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HASAW
— Health and Safety at Work
LAN
— Local Area Network
YTD
— Year To Date
GBV
— Gross Book Value
HAZID
— Hazard Identification
ROM
— Read-Only Memory
ERDF
— European Regional Development Fund
ANSI
— American National Standards Institute, Inc.
AFFF
— Aqueous Film Forming Foam
ASAP
— As Soon As Possible (pronounced AY-sap)
B. OF D.
— Board of Directors
Y-P
— Young Person
IT
— Information Technology
TBA
— To Be Advised
PPE
— Personal Protective Equipment
WATX
— Watco
PWAY
— Permanent Way
VDU
— Visual Display Unit
T&RS
— Traction & Rolling Stock
SD
— Standard Deviation
E&OD
— Engineering and Operations Development
ZEPE
— Zone Electrical and Plant Engineer
P&L
— Profit and Loss statement
HATX
— Helm Financial Corporation
C&WI
— Chicago and Western Indiana railroad
KPI
— Key Performance Indicator
RAILTEL
— RAILway TELephone project
R&PA
— Route and Programme Analyst
W&LE
— Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway
S.L/H
— Short LeaseHold
CWT
— Carlson Wagonlit Travel
L&PS
— London and Port Stanley Railway
D&DA
— Design and Development Authority
CN
— Canadian National Railway
RFQ
— Request For Quotation
ATP
— Automatic Train Protection
PO
— Purchase Order
S&SM
— Safety and Standards Manager
ZCRG
— Zonal Commercial Review Group
GDP
— Gross Domestic Product
VAMD
— Virginia and Maryland
P.WAY
— Permanent Way
D&DR
— Design & Development Report
D&IA
— Design and Implementation Authority
P&LE
— Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad
HAYSI
— Haysi Railroad
RF
— Radio Frequency
WACC
— Weighted Average Cost Of Capital (accounting)
EDI
— Electronic Data Interchange
IRR
— Internal Rate of Return
N&VMP
— Noise and Vibration Management Plan
UP
— Union Pacific Railroad Company
L&HR
— Lehigh and Hudson River railway
GSM
— Global System for Mobile Communications
R(SCW)
— Railway (Safety Critical Work) Regulations 1994
M&EE
— Mechanical & Electrical Engineering
CV
— Curriculum Vitae
OBRY
— Orangeville-Brampton Railway
LCD
— Liquid Crystal Display
O&SPA
— Operational and Support hazard Analysis
E,L&N
— Early, Late and Night
PWME
— Permanent Way Maintenance Engineer
L&PSR
— London and Port Stanley Railway
AC
— Alternating Current
L&NE
— Lehigh and New England railroad
UCMX
— United Clays, Inc
PALADIN
— Performance And Loading Analysis Database INformation
N&B
— Northhampton and Bath railway
WBS
— Work Breakdown Structure
GUI
— Graphical User Interface (goo-ey)
SPV
— Special Purpose Vehicle (sometimes Single Purpose Vehicle)
VAT
— Value Added Tax
AP
— Accounts Payable
WWW
— World Wide Web
VO
— Variation Order
PROJEX
— Project Expenditure
GIS
— Geographic Information System
MTBF
— Mean Time Before Failure
SPOC
— Single Point Of Contact
SLA
— Service Level Agreement
GL
— General Ledger
RPI
— Retail Price Index
O&M
— Operation and Maintenance
CAPEX
— Capital Expenditure
FAQ
— Frequently Asked Questions (sometimes Pronounced Fak)
FMECA
— Failure mode effect and criticality analysis
NPV
— Net Present Value {economics}
PCB
— printed circuit board
EU
— European Union (1994; formerly referred to as the EEC or EC)
MIS
— Management Information System (OSHA)
KYLE
— Kyle Railroad
W
— Watt
RAM
— random-access memory
COSHH
— Control Of Substances Hazardous To Health (UK)
IDF
— Intermediate Distribution Frame
FAT
— Factory Acceptance Test
FX
— Foreign Exchange
AM
— Amplitude Modulation
PICOW
— Person in Charge of Works
PDH
— Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy
AE
— Account Executive
SAT
— Site Acceptance Test
RAB
— Regulatory Asset Base
COA
— Chart Of Accounts
WAN
— Wide Area Network
GPRS
— General Packet Radio Service
MDF
— Main Distribution Frame
SPAX
— Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA)
CAD
— Computer Aided Designer
BDM
— Business Development Manager
MMA
— Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway
MTTR
— Mean Time To Repair
FM
— frequency modulation
ABS
— Alabama Southern Railroad
MSE
— Mississippi Export Railroad Company
PCB
— Polychlorinated Biphenyls
AGR
— Alabama and Gulf Coast Railway
CAR
— Corrective Action Request
ISDN
— Integrated Services Digital Network
DML
— Data Manipulation Language
BRC
— Belt Railway of Chicago
CIMA
— Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
CAPM
— Capital Asset Pricing Model
NEC
— National Electrical Code
PC
— Personal computer (host)
AL
— Almanor Railroad Company
DC
— Direct Current
AQL
— Acceptable Quality Level
DCF
— discounted cash flow rate
CBI
— Confederation of British Industry
ALARP
— As Low as Reasonably Practicable
BST
— British Summer Time
JD
— Job Description
LED
— law enforcement desk; light emitting diode
ITU
— International Telecommunication Union
SHARON
— Sharon Steel
WYSIWYG
— What You See Is What You Get (pronounced Wizzy-wig. See Entry For Derived Acronyms)
OGEE
— Ogeechee Railway
AA
— Ann Arbor Railroad
PMBX
— Private Manual Branch Exchange
SQL
— Structured Query Language
PVC
— Polyvinyl Chloride
EPS
— Earnings per share
HZ
— cycles per second (hertz)
ELOX
— Elcon Inc.
