) — Driver Only Operation Non Passenger
NSL — St. Lawrence and Raquette River Railroad

EPTC — East Portland Traction
MRP — Monthly Reporting Pack
KDC — key distribution centre
LPN — Longview, Portland & Northern
PWSX — Power Source Supply Inc
RIA — Railway Industry Association
LGV — Ligne Grande Vitesse
FIRR — Flats Industrial Railroad
ESPN — East Penn Railroad
RSC — Railway Safety Case
PBRTC — Permian Basin Regional Training Center
PNR — Panhandle Northern Railroad Company
GAAB — Georgia and Alabama Division South Carolina Central Railroad
RGS — Railway Group Standard
DV — Delaware Valley Railway Company
SSRB — Special Speed Restriction Board
FGLK — Finger Lakes Railway
LUN — Ludington and Northern Railway
MNJ — Middletown & New Jersey Railroad
DESX — DIESEL ELECTRIC SERVICES
BLOL — Bloomer Shippers Connecting Railroad Co.
BR — British Railways
FDDB — Fibre Distributed Database
MKNR — Mackenzie Northern Railway
RCM(2) — Remote Condition Monitoring
CA — Chesapeake & Albemarle
TORUS — Transport Operations Rapid Update System
AWE — Advance Warning Estimates
ALCO — American Locomotive Company
SCL — Seaboard Coast Line Railroad
LRS — Laurinburg and Southern
PLW — PL and W Railroad Incorporated
EWD — Each Week Day
COE — Colorado & Eastern
MRP — Management Reporting Pack
LB — Line Blocked
ADG — Area Delivery Group
FCMR — Fort Collins Municipal Railway
AWB — Advance Warning Board
IMC — Infrastructure Maintenance Company
NYSW — New York Susquehanna and Western
FXE — Ferromex
IVPS — Intermediate Voltage Power Supply
USRA — United States Railroad Administration
CARX — Caliber Auto Transfer
ACORP — Association of Community Rail Partnerships
CAMPS — Computer Assisted Maintenance Planning System
SSIDES — Solid State Interlocking Design
OPE — Oregon Pacific and Eastern
DETP — Detailed Engineering Train Plan

TCN — Train Communications Network
NCB — nevada copper belt
TRRY — Trillium Railway Co. Ltd.
WCML — West Coast Main Line
OPM — Operational Planning Manager
APC — Automatic Power Control
NYNH&H — New York, New Haven and Hartford railway
ITPM — IT Process Model
RJIS — Rail Journey Information System
DCM — Duty Contracts Manager
PRL — Penn Eastern Rail Lines Incorporated
CMO — Chicago, St Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha
EAWA — Electricity at Work Act
DCIO — Deputy Chief Inspecting Officer
BBRPL — Balfour Beatty Rail Projects Limited
HCRC — Hillsdale County Ry. Co., Inc.
RID — Regulations governing International carriage of Dangerous goods by rail
VSR — Valley & Siletz RR
JTCO — Jacksonville Terminal Company
UPWSF — UnProtected Wrong Side Failure
EL — Erie Lackawanna Railway
FPL — Facing Point Lock
CNUR — C and NC Railroad Corporation
GECX — General Electric Company
FWRY — Fillmore Western Railway Company
NHVR — New Hope Valley Railroad
CRIP — Chicago Rock Island & Pacific
AMWX — AMERICA MOTIVE POWER, INC
ECR — Euro Cargo Rail
SNR — Sunflour Railroad Incorporated
LNAL — Louisville New Albany and Corydon Railroad
EQAP — EQuipment APpreciation
GC — Georgia Central Railway
BMIS — Business Management Information System
BFC — Bellefonte Central Railroad
LAWS — Low Adhesion Warning System
DAB — Departmental Advice Blue
IORPS — Integrated Operational Railway Planning System
ATIX — Alstom Transportation Incorporated
TTC — Toronto Transit Comission
VSO — Valdosta Southern Railroad
EP — Electronic Principles
RFFSA — Rede Ferroviária Federal SA
GMR — Georgia Midland Railroad
CHS — Charlotte Southern Railroad
SLQ — St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad
DMU — Diesel Multiple Unit
DODX — United States Department of Defense
IN — Indiana Northeastern Railroad
ER — Employer's Representative

NOLR — New Orleans Lower Coast Railroad Incorporation
SPARESCO — Spare part company
PROCSYS — Procurement Control
MB — Level crossing with Manually lifting Barriers
DDA — Design and Development Authority
USSC — United States Sugar Corporation
CDM — Control Duty Manager
MSEX — Tour Alaska Inc.Dba Princess Tour
OURD — Ogden Union Railway and Depot Company
TN — Texas and Northern Railway Company
BB — Buildings and Bridges
ROP — Rules of the Plan
NRLS — Network Rail Line Standards
SCW — Safety Critical Work
PSR — Passenger Service Requirement
VULX — Vulcan Materials Company
LIRR — Long Island Railroad
MPEX — Motive Power Industries
WTLR — West Texas and Lubbock Railroad Company
NFM — National Fare Manual
MKT — Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad
NEZP — Nezperce Railroad
NBX — Not Boxed
USAX — United States Army
HW–POINT — Particular type of point with electricmotor drive
AOCR — Automatic Open level Crossing Remotely monitored
MWLX — Midwest Locomotive Works
ACM — Area Consents Manager
GSF — Georgia Southern and Florida Railway Company
RSAB — Rolling Stock Acceptance Board
GW — Great Western Bank
MMC — Monopolies and Mergers Commission
BRBS — British Rail Business Systems
FTS — Failure to Stop
TUPE — Transfer of Undertakings for Protection of Employment
EFCB — Estrada de Ferro Central do Brasil
CHP — Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Mexico
I/L — InterLocking
WAR — Warrenton Railroad Company
MATT — Mattagami Railroad
MARC — Maryland Transit Administration
TIC — Technical Investigation Centre
BS SPEC — British Standards specification
PRWX — Railway Entertainment Services Inc.
TRB — Train Recording Book
RLHH — Southern Ontario Railway
CAMS — Cost Allocation Management System
DTMF — Dual Tone Multi-Frequency
CTC — Centralised Traffic Control
FSRR — FerroSur

ER — Eesti Raudtee
ACRC — Andalusia & Conecuh Railroad Company
CPLT — CAMINO, PLACERVILLE & LAKE TAHOE RAILROAD CO.
BST — Basic Signalling Technology
PFPI — Process for Performance Improvement
NPS — National Payroll System
TOU — Train Operating Unit
TDA — TRUST Delay Attribution
LPA — Local Procurement Agent
VAB — Vehicle Acceptance Board
UFL — Up Fast Line
RPI — Revenue Protection Officer
IAIS — Iowa Interstate Railroad
LHRR — Longhorn Railroad
APT — Advanced Passenger Train
SSIDWS — Solid State Interlocking Design WorkstationS
POV — Pittsburgh & Ohio Valley
BCSR — Buckeye Central Scenic Railroad
RSF — Right Side Failure
TNM — Train Network Management
SOPOR — Societe du Port Ferroviaire de Baie-Comeau Haute-Rive
MNA — Missouri & Northern Arkansas
ADMX — ADM Transportation Company
DALT — Dallas Terminal Railway
SRCL — Southern Rails Cooperative
DPC — Data Protocol Converter
GWR — Great Western Railway Company
BHRR — Birmingham Terminal Railway
LAJ — Los Angeles Junction Railway
APP — Annual Possession Plan
ICAEW — Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales
CPD — Capital Programmes Directorate
WPYR — White Pass & Yukon Route
MTCO — Macon Terminal Company
NBN — Nicolet, Badger & Northern
GOB — Gospel Oak to Barking line
JJRR — J and J Railroad
DMCI — Des Moines & Central Iowa RR
MSRC — Kansas City Southern Railway
SIN — Special Instruction Notice
SRY — Southern Railway of British Columbia
LCU — Local Control Unit
APM — Area Production Manager
RE&TD — Real Estate and Tax Department
BRENDA — BRidge ENgineer Data, computer system
CWC — Charleston and Western Carolina
CDOT — Conneticut Department of Transportation
TTI — Transkentucky Transportation
RNCX — North Carolina Dept Of Transportation
MNRR — Modoc Northern Railroad Company

JMHX — J. M. Huber Corporation
FLR — Fife Lake Railway
LN — Louisville and Nashville
MDC — Management Driven Change
WAGN — West Anglia Great Northern
CLSL — Columbia and Silver Creek Railroad
VIA — Via Rail Canada
CPMY — Coopersville & Marne Railway
BH — Bath and Hammondsport Railroad
JE — Joppa and Eastern Railroad Company
DGI — Dangerous Goods Incident
EIP — Examination in Public
TNMR — Texas and New Mexico Railroad Company
ITC — Illinois Terminal Railroad
TOE — Texas Oklahoma and Eastern RR Company
RESX — Rescar, Inc.
SSDC — Signalling Systems Direct Current
ADR — regulations concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road
WGNS — Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad Inc
ATCO — Association of Transport Co-ordinating Offices
GWR1 — Great Western
CDR — Cheap Day Return
VSRR — Virginia Southern Railroad
CHTS — Penn Eastern Rail Lines Incorporated
LOS — Limit Of Shunt indicator
INRD — Indiana Railroad
TMBL — Tacoma Municipal Belt Line Railway
PM — Pere Marquette Railway
NRA — National Rail Academy
OPS — Outline Project Specification
CVYR — Hargraves & McCrary, P.A.
HGK — Hafen und Gueterverkehr Koeln
TDIX — Transdynamic Leasing
DAKS — Dakota Short Line
TPS — Traction Power Supply
ROCK — Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
CTA — Chicago Transit Authority
SFEX — New Brunswick East Coast Railway
JCAC — Johnson County Airport Commission
DCON — Detroit Connecting Railroad Company
ARI — Alphanumeric Route Indicator
CCO — Clinchfield Railroad Company
TIR — Transports Internationaux Routiers
BRUTE — British Railways Universal Trolley Equipment
NYA — New York and Atlantic Railroad
SETA — Signalling Eqipment Technical Agent
CSOR — Connecticut Southern Railroad
LEFC — Lake Erie, Franklin & Claron
OHK — Kruse Grain
NAP — Narragansett Pier Railroad Company

FRAME — Fault Reporting And Monitoring Equipment
FIBU — FIfty hertz Booster Unit
REPTA — Railway Employees Privilege Ticket Association
SPUD — St. Paul Union Depot Company
DTSL — Detroit & Toledo Shore Line
MLRI — Multi–Lamp Route Indicator
SMW — St Marys Railway West LLC
NBSR — New Brunswick Southern Railway Company
DFL — Down Fast Line
ATB — Automatic Ticket Barrier
PREX — Pioneer Rail Equipment
CSM — Commercial Services Manager
TMD — Train Mass Detectors
SILX — S&I LOCOMOTIVE SERVICES, INC.
BRT — Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
CAE — Chicago Aurora and Elgin
BZP — Bright Zinc Plating
LT — London Transport
COT — Condition of Track
TRACA — Track Condition Assessment
TSSU — Time Slot Sharing Unit
SWP — Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad
GRR — Georgetown Railroad Company
EIRENE — European Integrated railways Radio Enhanced NEtwork
BSDA — Bi-State Development Agency
PSAP — Puget Sound and Pacific Railroad Company
PWRA — Private Wagon owners Registration Agreement
TD–T — Transmission Course (Training)
LNER — London North Eastern Railway
ESM — Engineering Safety Management
BEDT — Brooklyn East District Terminal
WCRM — West Coast Route Modernisation
SDIV — San Diego and Imperial Valley Railroad
NYI — No Year Indicated
WHRC — Windsor and Hantsport Railway
LOAM — Lousiana Midland
CTR — cost time resource
CUVA — ISG Cleveland Works Railway Company
PTRR — Port Townsend Railroad Incorporated
DIADS — Diagram Input And Distribution System
CA — Commercial Assistant
TMR — Metropolitano Roca
B&H — Bath and Hammondsport railroad
RCL — Railway Claims Ltd
OOU — Out of Use
TOC — Test On Completion
GATX — General American Marks Company
FP — Flexibility Premium
L&B — Land and Buildings
SKOL — South Kansas and Oklahoma

SOT — SOUTH OMAHA TERMINAL RAILWAY COMPANY
WGCR — Wiregrass Central Railroad. Incorporated
SPTA — Strathclyde Passenger Transport Authority
ASBPC — Adjacent SignalBox Protocol Converter
LIRX — Lapeer Industrial Railway
DRA — Driver Reminder Appliance
WEN — Weekly Engineering Notice
EAZIAL — Easy Access Zonal Infrastructure Asset Log
TMS — Metropolitano San Martin
ABP — Aberdeen & Briar Patch
NAPS — National Accounts Payable System
PRIDE — Passenger Rail Information Display Equipment
PS — Pittsburg and Shawmut Railroad Company
SMIC — Site Manager's Information Compendium
NYLEW — New York, Lake Erie and Western railroad
HCRY — Huron Central Railway
CQPA — Central Columbiana & Pennsylvania RR
OPR — Oregon Pacific Railroad
LDG — List of Dangerous Goods
LANO — Penn Eastern Rail Lines Incorporated
BOP — Booking On Point
BNC — British National Connector
DQE — De Queen and Eastern Railroad Incorporat
SSDK — Savannah State Docks Railroad Company
CIL — Chicago Indianapolis and Louisville
TXNW — Texas North Western Railway Company
RPL — Rail Property Limited
RT1B — Railtrack Track Renewal Contract
ECR — Evaluation of Change Request
POM — Possession Optimisation Manager
JTPX — Joseph Transportation, Inc.
BHP — BHP Nevada Railroad Company
HOCM — Head of Contract Management
EDW — El Dorado and Wesson Railway Company
VNCAB — Vehicle and Network Change Approvals Board
C2C — Acronym for London Tilbury and Southend lineRailCons
IMACS — Inventory Management Accounting and Control System
CPST — Central Project Sponsor's Team
IOCR — Indiana & Ohio Central Railroad
BRG — Business Review Group
GEOGIS — GEOGraphic Information System
EIRR — Eastern Idaho Railroad Incorporated
NRM — National Railway Museum
OP — Outside Party
REA — Railway Express Agency Corporation
SEC — Southern Electric Company
TS&I — Technical Services and Innovation
HOP — Head Of Projects
UTCX — Union Tank Car Company
MTP — Mode of Travel Priority