NCR
— Nonconformance Report
PIC
— Person In Charge
BDW
— Bighorn Divide and Wyoming Railroad
TCP/IP
— transmission control protocol/internet protocol
HR
— HUMAN RESOURCES
AF
— Audio Frequency
ELCB
— Earth Leakage Circuit Breaker
DOS
— Disk Operating System
FURNO
— Until FURther NOtice
FOC
— Freight Operating Company
LSI
— Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad
NEMA
— National Electric Manufacturer's Association
SMS
— Safety Management Systems
PM
— Project Manager
ROCE
— Return On Capital Employed
OSI
— Open Systems Interconnection (iso Standard)
GMT
— Greenwich Mean Time (Zulu)
DTI
— Department of Trade and Industry (UK)
BSOR
— Buffalo Southern Railroad
SAE
— Society of Automotive Engineers
RISC
— Reduced Instruction Set Computer
SQVR
— Sequatchie Valley Railroad
AKMD
— Arkansas Midland Railroad Company
PGR
— Progressive Rail
UFN
— Until Further Notice
GRN
— Goods Received Note
PDP
— Personal Development Plan
CR
— Change Request
BAA
— British Airports Authority
COTS
— Commercial Off the Shelf Software
PABX
— private automatic branch exchange (telephone)
EMP
— Environmental Management Plan
CCTV
— Closed Circuit Television
OTR
— Oakland Terminal Railway
M&E
— Mechanical & Electrical
RTU
— Remote Terminal Unit
HV
— High Voltage
NIC
— National Insurance Contributions
IEE
— Institution of Electrical Engineers
IGBT
— Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor
IEC
— International Electrotechnical Commission
LA
— Local Authority
EIA
— Environmental impact assessment (international)
AR
— Accounts Receivable
EMC
— Electromagnetic Compatibility
SIL
— Safety Integrity Level
LOA
— Limit of Authority
AR
— Aberdeen and Rockfish Railroad
HW
— Hardware
NI
— National Insurance
TOFC
— trailer-on-flatcar
AKDN
— Acadiana Railway Company
OCB
— Oil Circuit Breaker
CGT
— Capital Gains Tax
ARZC
— Arizona and California Railroad
CB
— Circuit Breaker
SCADA
— Supervisory Control And Data Aquisition
BRW
— Black River and Western railroad
HSC
— Health and Safety Commission
CF
— Cape Fear Railways Incorporated
BBOH
— Bloomingburg Ohio
EVA
— Ethylene Vinyl Acetate
PRV
— Pearl River Valley Railroad Company
CBL
— Conemaugh and Black Lick Railroad
OROR
— Outside Rules Of the Route
AGCR
— Alamo Gulf Coast Railroad Company
ADBF
— Adrian and Blissfield Rail Road
IR
— Illinois Railnet
MBO
— Management Buy-Out
ONT
— Ontario Northland Railway
BCLR
— Bay Colony Railroad
PW
— Providence and Worcester 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
ATW
— Atlantic and Western Railway
CAXX
— CEMENTO CRUZ AZUL
CSM
— Customer Service Manager
ARR
— Alaska Railroad
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
ANR
— Angelina and Neches River Railroad
PBVR
— Port Bienville Railroad
LD
— Liquidated Damages
PHA
— Preliminary Hazard Analysis
APA
— Apache Railway Company
KCS
— Kansas City Southern Railway
PBT
— Profit Before Tax
NOKL
— Northwestern Oklahoma Railroad
AWRR
— Austin Western Railroad
RHS
— Rectangular Hollow Section
UPS
— Uninterruptible Power Supply
ITT
— Invitation To Tender
SSC
— Southern Switching Company
APNC
— Appanoose County Community Railroad
ACOP
— Approved Code Of Practice (UK)
TRC
— Trona Railway Company
CHR
— Chestnut Ridge Railway Company
SDH
— Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (ATM)
OMID
— Ontario Midland Railroad Corporation
OAR
— Old Augusta Railroad
EPROM
— Electrically Programmable Read Only Memory
BJRY
— Burlington Junction Railway
CRL
— Chicago Rail Link
NCIR
— New Castle Industrial Railroad
NOPB
— New Orleans Public Belt Railroad
DMM
— Dansville and Mount Morris Railroad Company
ALAB
— Alabama Railroad
BB
— Buckingham Branch Railroad
ISRS
— International Safety Rating System
SRC
— Strasburg Railroad
BOP
— Border Pacific Railroad Company
BRG
— Brownsville and Rio Grande International Railroad
CCKY
— Chattooga and Chickamauga Railway Company
STR
— Shawnee Terminal Railway Company
PAX
— Private Automatic Exchange
BPRR
— Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad Inc.
MNN
— Minnesota Northern Railroad Incorporated
PSBR
— Public Sector Borrowing Requirement
NS
— Norfolk Southern Railway
MSV
— Mississippi and Skuna Valley Railroad Company
SVRR
— Shamokin Valley Railroad Company
CFWR
— Caney Fork and Western Railroad
SLAL
— South Plains Lamesa Railroad
SLC
— San Luis Central Railroad Company
ASRY
— Ashland Railway
CW
— Colorado and Wyoming railway
SW
— Southwestern Railroad Company
ARC
— Alexander Railroad
CNZR
— Central New England Railroad
VM
— Value Management
GBP
— Great British Pound
LW
— Louisville and Wadley Railway Company
SCRF
— South Carolina Central Railroad
CTR
— Clinton Terminal Railroad Company
PBR
— Patapsco and Back Rivers Railroad
OCTL
— Oil Creek and Titusville Lines, Inc.