CANX — CANAC International Incorporation
VOBC — Vehicle OnBoard Control
PLBX — Palmetto Brick
ELR — Engineers Line Reference
DDI — Design Development and Implementation
BPA — Business Planning Analysis
OTSX — On Track Rail Services
NRNJ — Northern railroad of New Jersey
CPA — COUDERSPORT & PORT ALLEGHENY RAILROAD
NRS — National Railway Supplies, Ltd.
BT — Booster Transformer
MIRS — Mare Island Rail Service
IAT — IOWA TRACTION RAILROAD CO
FCEN — Florida Central Railroad
FGE — First Great Eastern
EHD — East Ham Depot
PEARLS — Personnel Enquiries and Administration Recording Local System
WC — Wisconsin Central Railway
SFG — Societe du Chemin de Fer de la Gaspesie
MSDR — Knoxville & Holston River Railroad
EMLX — Electro-motive Leasing
CBQ — Chicago, Burlington, & Quincy Railroad
CWP — Chicago West Pullman and Southern
VPI — Vital Processor Interlocking
RIV — Regolamento Internazionale Vagoni
MNVA — Minnesota Valley Transportation Company
PAM — Product Acceptance Manager
SIN — Site Instruction Notice
OPT — Orange Port Terminal Railway
PRTD — Portland Traction
HOPO — Head Of Projects Organisation
FUG — Freight Up Grade
GIS — Graphical Information System
EUCG — End User Computing Group
EEC — East Erie Commercial Railroad
CNRX — Canadian Northern Railway LLC
AOK — Arkansas-Oklahoma Railroad
ELGX — Trains Touristiques De Chaudiere-Appalaches
AF — Auxiliary Feeder
IRRC — Iowa R.R. Co.
AZER — Arizona Eastern Railway Company
SAL — Seaboard Air Line Railway
RHT — Railway Heritage Trust
MOC — Missouri Central Railroad Company
NYD — New York Dock Railway
DKPX — Duke Power Company
IA — Investment Authority
AEE — American European Express
USRC — U.S. Rail Corporation-Jackson Division
DVS — Delta Valley and Southern Railway Company

GFRR — Georgia and Florida RailNet
LTS — London, Tilbury and Southend Rail
HVI — High Voltage Impulse
MNBR — M and B Railroad LLC
EFE — Electrification Fixed Equipment
MWRX — Midwest Rail Holdings Incorporated
RMS — Risk Management System
CWL — Cornwall Railroad
DCP — Document Control Point
SPCX — Qwest Communications Corporation
PCRC — Panama Canal Railway Company
LIRC — Louisville & Indiana
GSWR — Georgia Southwestern Railroad
STLH — St Lawrence and Hudson
ISG — Infrastructure Support Group
L/S — Late Start
TO — Team Organiser
CT — Central Trains
OHRY — Owego and Harford Railway Incorporated
GTRM — GT Railway Maintenance
RSP — Roscoe Snyder and Pacific Railway
TRU — Infrastructure track Renewal Unit
GWRS — Great Western Railway Company
RCH — Railway Convalescent Home
TUPE — Transfer of Undertakings
MT — Mississippi and Tennessee RailNet Incorporated
FMID — Florida Midland Railroad Company Incorpo
EWS — English, Welsh & Scottish Railway Ltd
CVR — Cimarron Valley Railroad L.C.
PDM — Project Development Manager
KTS — Kenosha Trolley
R&R — Rationalisation and Resignalling
DAIR — D and I Railroad Company
MPD — Major Projects Division
LXVR — Luxapalia Valley
ORRX — Oregon Department Of Transportation
HS — H and S Railroad Company
NYOW — New York, Ontario and Western Railway
RT1A — Railtrack Infrastructure Maintenance Contract
TIC — Tester In Charge
GDI — Graphical Data Interface
HSTRT — High Speed Track Relaying Tin
VS — V and S Railway Incorporated
EVWR — Evansville Western Railroad Inc
PHLX — Parrish & Heimbecker Limited
AOCL — Automatic Open level Crossing Locally monitored by train crew
KRT — Kanawah River Terminals
FPE — Fairport, Painesville & Eastern R.R. Co
ARRC — Advanced Railway Research Centre
MCB — Manually Controlled Barrier

BRTC — Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Sub-Collection
CVL — CUYHOGA VALLEY LINE RAILROAD
TBRX — Taylor Rail Group
GRN — Greenville and Northern
YVT — Yakim Valley Transportation Company
QRA — Quantified Risk Analysis
TIC — Track Inspection Coach
PSRG — Project Strategy Review Group
FRA — Fixed Rate Agreement
ERIE — Erie Railroad
NEGS — New England Southern Railroad
HESR — Huron and Eastern Railway Company
MEP — Member of European Parliament
CEGB — Central Electrictricity Generating Board
QC — Quebec Central Railway
WRCC — Wyoming Railcar
SEMTA — South East Michigan Trans Auth
RSC — Railway Skills Council
MS — Michigan Shore Railroad Incorporated
AMS — Austenitic Manganese Steel
SWA — Steel Wire Armoured
RTPI — Real Time Passenger Information system
SSX — Southern States Phosphate and Fertilizer Co.
GWML — Great Western Main Line
ALM — Arkansas Louisiana and Mississippi Railr
PLYX — US Plywood
BLMR — Blue Mountain Railroad
SRPTA — Technical Advisor nominated by SRP Secretariat
CLIF — Cliffside Railroad
ILW — Illinois Western Railroad
PAL — Property Action Line
SAM — Switch Activating Mechanism
KPR — Kelowna Pacific Railway Limited
PH — Professional Head
UEL — Up Electric Lane
TEB — Telephone Enquiry Bureau
SLIM — St Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern
SJVR — San Joaquin Valley RR
SMRR — Sisseton Milbank Railroad Incorporated
API — Applications Interface
ABC — Atlanta, Birmingham and Coast
PGC — Producers Grain Corporation
OCW — Ocean City Western Railroad
QCR — Quebec Central Railway
ITCO — Intracoastal Terminal Co
BRP — Budget Reporting Pack
RSABGP — RSAB Group which provides support to RSAB and projects
LV — LiVerpool Street
AIP — Area Investment Panel
TYBR — Tyburn Railroad Company

TRC — Infrastructure track Renewal Company
HRRC — Housatonic Railroad Company
EI — Electrical Installation
JKWI — Johnsonburg, Kane, Warren and Irvine Railroad
VDP — Vertical Design Package
AHB — Automatic Half Barrier level crossing
ICE — InterCity Express
ORN — Overlay Radio Network
BR — Buffalo and Pittsburgh
NATM — New Austrian Tunnelling Method
CARW — Carolina Western Railroad
VCB — Vacuum Circuit Breaker
QGRY — Quebec Gatineau Railway Incorporated
CEMR — Central Manitoba Railway Incorporated
AUG — Augusta Railroad
SPADMIS — Signal Passed At Danger throughout Information System
MMRR — Mid-Michigan Railroad Incorporated
CO — Chesapeake & Ohio
GWZ — Great Western Zone
UGL — Up Goods Line
NCOK — North Central Oklahoma Railway
IMRL — I&M Rail Link
ZTE — Zone Telecommunications Engineer
PUG — Passenger Up Grades
NYO&W — New York, Ontario and Western railway
ESR — Emergency Speed Restriction
RCDO — Railway Crossing Diversion Order
CSA — Cross–Sectional Area
PJRL — Penn Jersey Rail Lines Incorporated
DCP — Designated Competent Person
GCRY — Grand Canyon Railway
CCCR — Cape Cod Central Railroad
CCR — Corinth & Counce Railroad Company
DLWR — Depew Lancaster and Western Railroad Com
C/E — Country End
CENELEC — European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation
IBT — International Bridge and Terminal Company
NTN — National Teleprinter Network
ELP — East London Partnership
PRSX — Progress Rail Services Corporation
FOU — Freight Operating Unit
NWR — Normal Working Resumed
PLS — Position Light Signal
EVR — Early Voluntary Retirement
CBRM — Chillicothe-Brunswick Rail Maintenance Authority
EMGTPA — Equivalent MillionGross Tonnes Per Annum
DFG — Del Fungo Giera Servizi Ferroviari Srl
SNCT — Seattle & North Coast R.R. Co.
SWIFT — Structured What If Technique
MOT — Marine Oil Transportation