RARW
— Rarus Railway Company
RSR
— Rochester and Southern Railroad
PCN
— Point Comfort and Northern Railway
KKRR
— Knox and Kane Railroad Company
CBRW
— Columbia Basin Railroad
EC
— European Community
CAGY
— Columbus and Greenville Railway Company
LV
— Low Voltage
CFNR
— California Northern Railroad
SMA
— San Manuel Arizona Railroad Company
FRS
— Functional Requirements Specifications
BLR
— Blacklands railroad
MET
— Modesto and Empire Traction Company
CMPA
— Madison railroad
OTVR
— Otter Tail Valley Railroad Company
SLWC
— Stillwater Central Railroad
BVRY
— Brandywine Valley Railroad Company
LCR
— Lake County Railroad
RC
— Reinforced Concrete
SAPT
— Savannah Port Terminal Railroad Incorporated
CC
— Chicago Central and Pacific Railroad Company
MH
— Mount Hood Railroad
CLC
— Columbia and Cowlitz Railway Company
RRVW
— Red River Valley and Western Railroad
WCOR
— Wellsboro and Corning Railroad Company
AZCR
— Arizona Central Railroad
NDT
— Nondestructive Test
CTRR
— Cloquet Terminal Railroad
PRY
— Pioneer Industrial railway
NSHR
— North Shore Railroad
MCER
— Massachusetts Central Railroad
CALA
— Carolina Southern Railroad
MRL
— Montana Rail Link
WRRC
— Western Rail Road Company
UMP
— Upper Merion and Plymouth Railroad
DME
— Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad Company
NERR
— Nashville and Eastern Railroad
LSRC
— Lake State Railway Company
FOC
— Free Of Charge. Widely used acronym promising a good deal, however see TANSTAAFL.
KJRY
— Keokuk Junction Railway
YW
— Yreka Western Railroad Company
CCRR
— Claremont Concord Railroad
URR
— Union Railroad
ECU
— European Currency Unit
WATC
— Washington Terminal Company
SCTR
— South Central Tennessee Railroad
CHB
— Cleveland Harbor Belt
DPC
— Damp Proof Course
NMGR
— New Mexico Gateway Railroad
CMSL
— Cape May Seashore Lines
CLP
— Clarendon and Pittsford Railroad
CCRA
— Camp Chase Industrial Railroad
MDS
— Meridian Southern Railway
MDDE
— Maryland and Delaware Railroad
CPO
— Compulsory Purchase Order
PNW
— Prescott and Northwestern Railroad
TCWR
— Twin Cities and Western Railroad
CBRY
— Copper Basin Railway
NCVA
— North Carolina and Virginia Railroad
NSR
— Newburgh and South Shore Railroad Compan
CIRR
— Chattahoochee Industrial Railroad
TR
— Tomahawk Railway
KJR
— Kiski Junction Railroad
KRR
— Kiamichi Railroad
DCRR
— Dubois County Railroad
SAN
— Sandersville Railroad
MPLI
— Minnesota Prairie Line Incorporated
SLR
— St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad Company
POTB
— Port of Tillamook Bay Railroad
LEU
— Lineside Electronic Unit
PLC
— Public limited company
XLPE
— Crosslinked Polyethylene
SLRG
— San Luis and Rio Grande railroad
SM
— St. Mary's Railroad
LT
— Lake Terminal Railroad Company
PVS
— Pecos Valley Southern Railway Company
KT
— Kentucky and Tennessee Railway Company
SMV
— Santa Maria Valley Railroad Company
TSE
— Texas South-Eastern Railroad Company
WSR
— Warren and Saline River Railroad
KBSR
— Kankakee Beaverville and Southern Railroad Company
QRR
— Quincy Railroad Company
NVRR
— NAPA Valley Railroad Company
WNFR
— Kanawha Rail Corporation
RVSC
— Rio Valley Switching Company
NYOG
— New York and Ogdensburg Railway Company Incorporated
STMA
— St. Maries River Railroad Company
POVA
— Pend Oreille Valley Railroad
TVRR
— Tulare Valley Railroad Company
EIB
— European Investment Bank
NYGL
— New York and Greenwood Lake Railway
YARR
— Youngstown and Austintown Railroad
ISRR
— Indiana Southern Railroad
CTN
— Canton Railroad Company
MJ
— Manufacturers Junction Railway Company
CP
— Canadian Pacific Railway
CT
— Columbia Terminal
NRLC
— National Railway Labor Conference
NCRC
— Nebraska Central Railroad
NRI
— Nebkota Railway Incorporated
TSU
— Tulsa-Sapulpa Union Railway
MRS
— Manufacturers Railway
WTNN
— West Tennessee Railroad
GPF
— General Protection Fault
SCFE
— South Central Florida Express Incorporated
NAUG
— Naugatuck Railroad Company
CPDR
— Carolina Piedmont Railroad
DC
— Delray Connecting Railroad Company
MNNR
— Minnesota Commercial Railway
COEH
— Conecuh Valley Railroad
CBGR
— Council Bluffs Railway
VR
— Valdosta Railway
COP
— City of Prineville Railway
RSS
— Rockdale, Sandow & Southern Railroad
SBVR
— South Branch Valley Rail Road
IBH
— Intermediate Block Home Signal
NEBOSH
— National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health
WPRR
— Willamette and Pacific Railroad
RVPR
— Riverport railroad
CSCD
— Cascade and Columbia River Railroad Company
PORTIS
— Portable Ticket Issuing System
NENE
— Nebraska Northeastern Railway
KLSC
— Kalamazoo, Lake Shore and Chicago Railway
CPD
— Continuous Professional Development
HSE
— Health & Safety Executive Officer
OUCH
— Ouachita Railroad
VTR
— Vermont Railway
NBER
— Nittany and Bald Eagle Railroad Company
SBRR
— Stourbridge Railroad Company
MMID
— Maryland Midland Railway
YRC
— York Railway
FRA
— Federal Railroad Administration
TB
— Trial Balance
PA
— Personal Assistant
YVRR
— Yadkin Valley Railroad
PICK
— Pickens railway
TBRY
— Thermal Belt Railway
PNWR
— Portland and Western Railroad Incorporated
OD
— Outside Diameter
NKCR
— Nebraska, Kansas & Colorado RailNet
AVI
— Automatic Vehicle Identification
NYCH
— New York Cross Harbor Railroad Terminal Corporation
MCR
— McCloud Railway Company
PTR
— Port Terminal Railroad of South Carolina
LVRR
— Lycoming Valley Railroad
MSCI
— Mississippi Central Railroad Company
WBCR
— Wabash Central railroad
RPRC
— Richmond Pacific Railroad Corporation
TDMA
— Time Division Multiple Access
RMT
— National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers
DDA
— Disability Discrimination Act
MSTR
— Massena Terminal Railroad Company
SGLR
— Seminole Gulf Railway
TSRR
— Tennessee Southern Railroad
REFOS
— Running Edge to Face Of Structure
WSRY
— Winamac Southern railway
SMIS
— Safety Management Information System
FE
— Finite Element
SS
— Sand Springs Railway Company
TDM
— Time Division Multiplexer
DD&I
— Design Development and Implementation
H&S
— Health and Safety
UTAH
— Utah Railway
OHCR
— Ohio Central Railroad
MOD
— Ministry Of Defence (United Kingdom) And Various Other Countries
SW
— Software (SFTWE Preferred)
PMCS
— Project Management Control System
TNHR
— Three Notch railroad
HVAC
— Heating, Ventilating, And Air Conditioning
RC
— Remote Control
VRRC
— Vandalia Railroad
OOO
— Out Of Order
HL
— High Level
LPC
— Louisiana Paving Corp
PTW
— Permit to Work (UK)
RCD
— Residual Current Device
FTVM
— FerroValle
NVQ
— National Vocational Qualification
PAYE
— Pay-As-You-Earn
MEBO
— Management and Employee Buy Out
FC
— Financial Controller
DSE
— Display Screen Equipment
RAMS
— Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Safety
RSSX
— Rail Switching Service
SOCO
— Scene Of Crime Officer
FOC
— Fibre Optic Cable
RSA
— Railway Study Association
PDT
— Portable Data Terminal
FDM
— Frequency Division Multiplex
CIMAH
— Control of Industrial Major Accident Hazard
NAO
— National Audit Office
NFF
— No Fault Found
UB
— Universal Beam
UT
— Ultrasonic Testing
WB
— Westbound
PFI
— Private Finance Initiative
OLEMI
— Overhead Line Equipment Master Index
EMCAR
— Empty Carriages
OS
— Ordnance Survey
AFC
— Approved For Construction
IMDG
— International Maritime Dangerous Goods
FAST
— Federation Against Software Theft
HAZCHEM
— Hazardous Chemical
APM
— Assistant Project Manager
CPC
— Circuit Protective Conductor
MPV
— Multi-Purpose Vehicle
RBC
— Radio Block Centre
EPI
— Environmental Performance Indicator
USN
— United States Navy
LRT
— Light-Rail Transit
AVP
— Assistant Vice President
BS
— British Standard
AKS
— AK Steel Holding Corporation
TMP
— Traffic Management Plan
RIO
— Rail Incident Officer
WI
— Work Instruction
MDF
— Medium Density Fibreboard
GMTX
— GATX Rail Locomotive Group
IR
— Ingersoll-Rand Company
RT
— Radiographic Testing
PSN
— Packet Switched Network
RIDDOR'95
— Reporting of Injuries, Disease and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995
SCHLID
— SCHedule IDentity
PMT
— Project Management Team
SMBX
— Southern MN Sugar Beet Coop
RR
— Railroad
BTP
— British Transport Police
EXPOTEL
— hotel accommodation and conference booking agency
PACT
— PAved Concrete Track
DSS
— Department of Social Security
RTA
— Regional Transportation Authority
LVDT
— Linear Variable Differential Transformer
DETR
— Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
CPS
— Crown Prosecution Service (UK criminal justice system)
QX
— Qualifying eXceptions
OTDR
— Optical Time Domain Reflectometer
CATS
— Charlotte Area Transit System
EG
— Executive Grade: old style executive job grading system
ETA
— Expected Time of Arrival
BP
— British Petroleum
AFC
— Anticipated Final Cost
PROM
— Programmable Read Only Memory (chip)
HST
— High Speed Train
CIS
— Customer Information System
BP
— Business Plan
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
OPEX
— Operating Expenditure
PSTN
— Public Switched Telecommunications Network
CITB
— Construction Industry Training Board
MM
— Money Market
AMP
— Asset Management Plan
ECO
— Electrical Control Operator
ATO
— Automatic Train Operation
CCI
— Confirmation of Client's Instruction
RTHQ
— RailTrack HeadquartersRailCons
LCP
— Local Control Panel
PNB
— Personal Needs Break
RRI
— Route Relay Interlocking
ITE