N&W — Norfolk and Western railway
GRIV — Gauley River Railroad LLC
WHPX — W.F. Hall Printing
JRWX — Johnson Rail Services
HRT — Hartwell RR
CKRY — Central Kansas Railway Incorporated
SIRR — Southern Industrial Railroad
MOS — Mobile Operations Supervisor
IRRS — International Rail Road Systems, Inc.
VSTP — Very Short Term Plan
GMSR — Kansas City Southern Railway
WCTU — White City Terminal & Utility
AD&R — Asset Development and Renewal
ETRY — Eastern TN Railway
PNRR — Pennsylvania Northeastern
DRSX — DOT Rail Services
INPR — Idaho Northern & Pacific Railroad
WTLC — West Texas & Lubbock Railroad Co Inc.
NPPR — Nez Perce-Pomeroy RR Co
BNML — Burlington Northern Manitoba Limited
OLO — Ontario LOrignal Railway Incorporated
TXGN — Texas Gonzales and Northern Railway Comp
TAC — Telecomms Appreciation Course
VCRR — Ventura County Railroad Company
TSC — Track Section Cabin
NWSW — Northwestern Steel and Wire Co.
CWM — Carriage Washing Machine
LKRR — Little Kanawha River Rail Incorporated
MAEG — Maersk Sealand
SME — Signalling Maintenance Engineer
KOG — Kansas, Oklahoma, & Gulf
NPCCS — Non Passenger Carrying Coaching Stock
RII — Relay Interlocking Interface
HSTR — High Speed Track Recording
RSBS — Railway Standard Building Specification
MEC — Maine Central Railroad
CPRR — Central Pacific Railroad
PROMISE — Planning and ResOurces MonItoring SystEm
SSSH — Surrey Sussex & Southhampton
BPA — Business Planning Accountant
TCF — Track Circuit Failure
O&I — Operations and Interface
GLC — Great Lakes Central Railroad
TNO — Texas & New Orleans
LTA — Lost Time Accidents
CATX — General American Marks Company
SRP — Statutory Reporting Pack
WFE — Western Fruit Express
TOPS — Total Operations Processing System
SWGR — Seagraves Whiteface and Lubbock Railroad

TCM — Time Cycle Maintenance
LS — Lehigh and Susquehanna railroad
NEOUCOM — Northeastern Ohio University Colleges of Medicine
GETY — Gettysburg Railroad
PPTC — Powered Plant Training - Chainsaw
LC — Line Clear
EAM — Engineering Access Manager
LSPD — Local Safety Policy Document
SCT — Sioux City Terminal Railway
DLW — Delaware Lackawanna and Western
ATT — Advanced Tilting Train
VC — Virginia Central Railway
PCY — Pittsburgh Chartiers and Youghiogheny
ATR — Automatic Train Reporting
CIND — Central RR of Indiana
ABCX — Alabama Byproducts Corporation
WS — Ware Shoals RR
KCPS — Kansas City Public Service
PROMPT — PRiority On Managing Performance Trends
EPA — Engineering Publications Assistant
TARDIS — TOPS Ancillary Retrospective Data Information Service
DPL — Down Platform Line
NN — Northern Nevada Railroad Corporation
ES — Engineering Supervisor
NRG — National Records Group
TRRY — Trillium railway
WTF — Wrong side Telecommunications Failure
PLAX — PORT OF LOS ANGELES
MDLE — Mount Dora & Lake Eustis Railway
MICC — Management Information Communications Centre
DML — Down Main Line
ACY — Akron, Canton and Youngstown
DJRR — Decatur Junction
OTM — On–Track Machine
WVRC — WABASH VALLEY RAILROAD CO.
RRW — Rockton Rion & Western
EDP — Electrification Distribution and Plant
PDS — Project Definition Stage
NYNHH — New York, New Haven and Hartford railway
LWRT — Long Welded Rail Train
ITS — Infrastructure Testing Services
SSO — Special Stop Order
EMRY — Eastern Maine Railway Company
BDM — Business Development Manual
ARS — Automatic Route Setting
LLW — Lavacot Locomotive Works
DPPP — Disabled Peoples Protection Policy
NAR — Northern Alberta Railways
FGW — First Great Western
RRCI — Redmont Railway Company Incorporated

NCPR — North Carolina Ports Railway
RCPE — Rapid City Pierre & Eastern Railroad
MCA — Maywood Co-op Association
HTW — Hoosac Tunnel and Wilmington
HLGX — Helm Financial Corporation
NRES — National Railway Enquires
IMU — Infrastructure Maintenance Unit
AN — Apalachicola Northern Railroad
MR — McCloud Railway Company
RSTL — Rail Staff Travel Ltd
GMDX — General Motors Diesel Canada
EAZ — East Anglia Zone
WCTR — WCTU Company White City Terminal Railway
PCB — Petty Cash Book
CWRO — Cleveland Works Rail Operations
WKRL — Western Kentucky Railroad
SV — Shenandoah Valley Railroad
TT — Toledo Terminal
ME — Morristown & Erie Railroad
E&P — Engineering and Production
TPPP — Transport Policies and Programme Package
PRB — Personalised Rule Book
SOWC — Shows Occupied when Clear
SSAP — Statement of Standard Accounting Practice
DPC — Development Planning Centre
PWS — Permanent Way Supervisor
RA — Reporting Accountant
WT — Wrightsville & Tennille
WCRC — Washington Central Railroad Corporation
AMTL — Agence métropolitaine de transport
GERY — Georgia & Eastern
CCUO — Chicago-Chemung Railroad Corporation
BMRG — Blue Mountain and Reading
APPX — Appalachian Railcar Services
TRUST — Train RUnning Systems on TOPS
JSE — Janesville & Southeastern
DMN — Duluth Missabe and Northern Railway
PWMA — Permanent Way Maintenance Assistant
PIE — Performance Improvement Executive
CRT — Construction Round Table
BRPX — Blue Ridge Paper
MON — Monon Route
OCE — Oregon California & Eastern
CHGX — Chicago Gravel
RTD — Regional Transportation District
MRCE — MRCE Dispolok GmbH
CTR1 — Channel Tunnel Route 1
WIMX — Wimpey Minerals USA, Inc.
TAA — Track Access Agreement
TSSA — Transport Salaried Staffs' Association