— Institute of Transportation Engineers
LOP
— Loss of Power
LPO
— Local Process Owner
QS
— quantity surveyor
PWM
— Pulse width modulation
RTA
— Road Traffic Accident (British)
DQM
— Data Quality Manager
JC
— Junction
GTO
— Gate Turn-Off thyristor
D&I
— Design and Implementation
P&E
— Plant and Equipment
PA
— Public Addresses
BSC
— Base Station Controller
IC
— Illinois Central Railroad
SIMBIDS
— SIMplified BI–Directional Signalling
PDMX
— Programmable Digital Multiplexer
DD
— Direct Debit
MTBHE
— Mean Time Between Hazardous Events
FRS
— Financial Reporting Standard
BN
— Burlington Northern Railroad
ILWS
— Inductive Loop Warning System
NKP
— Nickel Plate Road
CD ROM
— Compact Disc Read-Only Memory
AEA
— Atomic Energy Authority
TBE
— To Be Evaluated
CCA
— Current Cost Accounting
ATC
— Automatic Train Control
ETH
— Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule
FDDI
— Fibre Distributed Data Interface
COCP
— Code of Construction Practice
NYC
— New York Central Railroad
BRASS
— British Railways Additional Superannuation Scheme
CDM
— Construction Design and Management
PTO
— Public Telecommunications Operator
ABL
— Alameda Belt Line
PRR
— Pennsylvania Railroad
ENGLEWOOD
— Englewood Railway
KE
— Kinematic Envelope
GE
— Great Eastern
VRE
— Virginia Railway Express
SCXY
— St. Croix Valley Railroad Company
TMS
— Traffic Management System
PPM
— Planned Preventative Maintenance
TBW
— Temporary Block Working
P&M
— Plant & Machinery
PTI
— Positive Train Identification
PT&R
— Promotion Transfer and Redundancy
PDFH
— Passenger Demand Forecasting Handbook
BSP
— Bulk Supply Point
R&R
— Rationalisation and Resignalling
BCHX
— Bosques De Chihuahua
KX
— Kings Cross
IC
— Intercity
OEL
— Occupational Exposure Limit
HA
— Highways Agency
PTE
— Passenger Transport Executive
MP
— Milepost
HEP
— Head-End Power
GLW
— Gross Laden Weight
WP
— Western Pacific
SCAX
— Southern California Regional Rail Authority
JDHX
— JD Heiskell
GN
— Great Northern Railway
TOC
— Train Operating Company
FTA
— Freight Transport Association
AT
— Auto Transformer
OPU
— Operational Planning Unit
ESSD
— Electrostatic Sensitive Device
NR
— Network Rail
DART
— Dallas Area Rapid Transit
FTA
— Federal Transit Administration
REN
— Ringer Equivalence Number
ETM
— Electric Track Maintenance
WSOR
— WISCONSIN & SOUTHERN
EPRY
— East Penn Railway
ATPM
— Automatic Train Protection Manual
FP
— Footpath
FSG
— Financial Statement Generator
EC
— Excellent Condition
SPM
— Senior Project Manager
CTRL
— Channel Tunnel Rail Link
PW
— Permanent Way
ROSCO
— Rolling Stock Leasing Company
ANBX
— Anbel Corporation
PICOP
— Person In Charge Of Possession
SP
— Southern Pacific Railroad
OCS
— Overhead Catenary System
SLUT
— South Lake Union Trolley
A&GW
— Atlantic and Great Western Railroad
JS2
— advanced signalling cable jointing and testing
VOL.
— volume
VIAMONT
— Viamont
FJLC
— Fabrica de Jabon la Corona
TD–D
— Data Course (Training)
SRA
— Strategic Rail Authority
LFCD
— Linea Coahuila Durango SA de CV
PCV
— Petty Cash Voucher
SOU
— Southern Oregon University
ISG
— International Steel Group
CRR OF NJ
— Central Railroad of New Jersey
RCF
— Rolling Contact Fatigue
ALQS
— Aliquippa and Southern Railroad Company
NRSC
— Network Rail railway Safety Case
SPT
— Signal Post Telephone
EXCO
— Railtrack Line Executive Committee
TO
— Technical Officer
CAT
— Central Arkansas Transit
GP
— Georgia-Pacific
RO-RO
— Roll On-roll Off
MPI
— Magnetic Particle Inspection
JTC
— Jointless Track Circuit
IHB
— Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad
UTX
— Under Track Crossing
OE
— Oregon Electric Railway Company
CV
— Central Vermont Railway
TCS
— Traffic Control System
LMLX
— Livingston Mountain Locomotive Works
AIP
— Approval in Principle
DO
— Driver Only
URFDO
— Ultrasonic Rail Flaw Detector Operator
BH–RAIL
— Bull Head RAIL Section
SLU
— Standard Length Unit
ICMU
— Interference Current Monitoring Unit
IMC2
— 2nd generation Infrastructure Maintenance Contract
SSR
— Super Saver Return
CSAO
— Conrail Shared Assets Operation
SMTH
— Signal Maintenance Tester's Handbook
SRN
— Sabine River and Northern
PTA
— Passenger Transport Authority
LEC
— London Electricity Contracting Limited
AAX
— Agrico Chemical Company
CB
— Central Battery
EZP
— Electro–Zinc Plating
RE
— Resident Engineer
SWOT
— Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats analysis
COSS
— Controller of Site Safety
JDNX
— J & M Locomotive Inc.
SSI
— Solid State Interlocking
MP
— Missouri Pacific Railroad
NER
— North Eastern Railway
EOA
— End of Authority
NJNY
— New Jersey and New York Railroad
CAIX
— CAI Rail Inc.
UGL
— Up Goods Line
AB
— Additions and Betterments
GWRR
— Great Walton Railroad Incorporation
SWT
— South West Trains
CR
— Conrail
AAR
— American Association of Railroads
SSSI
— Site of Special Scientific Interest
RJCM
— R.J. Corman Railroad Company/ Memphis Line
FFT
— Functional Fault Tree
BCC
— Banking Control Account
XC
— Cross-Country
CBS
— Contract Breakdown Structure
FRED
— Financial Reporting Exposure Draft
WHPX
— W.F. Hall Printing
ID&T
— Implementation, Development and Training
CPMG
— Company Performance Management Group
TCI
— Track Circuit Interrupter
AEAT RAIL
— The Former British Rail Research
RJCL
— R.J. Corman Railroad Company/ Cleveland line
GER
— Great Eastern Railway
RJCN
— R.J. Corman Railroad Company/ Allentown Lines Incorporated
MEAV
— Modern Equivalent Asset Value
LJU
— Line Jack Unit
LO-LO
— Lift on, lift off,
GP
— General Purpose
SSHA
— Subsystem Hazard Analysis
IORY
— Indiana & Ohio Railway
SIGWEN
— Signalling Equipment Workshop Engineering Notice
CAHA
— Claims Allocation and Handling Agreement
DBFO
— Design Build Finance Operate
FTRX
— Foster Townsend Rail Logistics
RJCW
— R.J. Corman Railroad Company/ Western Ohio Line
BCWS
— Budgeted Cost of Work Scheduled
FR
— Feasibility Report
OHL
— OverHead Line
DPI
— Dye Penetrant Inspection
FDC
— Financial Data Control
TPLX
— The Pacific Lumber Co
ROW
— Renewal Of Way
SPWEE
— Safety Procedures for Working on Electrical Equipment
CCLX
— Crystal Car Lines
MVB
— Multifunctional Vehicle Bus
GIJ
— Glued Insulated rail Joint
EAC
— Extended Arm Contract
MYC
— Multi-Year Coverage
USAF
— U.S. Air Force
TQ
— Technical Query
SIN
— Special Inspection Notice
QAM
— Quality Assurance Manager
HN
— Hutchinson and Northern Railway Company
ACWP
— AccuracyActual Cost of Work Performed
GMPTE
— Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive
CITDS
— Construction Industry Tax Deduction Scheme
LSB
— Local Sensor Bus
EBS
— Emergency Bypass Switch
MTBFF
— Mean Time Between Functional Failures
PAMX
— PrivAte Manual branch eXchange
ATS
— Automatic Train Supervision (for rail signaling systems)
OSGR
— Ordnance Survey Grid Reference
WRIX
— Western Rail Incorporated
EUROSPIN
— European Seamless Passenger Information Network
CRP
— Central Railroad of Pennsylvania
CRE
— Contractor's Responsible Engineer
ELHS
— Erie Lackawanna Historical Society
GMPTA
— Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Authority
ADD
— Automatic Dropping Device
LMA
— Limit of Movement Authority
GSM–R
— Global System for Mobile communications for Railways
RIFAA
— Rail Industry First Aid Association
AMTK
— Amtrak
FWWR
— Fort Worth and Western Railroad
TSC
— Train Service Code
BKRR
— Batten Kill Railroad
TCS
— Train Control System
SYPTE
— South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive
PPG
— Planning Policy Guidance notes
NMRX
— New Mexico Department of Transportation-New Mexico Rail Runner Express
RTS
— Rapid Transit Systems
CCF
— Control Centre of the Future
SPI
— Safety Performance Indicator
W/S
— Work Station
HMCR
— Huntsville and Madison County Railroad Authority
ESMS
— Engineering Safety Management System
NBV
— Net Book Value
OCC
— Occupied
BTA
— British Transport Advertising
S&SD
— Systems and Safety Department
HABD
— Hot Axle Box Detector
GSPP
— General Specification for Possession Planning
AWS
— Automatic Warning System
CSL
— Chicago Short Line Railway Company
DOE
— Department of the Environment (Canada)
ISO
— International Standards Organisation
LDDC
— London Docklands Development Corporation (UK)
BNS
— Birmingham New Street
DSRC
— DAKOTA SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY
PRDC
— Princess Royal Distribution Centre
VT
— Virgin Trains
LS
— Luzerne and Susquehanna Railway
DNC
— Declared Non–Compliance
MTTRS
— Mean Time to Restore Service
TPW
— TOLEDO PEORIA & WESTERN
QRP
— Quarterly Reporting Pack
ETRB
— Electronic Train Register Book
ORC
— Order of Railroad Conductors
D&D
— Design & Development
MILW
— Milwaukee Road
TSR
— Temporary Speed Restriction
RJCP
— R.J. Corman Railroad Company/ Pennsylvan
SDNX
— Coaster
DVT
— Driving Van Trailer
PRT
— Philadelphia Rapid Transit
PLJI
— Position Light Junction Indicator
BGCM
— Bg & Cm Railroad
LRV
— Light-Rail Vehicle
APTIS
— All Purpose Ticket Issuing System
PDRR
— Pee Dee River RR
ST
— Springfield Terminal Railway Company
PI
— Paducah & Illinois Railroad
MPI
— Motive Power Industries
E&G
— Edinburgh to Glasgow line
ROTR
— Rules of the Route
NSE
— Network Southeast
PTC
— Philadelphia Transportation Company
CE
— Contract Engineer
BH
— Bath & Hammondsport Railroad Company
PON
— Periodical Operating Notice
TOOS
— Taken Out of Service
RRNE
— Regional Railways North East
HTT
— Harsco Track Technologies
SNCB
— Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Belges
C&O
— Chesapeake and Ohio railroad
ECRO
— Electrical Control Room Operator
SLRR
— St. Lawrence & Raquette River Railroad
ECS
— Empty Coaching Stock
CWR
— CWR Incorporated
AF
— Alabama & Florida Railway Company
NRES
— National Rail Enquiry Service
CI
— Contract Instruction
HTS
— High Tensile Steel
TVRM
— Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum
VRG
— Virgin Rail Group
UTLX
— Union Tank Car Company
ETCS
— European Train Control System
SP&SN
— Single Phase and Switched Neutral
ETL
— Essex Terminal Railway Company
FNW
— First North Western
FSH
— Full Screen Height
OOG
— Out of Gauge
BLW
— Baldwin Locomotive Works
ACT
— Advanced Corporation Tax
EFRX
— Eastside Freight Railroad
FIO
— For Information Only
SHA
— Safety Hazard Analysis
LMSX
— Locomotive Management Services
PIO
— Police Incident Officer
GNRTS
— Greater Nottingham Rapid Transit System
FRP
— Field Reporting Procedures
CIW
— CHICAGO & ILLINOIS WESTERN
HBT
— HOUSTON BELT & TERMINAL
RJCC
— R.J. Corman Railroad/Kentucky Lines
SBK
— South Brooklyn Railway Company
NY&E
— New York and Erie Railroad
LEB
— London Electricity Board
ADRC
— Access Dispute Resolution Committee
HMFI
— Her Majesty's Factory Inspectorate
CIP
— Core Investment Program
L/S
— Late Start
ABCL
— Automatic Barrier level Crossing Locally monitored by train crew
CPD
— Capital Programmes Directorate
AD&R
— Asset Development and Renewal
AM
— Arkansas and Missouri
PMUX
— Panel Multiplexer
TP&SN
— Three Phase and Switched Neutral
RWY
— Railway
CRT
— Critical Rail Temperature
EE&CS
— Electrical Engineering & Control Systems
RIC
— Regolamento Internazionale Carrozze
ETH INDEX
— Electric Trains Heating Capacity
CBQ
— CHICAGO BURLINGTON & QUINCY
ABA
— Air Brake Association
COS
— Client Operating System
SILX
— S&I LOCOMOTIVE SERVICES, INC.