NPC — NORTH PACIFIC COAST
MIGN — Michigan Northern Railway
JPBX — Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board
NIWX — Northern Illinois and Wisconsin Railway
L&S — Lehigh and Susquehanna railroad
GPR — General Purpose Relief
LSMS — Lake Shore Michigan Southern Railroad
CADRS — CAD Railways Services
DDN — Dispatcher's Daily Notes
CI — Cambria and Indiana Railroad Company
NLR — North London Railways
CARR — Carrollton Railroad
TBS — Transmission Based Signalling
MTDX — Midwest Transportation & Development Cor
GS — Gloster Southern
TWA — Transport and Works Act
TNER — Texas Northeastern Division Mid-Michigan
IHIR — Indian Hill & Iron Range
KCCS — Kansas City Clinton & Springfield
CHALET — Casualties, Hazards, Access, Location, Emergency services and Time
C&E — Chicago and Erie Railroad
STN — Special Traffic Notice
TCOD — Track Circuit Operating Device
FDEC — Ferrocariles de Cuba
ATA — Automatic Track Alignment
WTRM — Warren and Trumbull Railroad Company
ATT — Active Tilting Train
UWC — User Worked Crossing
OPUG — Other Passenger Upgrades
KGBW — Kewaunee Green Bay and Western
ECC — English China Clays
RIL — Railtrack Insurance Limited
FSR — Fort Smith Railroad Company
DTL — Down Tilbury Loop
MGR — Merry–Go–Round
RIAC — Railway Industry Advisory Committee
WMP — Waste Management Plan
FC — Fulton County Railroad Incorporated
D&C — Design and Construction
ABLX — American Refrigerator Transit Company
FRVT — Fore River Transportation Corporation
SRP — Safety Review Panel
P3 — Primavera Project Planner
SC — Signalling Centre
CWCY — Caldwell Country Railroad
GTW — Grand Trunk Western
ATTA — Automatic Track Top and Alignment
BSN — Bridge Strike Nominee
LMS — London, Midland & Scottish railway
SOM — Somerset Railroad Corporation

TWS — Tax Work Sheets
ONCT — Ontario Central Railroad Corporation
ELS — Escanaba and Lake Superior Railroad Comp
RRC — Respondek Railroad Corporation
DTRR — Detroit Terminal Railroad
VLI — Valor da Logistica Integrada
BCA — Business Critical Application
JVRR — Juniata Valley Railroad Company
COWD — Cost Of Work to Date
CTML — Cairo Terminal Railroad Company
CRTA — Cleveland Rapid Transit
TP — Temporary Placement
R/T — Right Time
AC&Y — Akron, Canton and Youngstown railroad
DCI — Des Moines & Central Iowa RR
IMPS — Investment Monitoring and Planning System
UAA — University of Akron Archives
FNM — Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Mexico
PHIS — Performance Historical Information System
TL — Through Line
NZR — New Zealand Railways
PUWER — Provision and Use of Workplace Equipment Regulations 1992
F/H — FreeHold
SRP — System Review Panel
GASX — Gerdau Ameristeel
DMSS — Development Manager, Signalling Strategy
CPW — CHICAGO, PEORIA & WESTERN RAILROAD CO.
MCB — Miniature Circuit Breaker
AWW — Algiers Winslow and Western Railway
RSNR — Red Springs & Northern
IMRR — Illinois Midland Railroad
GL — Goods Line
LVRC — Lamoille Valley Railroad
CPD — Cleveland Plain Dealer
ENR — E and N Railway Company Limited
BCS — Better Chemical Solutions
T&H — Tottenham & Hampstead
LINC — Lewis and Clark Railway Company
PPU — Tazewell & Peoria Railroad
DMMU — Diesel Mechanical Multiple Unit
YSLR — Yolo Shortline Railroad Company
FTA — Fault Tree AnalysisUoS
SIPS — Supplier Performance Monitoring System
SPADRAM — SPAD Reduction & Mitigation
RI — Relay Interlocking
HLCX — Helm Financial
TRE — Track Recording Engineer
HSM — Hand Signal Man
PICP — Pollution Incident Control Plan
WARP — West Coast Advanced Recovery Reliability Programme

SPC — Senior Production Controller
EJE — Elgin Joliet and Eastern
FJG — Fonda Johnstown & Gloversville RR
TTR — Talleyrand Terminal Railroad Company
DMVW — Dakota Missouri Valley and Western Railr
IHRC — Indiana Hi Rail Corporation
TPWSSA — Train Protection Warning System Sponsor's Agent
RSAG — Railway Safety Advisory Group
ROA — Right On Arrival
TCA — Track Circuit Actuator
NYPSC — New York State Public Services Commission
ERES — Erie Western
MSL — Level crossing with Miniature Stop Lights
CACV — Cooperstown and Charlotte Valley Railroad
LTA — London Transport Authority
NTR — Mississippi Central Railroad Company
ETH — Electric Train Heating
PE — Peoria & Eastern
MGRI — MG Rail Incorporated
PBRR — Pine Belt Southern Railroad Company
RDG — Reading Railroad
SFO — Station Facility Owner
FLT — Freight Liner Terminal
ATGX — ATEL Leasing Corporation
WAMX — Webb Asset Management
VWL — Vancouver Wharves Limited
ROM — Regional Operating Manager
ISAR — Information Systems Activity Request
IANW — Iowa Northwestern Railroad
EA — Electronics Appreciation
RAI — Right Away Indicator
ACTC — Atlantic City Transit Company
RTMZ — RailTrack Midlands ZoneRailCons
BMH — Beaufort and Morehead Railroad Co
HRLX — Housatonic Logistics Company LLC
ATSF — Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
NRA — National Rivers Authority
DB — Deutsche Bundesbahn, German State Railways
GEXR — Goderich & Exeter
WPSC — Wheeling Pittsburg Steel
CWWR — Chehalis Western Railroad
ORR — Office of the Rail Regulator
MIDS — Midlands
SA — Sponsor's Agent
PRIMA — Professional Rail Industry Management Association
TCRY — Tri-City Railroad Company
TPC — Train Performance Calculator
CHIP — Chemicals Hazard Information and Packaging regulations
BDTL — Ballard Terminal Railroad Company
STP — Short Term Planning

WSF — Wrong Side Failure
PIZ — Pfizer
NPT — Portland Terminal R.R. Company
NRN — National Radio Network
MEF — Modern Equivalent Form
LNAC — Chattahoochee Bay Railroad, LLC
IGMX — Integrated Grain & Milling
ALKX — Airlake Terminal Railway Co.
PIRY — Pioneer Industrial Railway
CD — Close Doors platform indicator
TXOR — Texas and Oklahoma Railroad Company
SCI — Standard Contract Interpretation
SVI — Southern Railway of Vancouver Island
NYE — New York and Erie railroad
TTP — Time Table Processor
PHD — Port Huron and Detroit Railroad Company
NWP — Northwestern Pacific Railroad Company
LEF — Lake Erie Franklin and Clarion Railroad Company
CRC — Class Representative Committee
JCN — JunCtioN
NYOW — New York, Ontario & Western
NICD — Northern-Indiana Commuter Transportation
WTCX — Weyerhauser
SBB — Swiss Railways
WWR — Washington Western
SINAC — Special Inspection Notice Action Complete
SSW — St. Louis Southwestern
WE — Wheeling and Lake Erie
DTS — Dynamic Track Stabiliser
GF — Ground Frame
CMR — Indiana Rail Road Company
AFD — Automatic Fire Detection
WB&E — Wilkes-Barre and Eastern railroad
CSP — Camas Prairie RailNet Incorporated
ORR — Office of the Railway Regulator
FEPASA — Ferrovias Paulistas SA
TD — Train Describer
LRPC — London Regional Passengers Committee
PSO — Public Service Obligation
SINMON — Special Inspection Notice MONitor
QNSL — Quebec, North Shore and Labrador
CHAPS — Clearing House Accounts Payable System
AUAR — Austin Area Terminal Railway
MISS — Mississippian Railway Cooperative Incorporated
NAT — Not Applicable Timetable
VE — Valuation Engineer
PD — Project Delivery
RM — railroad mark
YB — Youngstown Belt Railroad Company
LASB — Lackawaxen and Stourbridge Railroad

WPSX — Wisconsin Public Service Corporation
GKLX — Gold Kist, Inc.
W/M — Watt per Metre
CTC — Centralized Track Control
TT — Timetable, Public
CCRX — Cape Cod Railroad
OTMR — On Train Monitoring Recorder
SCM — Senior Contracts Manager
DG — Dangerous Goods
ACWR — Aberdeen, Carolina & Western Rwy
ONER — Ontario Northeastern RR
CHH — Cheswick and Harmar
NLL — North London Line
HOFE — Head Of Engineering
GTD — Group Tax Department
PW — Parallel Wing
SVP — Safety Verification Plan
EMU — Electric Multiple Unit
TIRE — Ticketing Incentive REgime
HA — Hanson Aggregates
HOG — Heart of Georgia Railroad
MBTA — Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority
INOH — Indiana and Ohio Railroad Incorporated
RRNW — Regional Railways North West
TSH — Tshiuetin Rail Transportation Inc
FEVR — Fremont & Elkhorn Valley Railroad
EROS — Emergency Restriction Of Speed
AREA — American Rail Engineers and Maintenance Association
NBA — National radio network
SSG — Safety Strategy Group
DGPS — Differential Global Positioning by Satellite
AVB — Automatic Vacuum Brake
SIXX — 636 Leasing
RMRX — Great Canadian Railtours Co Ltd
BAYL — Bay Line, LLC
TRT — Tshiuetin Rail Transportation
UGL — Up Goods Loop
GWWE — Gateway Eastern Railway Company
MRT — Minimum Rail Temperature
ROTP — Rules of the Plan
IAMS — Integrated Asset Management System
TEXC — Texas Central Railroad Company
AHQ — British Transport Police Area Headquarters
NDN — National Data Communications Network
SWKR — San Pedro and Southwestern Railway Compa
ORHC — Orrville Railway Historical Society
MNC — Missouri North Central RR
IZ — Inter Zonal
IDT — Implementation, Development and Training
RICA — Regional Independent Commercial Auditor

HL — Home Location
TOC — Toledo & Ohio Central
SDCR — South Dakota Central
EFVM — Estrada de Ferro Vitoria-Minas
T&V — Tresspass & Vandalism
SPSR — San Pedro & Southwestern Railway Co
FP — Fordyce & Princeton Railroad Company
RFP — Richmond Fredericksburg and Potomac
CBCT — Communications Based Train Control
ASDA — Asbestos & Danville
CH — CHiltern Railway Company
BA — Baltimore & Annapolis
STRT — Stewartstown Railroad Company
EMS — Environmental Management Statement
LNE — Lehigh and New England Railroad, Conrail
MTL — Mersey Travel Ltd.
BDRV — Belvidere & Delaware Railroad
ALS — Alton and Southern Railway
VLR — Visitors Location Register
CBC — Carbon County Railway
CTRU — Central Track Renewals Unit
MTNR — Mississippi Tennessee Railroad LLC
CPPP — Confirmed Period Possession Plan
MTR — Montour RR
CSC — Connex South Central
DIS — Flexible DIsplay System
BPR — Business Policy Review
RHYX — Macquarie Rail Inc
OLYR — Olympic Railroad Company
AGLF — Knoxville and Holston River Railroad
IANR — Iowa Northern Ry
CM — Central Montana Rail Incorporated
IFC — Infrastructure Fault Control
PAF — Project Authority Form
NRM — Nominated Responsible Manager
SMNR — Southern Manitoba Railway
FTR — Florida Tri-Rail
SDR — Simplified Direct Reporting
WBE — Wilkes-Barre and Eastern railroad
ICE — Institute of Civil Engineers
WAER — Wabash Erie
ALT — AIRLAKE TERMINAL RAILWAY COMPANY
WGR — Willamette Valley Railway Company
TMERL — The Milwaukee Electric Railway
JCN — Job Cost NumberN
NYABC — New York Air Brake Company
CSC — Contractor's Safety Case
GFR — Grand Forks Railway Company
TXU — TXU Electric
DCLR — Delaware Coast Line RR Co

PSR — Permanent Speed Restriction
RJCR — RJ Corman
BRB — British Railways Board
MVT — Mt Vernon Terminal
TRIN — Trinidad Railway Incorporated
RRIP — Route Relay Interlocking Processor
LLX — Luria Brothers
NFTA — Niagara Frontier Transit Authority
SAS — South African Railways
OS — Ontario Southland Railway Inc.
MIDH — Middletown and Hummelstown RR Company
CNW — Chicago and Northwestern
CIMU — Central Infrastructure Maintenance Unit
STE — Stockton Terminal and Eastern RR
KCSM — Kansas City Southern de Mexico
NRNA — National Radio Network Appreciation
WVN — West Virginia Northern Railroad
IS — Intermediate Signalling
SSG — Systems Strategy Group
RAP — Remedial Action Project
ICC — Infrastructure Control Centre
DT1 — Detroit Terminal
SJT — St Joseph Terminal
CLCR — Cadillac & Lake City RR
RLK — RailAmerica Ottawa Valley Railway
CWEX — Midwest Generation, LLC
ATN — Alabama & Tennessee River Railway Llc
RIZ — Rock Island
TXR — Texas Rock Crusher Railway Company
ELKR — Elk River Railroad Incorporated
TORR — Train Operated Route Release
REG — Railtrack Executive Group
SFS — Santa Fe Southern Railway
DTS — Detroit & Toledo ShoreLine
PCTE — Profit Centre Telecommunications Engineer
PTM — Permanent Timetable Manager
FS — Feeder Station
GEGX — GE Gas Turbine
ICC — International Convention Centre
GSP — Ground Switch Panel
WYT — Wyandotte Terminal Railroad Company
PSCX — Public Service Of Colorado
LPS — Local Policy Statement
MWRR — Montana Western Railway Company Incorporated
WHRC — Windsor and Hantsport Railway Company
SRP — Station Regeneration Programme
GITM — Golden Isle Terminal RR
DOO — Driver Only Operation
NHRR — New Hope and Ivyland Rail Road
RMRR — Rocky Mountain Railcar and Railroad Incorporated

TQSUM — Track Quality SUMmary
OSRR — Ohio Southern Railroad Incorporated
HBL — Harbor Belt Line
DAC — Depot Access Conditions
NCRY — Northern Central Railway
NNW — Nebraska Northwestern Railroad
ESHR — Eastern Shore Railroad
GNBC — Grainbelt Corporation
SW&W — South Wales and West
CM — Contracts Manager
ACEX — Altamont Commuter Express
SMFD — Systems Management Framework Design
CSR — Camden & Southern Railroad Inc
LRR — Little River Railroad
SMRS — Springfield (MO) Railway Services
CHW — Chesapeake Western Railway
BSPG — Business Systems Policy Groupy
WVR — Willamette Valley Railway
MSN — Meeker Southern Railroad
FIRM — Fares Increases Regulation Mechanism
YKR — York Railway
RIG — Railway Industry Group
PER — Portable Equipment Room
FORI — Fibre Optic Route Indicator
SLOA — Steam Locomotive Operators Association
MSO — Michigan Southern Railway
RA — Radio Agency
PLRA — Private Locomotive Registration Agreement
RRRR — Raritan River railroad
WNYP — Western New York and Pennsylvania
BRAN — Brandon Rail
IRJ — Insulated Rail Joint
SDS — Signalman's Display System
MHMR — Mount Hope Mineral railroad
BPM — Business Process Manual
DT — Decatur Junction Railway Company
RCE — Regional Civil Engineer
PETS — Public Emergency Telephone System
ZIP — Zone Investment Panel
DAPF — Document Amendment Proposal Form
BC — BARRE & CHELSEA RAILROAD
NY&GL — New York and Greenwood Lake railway
MJRX — Railway Service Contractors Inc
DFO — Depot Facility Owner
ACE — Area Civil Engineer
NCSL — Nashville Chattanooga & St Louis
GLCD — Great Lakes Coal & Docks
LSTT — Lake Superior Terminal Transfer
NTP — North Trans–Pennine route
BRS — Business Route Section