PIDS
— Passenger Information Display System
ADN
— Ashley, Drew & Northern
SRNJ
— Southern Railroad Company of New Jersey
LHR
— Lehigh and Hudson River Railway
TBTC
— Transmission-Based Train Control
COER
— CRAB ORCHARD & EGYPTIAN
GMO
— Gulf Mobile and Ohio
SCUK
— Signalling Controls Uk Ltd
TMD
— Traction Maintenance Depot
OLE
— Overhead Line Equipment
TCAID
— Track Circuit Actuator Interference Detector
IDMS
— Integrated Document Management System
SRT
— Sectional Running Time
E&P
— Electrification and Plant
CEFX
— CIT Group/Capital Finance, Inc
PWI
— Permanent Way Institution
ECR
— Electrical Control Room
PRYL
— Port Royal Railroad
RAYO
— Rayonier
HCA
— Historic Cost Accounting
AHBLC
— Automatic Half Barrier Level Crossing
HQ
— Head Quarters
DB
— Deutsche Bahn
SPAD
— Signal Passed At Danger
SRS
— Sperry Rail Service
ATOC
— Association of Train Operating Companies
ETT
— Employee Timetable
CET
— Controlled Emission Toilet
MHSW
— Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations 1992
MNS
— Minneapolis Northfield & Southern
DGL
— Down Goods Loop
TPWS–E
— Train Protection and Warning System based on Euro–balise technology
ER
— Employer's Representative
NYLB
— New York and Long Branch Railroad Company
GTRM
— GT Railway Maintenance
LEN
— Lake Erie and Northern Railway Company
F/B
— Foot Bridge
GU
— Grafton and Upton Railroad Company
PMI
— Project Manager's Instruction
ASLEF
— Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen
PJR
— Port Jersey Railroad
LV
— Lehigh Valley Railroad
ATS
— Aviation Technical Services (SPAWAR, US Navy)
FTRL
— Foster Townsend Rail Logistics
EFL
— External Financing Limit
RHA
— Road Haulage Association
CS
— COLORADO & SOUTHERN
ABB
— Akron-Barberton Belt railroad
CSS
— CHICAGO SOUTH SHORE & SOUTH BEND
LFB
— London Fire Brigade
SWGX
— Southwest Georgia Railroad Excursion Authority/Sam Shortline Excursion Train
BTOG
— British Transport Officers Guild
AEAT
— AEA Technology PLC
ABB
— Akron and Barberton Belt Railroad Company
GCSR
— Gulf, Colorado, and San Saba Railway
EM
— Edgemoor & Manetta Railway
ROSIN
— Railway Open System Interconnection Network
PGE
— Pacific Great Eastern Railway
OCL
— Operational Communications Link
FNTX
— Ferronet Sa De Cv
TFVM
— Terminal Ferroviaria Del Velle De Mexico Sa De Cv
RITC
— Railway Industry Training Council
NTO
— National Training Organisation
CMNW
— CHICAGO MISSOURI & WESTERN
CPMT
— Central Project Management Team
MQT
— Marquette Rail
GMRY
— Great Miami and Scioto Railway
CIÉ
— Corás Iompair Éireann
SLR
— ST. LAWRENCE & ATLANTIC
SSOR
— Sisseton Southern Railway Company
PLMX
— CIT Group/Capital Finance, Inc
FEC
— Florida East Coast
HMRI
— Her Majesty's Railway Inspectorate
AWS
— Auxiliary Wayside System
PIP
— Property Investment Panel
OHNS
— OverHead Line Neutral Section
CIC
— CEDAR RAPIDS & IOWA CITY
GBRY
— Gettysburg Railway
BO
— BALTIMORE & OHIO)
SSN–FTA
— Subsystem Fault Tree Analysis
NORTA
— New Orleans Regional Transit Authority
MTR
— Mass Transit Railway
AVGX
— Avon Grain
AWP
— ATLANTA & WEST POINT)
RETB
— Radio Electronic Token Block
KCT
— Kansas City Terminal Railway
CEI
— CHICAGO & EASTERN ILLINOIS
IMECHE
— Institution of Mechanical Engineers
AEM
— Area Environmental Manager
WTT
— Working Time Table
SPCC
— Southern Peru Copper Corporation
PM
— Production Manager
FDDM
— FORT DODGE DES MOINES & SOUTHERN
WMPTA
— West Midlands Passenger Transport Authority
RSP
— Rail Settlement Plan
SRP
— System Review Panel
FWD
— FORT WORTH & DENVER
WICT
— WISCONSIN & CALUMET
OCRR
— Ottawa Central Railway
CAD
— Cadiz Railroad
B&O
— Baltimore and Ohio railroad
HFDG
— Human Factors Development Group
RIPM
— Railtrack Investment Prioritisation Model
LNER
— London and North Eastern Railway
CRI
— CHICAGO RIVER & INDIANA
EIRC
— Eastern Illinois Railroad Company
WLL
— West London Line
SIRT
— STATEN ISLAND RAPID TRANSIT
FMEA
— Failure Mode and Effect Analysis
BEEM
— Beech Mountain Railroad Corporation
CGRX
— Consolidated Grain and Barge Company
W&N
— Wharton and Northern railroad
MAA
— Magma Arizona Railroad Company
CEDAC
— Civil Engineering Design And Construction
QCM
— Chemin de fer Cartier
BM
— BOSTON & MAINE
LC
— Level Crossing
ICAEW
— Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales
TRTS
— Train Ready To Start indicator
GCSX
— Granite City Steel Co
ICDB
— Industry Capacity DataBase
AC
— Algoma Central Railway
CESM
— Civil Engineering Safety Manual
TPH
— Trains per Hour
BMWE
— Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees
CDNP
— Cheques Drawn Not Presented
FCA
— Ferrovia Centro Atlantica
REB
— Relocatable Equipment Building
ALG
— Association of London Government
DTI
— Detroit, Toledo, & Ironton
LC
— LANCASTER & CHESTER
JN
— Junction
ACIO
— Assistant Chief Inspecting Officer
WSP
— Wheel Slip Protection
POHC
— Pittsburgh & Ohio Central
PIZ
— Pfizer
AP TDM
— Accounts Payable Electronics, Time Division Multiplex
PRI
— Preliminary Routing Indicator
WABCO
— Westinghouse Air Brake Company
ER
— Erie Railroad
THB
— TORONTO HAMILTON & BUFFALO
NJT
— New Jersey Transit
WLE
— Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway Company
FHIX
— Fruit Growers Express
INLORS
— INner London Orbital Route Strategy
URFD
— Ultrasonic Rail Flaw Detection
SSIHA
— SubSystem Interface Hazard Analysis
NUCX
— Nucor Steel Crawfordsville
GBW
— Green Bay & Western Railroad
SI
— Spokane International Railroad Company
LOSX
— Locomotive Specialists, Inc.