OLEAR — Overhead Line Equipment Asset Register
GOL — Government Office for London
PBNE — Philadelphia Bethlehem and New England R
NREX — National Railway Equipment
PCA — Penn Central
NTR — National Track Renewals
SIPS — Standard Infrastructure Performance System
SCU — Signalling Compatibility Unit
NYS&W — New York, Susquehanna and Western railroad
SMART — Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Timebased
RA — Route Availability
S&C — Settle and Carlisle
RTLS — Road Traffic Lights
WCML RM — West Coast Main Line Route Modernisation
CWR — Continuously Welded Rail
BMS — Basic Mechanical Signalling
TAG — Track Access Grant
TINX — Trinity Railcar
GMRC — Green Mountain RR
DIRFT — Daventry International RailFreight Terminal
CHRR — Chesapeake Railroad Company
LNE(Z) — London North Eastern (Zone)
PWCT — Philadelphia & West Chester Traction
LGV — Ligne A Grande Vitesse
SSTD — Solid State Train Describer
PADS — Parts And Drawing System
DOP — Driver Only Passenger
HOPP — Head Of Property Projects
PFM — Performance Focus Manager
SMOS — Structure Mounted Outdoor Switchgear
HSW — Helena Southwestern Railroad
LB — Loose Bound
TOL — Train On Line
SCR — Sydney Coal Railway
WRHX — Creative Charters Inc
PRIDE — Possession Resource Information DatabasE
SCBX — Standridge Color
NSRC — North Stratford RR
DCFB — Dodge City Ford and Bucklin Railroad Com
RD — GEC time division multiplex, type RD
MRSL — MRS Logistica
NTRY — Nimishillen and Tuscarawas Railway Company
UO — Union Railway of Oregon
CFE — Chicago, Fort Wayne and Eastern
ROR — Rules of the Route
OPO — One Person Operation
CHTT — Chicago Heights Terminal Transfer Railroad
SA — Savannah & Atlanta
MKC — McKeesport Connecting Railroad Company
SCOT — Scotland

TAN — Track Access Notice
MML — Minimum Monetary Limit
HB — Hampton and Branchville Railroad
LMIC — Lake Michigan and Indiana Railroad
TPC — Trackside Processing Centre
WILD — Wheel Impact Load Detector
LM — Litchfield and Madison
NPW — Normal Place of Work
LBR — Lowville and Beaver River Railroad Company
GPL — Ground Position Light
MRIX — Missouri North Centra RR
CB&Q — Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroad
SA — Signalling Assistant
ETCX — Eastman Tennessee Corporation
CBR — Coos Bay Rail Link
NSS — Newburgh and South Shore Ry. Co.
FLAWS — a computer database of rail flaws
BTC — Birmingham Terminal
TRRA — Terminal RR of St Louis
SB — Signal Box
TVM — Transmission Voice Machine, French ATP system
NPTR — Northwood Pulp and Timber, Ltd.
LEM — Local Estimating Manager
IFS — Independent Function Switch
FFG — Freight Facilities Grant
RED — Railtrack Energy Database
VS — Valuation Section
FN — Fault Number
PCS&TE — Profit Centre Signal and Telecommunications Engineer
VXC — Virgin CrossCountry
LA — Lousiana and Arkansas
PIPS — Packaging and Investment Planning System
GRWR — Great Walton Railroad
PSPP — Particular Specification for Possession Planning
AEWZ — Erie Western
MVRY — Mahoning Valley Ry
MWR — Muncie & Western
BACS — Bank Automated System
WTRY — Wilmington Terminal Railroad Incorporated
GSW — Great Southwest Railroad
LCR — London and Continental Railways
UB — UnderBridge
MLF — Main Line Freight
STEP — Safety, Teamwork, Excellence, Professionalism
LITM — Local IT Manager
NSC — National Supply Contract
HEX — Heathrow EXpress
SPA — Special Protected Area
ETRM — Engineering Train Routing Map
WARC — West Anglia Route Controller

NSM — North Shore Mining
BAWX — Babcox & Wilcox
BER — Big Eagle Rail
CCC — Cowlitz, Chehalis, and Cascade Railway
PSR — Public Service Requirement
CCH — Cape Cod & Hyannis
USS — U.S. Steel
O/B — Over Bridge
IRN — Ironton RR
H/S — Hand Signaller
SP — Single-Phase
RES — Rail Express SystemsRailCons
PPM — Panel Processor Module
EA — East Anglian
NJII — New Jersey, Indiana and Illinois Railroad
MPU — Motive Power Unit
WM — Western Maryland Railroad
CYDX — Conrad Yelvington Distributors, Inc.
NMCSA — Network Management Centres Sponsor's Agent
AO — Appalachian and Ohio
CAPP — Confirmed Annual Possession Plan
SLSF — Saint Louis-San Francisco
APLAN — track Access PLANning system
LER — Logansport and Eel River Short-Line Company Incorporated
CCSC — Contractor Core Safety Case
TLC — Telephone protection only Level Crossing
DKS — Union Pacific Railroad Company
NOP — New Orleans Public Service
ITI — Unknown
CGR — CG Railway, Inc
CWI — Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad
WARM — West Anglia Route Modernisation
CISD — Golden Isles Terminal Railroad
FC — Fair Condition
PAT — Performance Action Tracking
RM — Route Modernisation
WON — Weekly Operating Notice
ICM — Internal Communications Manager
DART — Digital Advanced Radio for Trains
SH — Steelton and Highspire Railroad Company
CAPS — Colchester Area Power Supplies
BAP — Butte Anaconda & Pacific
WA — West Anglia Lines
KO — Kansas & Oklahoma
DFT — DART Fixed Terminal
CWRY — Commonwealth Railway Inc.
NSTR — No Signaller Token Remote
OHPA — Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad Company
ARA — Arcade and Attica Railroad Corporation
WA — Washington & Atlanta Railroad

HRS — Holidaysburg and Roaring Spring Railroad Company
TSRD — Twin State Railroad Company
NMC — Network Management Centre
PAM — Pittsburgh Allegheny and McKees Rocks Railroad Company
YN — Youngstown and Northern
PACS — Public Affairs Correspondence System
RAR — Railtrack Asset Register
RISSC — Railway Industry Safety Strategy Comittee
CNYK — Central New York Locomotive Company
BITY — Penn Eastern Rail Lines Incorporated
MPM — Multi Processor Module
FIR — Flats Industrial Railroad Company
TWO — Transport & Works Order
ASAB — Bay Line Railroad L.L.C
PTRA — Port of Houston Terminal RR Association
HVRR — Hocking Valley
RNA — Railway Notification of Accidents Regulations
CAPE — Train Cancelled
COPA — Control of Pollution Act 1974
EFRR — Effingham Railroad
OHIC — Ohi-Rail Corporation
UPL — Up Passenger Loop
LRP — Local Reporting Pack
TRS — Train Reporting System
HBRY — Hudson Bay Railway Company
PWSS — Permanent Way Section Supervisor
GOT — GO Transit
OETR — Outline Engineering Train Requirements
IIC — International Intermodal Center
EROS — Efficiency by means of the Rationalisation Of Signal
PPTD — Powered Plant Training Disc Cutter And Class 9 Cutting Of Wheels
LAL — Livonia Avon & Lakeville
NCYR — Nash County Railroad Corporation
MKIX — Morrison-Knudsen
TEU — Twenty Foot or Equivalent Unit
RE&TA — Real Estate and Tax Agent
ATM — Amended Timetable Manager
CTRN — Union Pacific Railroad Company
CLNA — Carolina Coastal Railway Incorporated
WSL — Westinghouse Signals Ltd
RICP — Rail Incident Control Post
TCB — Track Circuit Block
ETB — Electronic Token Block
MRI — Motive Rail Industries
STABS — Signalling and Telecommunications Area Budget System
ERTMS — European Railways Traffic Management System
SR — Kansas City Southern
PVRX — Pook Valley Railroad
CBNS — Cape Breton & Central Nova Scotia Ry
TK — Tuskegee R.R

NYPANO — New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio railroad
SI — Site Instruction
DRS — Direct Rail Services
SEKR — Southeast Kansas Railroad Company
LE — Light Engine
TOHD — Tops Operations Help Desk
EFPL — Economical Facing Point Lock
NJRC — New Jersey Rail Carrier, LLC.
RLCX — RELCO
PFM — Projects Finance Manager
PLOD — Patrolman's Lookout Devicerailcons
ROS — Restriction of Speed
MRR — Mid-Atlantic Railroad
UWSF — Unprotected Wrong Side Failure
IU — Indianapolis Union
OLC — Occupation Level Crossing
AEC — Atlantic and East Carolina Railway Compa
AMP — Asset Maintenance Programme
BIFS — Billing Infrastructure Freight System
BOTW — Botwood Railway
DLM — Data Link Module
LDRR — Louisiana and Delta Railroad Incorporated
MTW — Marinette Tomahawk & Western
SRYC — Sierra Railway Company of California
RLEX — Republic Locomotive
CWT — Chicago & West Towns
AWG — Adhesion Working Group
REX — Railway Express Agency, Inc.
IARR — Iowa River RR
NPO — National Process Owner
DM — Detroit & Mackinac
PRM — PRocurement Manager
HCYR — Horry County Railway
GO — Gulf & Ohio
NCA — Nuevo Central Argentina
WWRC — Wilmington and Western Railroad
HOS — Hoosier Southern Railroad
UWTF — Unprotected Wrongside Telecommunications Failure
PCSE(W) — Profit Centre Signal Engineer (Works)
AEEU — Amalgamated Electrical Engineering Union
MWL — Level crossing with Miniature red/green Warning Lights
FWL — Fort Wayne - Lima
PWV — Pittsburgh & West Virginia
R/T — RailTrack
MGL — Multiple Groove Locking
LNW — Louisiana & Northwestern
TCKR — Turtle Creek Industrial RR.Incorporated
CE — Chicago and Erie railroad
DGNO — Dallas Garland & Northeastern
MAW — Maumee and Western Railroad Corporation

IN1 — Illinois Northern
CZRY — Carrizo Gorge Railway Inc.
CDL — Central Door Locking
LTP — Local Transport Plans
AIM — Asset Information Manager
HPTD — High Point Thomasville and Denton Railroad
EEB — Eastern Electricity BoardRailCons
MAS — Management Aspects of Supervision
SICA — Signalling Infrastructure Condition Assessment
NASG — National Applications Support Group
IMG — Infrastructure Materials Group
NIAJ — Niagara Junction Railway
LS — Line Standard
RSCI — Real Staff Cost Increase
RTG — RailTrack Group PLCRailCons
TAG — Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia
NOGC — New Orleans & Gulf Coast
LRWY — Lehigh Railway
JS1 — basic signalling cable jointing and testing
YA — Youngstown & Austintown RR
TL2000 — ThamesLink 2000
NJPUC — New Jersey Public Utilities Commission
NJTR — NJ Transit Rail Operations
ALY — Allegheny and Eastern Railroad Incorpora
UM — Up Main
ICRK — Indian Creek Railroad Company
MPA — Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad
FUS — Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Mexico
PTT — Public Timetable
CKSI — Carthage Knightstown and Shirley Railroad
OIMX — Oliver Iron Mining
PIR — Pittsburgh Industrial Railroad Incorpora
PESRCY — PassEnger Service Requirement Compliance Yardstick
KFR — Kettle Falls International Rwy
NOW — Northern Ohio & Western
ENS — European Night Services
SIP — Strike–In Point
TRAMM — Track Renewal And Maintenance Machine
DSRR — Delta Southern RR
VMVX — VMV Enterprises, Inc
TDMS — Title Deeds Management System
NCTR — North Central Texas Railroad
PNCX — Precision National
TESCO — Technical Support Company
OE — Outside Edge
SSP — Signalling Supply Point
MSRW — Mississippian Railway Cooperative Incorporated
SMN — Smoky Mountain Ry. Co
SPS — Spokane, Portland, and Seattle
FNB — Ferronorte Brasil

TCG — Tucson Cornelia and Gila Bend Railroad Company
RLHS — Railway Locomotive and Historical Society
BRBS — British Railways Business Systems
TMO — Train crew Manually Operated
HNS — Houston North Shore
SCRX — SOUTH CAROLINA PUBLIC RAILWAYS
MMAX — Martin-Marietta Aggregates
TESCO — TEchnical Service COmpany
TFM — Trackside Functional Module
SSISIM — Solid State Interlocking SIMulator
CCYR — Colleton County Railroad
SEE — Systems Engineering Environment
RBLX — Brent C Lewis
DTP — Department of TransportRailCons
RS — Roberval and Saguenay Railway Company
SPSX — Progress Rail Services Corp
PTRD — Portland Traction Co., Portland R.R. and Terminal Division
RT — Railtrack
BCH — Southern Railway of British Columbia Limited
NEM — National Estimating Manager
TWE — Track Welding Engineer
PTM — Portland Terminal Company
URL — Up Relief Line
PLUG — Pride Local User Group
IW — Illinois Western
VRR — Vaughan Railroad Company
ALRMS — Access Level crossing Risk Management System
NIR — Northern Ireland Railways
TF — Tallulah Falls Ry. Co
CNSM — CHICAGO NORTH SHORE & MILWAUKEE RWY
L/S — London Side
TFM — Kansas City Southern De Mexico
SMA — Single Manning Agreement
GPS — Global Positioning by Satellite system
SDIY — San Diego and Imperial Valley Railroad Company
MSC — Metropolitan Stevedore
IDS — Infrastructure Data Server
POM — Port of Montreal
RCI — Railtrack Controlled Infrastructure
LN — Leeds Northern
ZD — Zone Director
DRGW — Denver and Rio Grande Western
RR — Regional Railways
IBJ — Insulated Block Joint
MFC — Maurice Frederick Coffman
LDT — Long Distance Termination
MGR — Merry Go Round
PNRW — Piedmont Northern Railroad
TC — Track Circuit
SRMX — Southeastern Railway

NHIR — New Hope & Ivyland
ASPER — ASset PERformance database
IZPD — Inter–Zonal Possession Database