LWR
— Long Welded Rail
NTBEP
— Not to Be Exceeded Price
FCP
— Ferrocarril del Pacifico
NBEC
— New Brunswick East Coast Railway Company Incorporated
GCFX
— Alstom Canada Transport
MTRT
— Matisa Track Recording Trolley
DH
— Delaware and Hudson Railroad
AEPX
— American Electric Power Service
ZFC
— Zone Freight Controller
CSN
— Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional
ZIAR
— Zone Infrastructure Asset Register
DL&W
— Delaware, Lackawanna and Western railroad
ZOC
— Zone Operational Control
POMG
— Police Incident Office
PABS
— Passenger track Access Billing System
PLGS
— Position Light Ground Signal
QC
— Quebec Central
MRP
— Monthly Reporting Pack
BRIMS
— British Rail Incident Monitoring System
IMR
— Interlocking Machine Room
TCT
— Texas City Terminal Railway Company
DCTA
— Denton County Transportation Authority
DSL
— Denver & Salt Lake
GTR
— Great River Railroad
LGV
— Ligne Grande Vitesse
DBSO
— Driving Brake Second Open
P
— Programme
GRIP
— Guide to Railway Investment Projects
OOU
— Out of Use
AB
— Akron and Barberton Cluster Railway Company
FNOR
— Florida Northern Railroad
SGVY
— Saginaw Valley Railway Company Incorpora
DPPP
— Draft Period Possession Plan
JLE
— Jubilee Line Extension
JCT
— Joint Construction Trades
RFD
— Rail Freight Distribution
ECBR
— East Cooper and Berkeley Railroad Company
HOPO
— Head Of Projects Organisation
KWT
— Kwt Railway, Inc.
TTC
— Toronto Transit Corporation
ARPS
— Association of Railway Preservation Societies
CO
— Chesapeake and Ohio railroad
RITS
— Rail Infrastructure Transport System
SNCF
— Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Français
LMD
— Light Maintenance Depot
ATR
— Automatic Train Regulation
KIWIRAIL
— Kiwi Rail
LTEX
— Larry's Truck Electric
PROCSYS
— Procurement Control
RR
— Railroad Reporting
COI
— Confirmation Of verbal Instruction
PHRR
— Port Harbor Railroad
ACTO
— Association of Charter Train Operators
CCT
— Central California Traction Company
GWT
— Great Western Trains
WOHO
— Wabash and Ohio Railroad
IERS
— International Environmental Rating System
WMPTE
— West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive
DPL
— Down Passenger Loop
ECTB
— East Chattanooga Belt Railway Company
SN
— Sacramento Northern Railway
IECC
— Integrated Electronic Control Centre
CRR
— Clinchfield Railroad
TWS
— Tax Work Sheets
KOT
— Kentucky-Ohio Transportation Co
RAFS
— Rail Freight Billing System
CHALET
— Casualties, Hazards, Access, Location, Emergency services and Time
ZTE
— Zone Telecommunications Engineer
GA
— Georgia Railroad
AVL
— Aroostook Valley Railroad Company
TRACA
— Track Condition Assessment
COBA
— Cost Benefit Analysis
EOTD
— End of Train Device
MUNI
— San Francisco Municipal Railway
TGV
— Train a Grande Vitesse
WYPTE
— West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive
CRUCC
— Central Rail Users Consultative Committee
AGW
— Atlantic and Great Western railroad
POA
— Payment On Account
ILSX
— Independent Locomotive Service
VC
— Virginia Central Railway
MLRI
— Multi–Lamp Route Indicator
DEP
— Designated Earth Point
AHBC
— Automatic Half Barrier Crossing
NPBL
— Norfolk and Portsmouth Belt Line
CUOH
— Columbus and Ohio River Railroad Company
IP
— Investment Proposal
CPCX
— Chevron Phillips Chemical Company
NHCR
— New Hampshire Central Railroad
FB
— Flat Bottom Rail
LXOH
— Knoxville & Holston River Railroad
TRS
— Train Ready to Start
SOR
— Southern Ontario Railway
KFR
— Kettle Falls International railway
NSL
— St. Lawrence and Raquette River Railroad
OTW
— One Train Working
WESTRACE
— Westinghouse Radio Advance Control Equipment
ACL
— Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
OCTR
— Octoraro Railway Incorporated
WR SSTD
— Western Region Solid State Train Describer
EARY
— Eastern Alabama Railway
TGV
— Train à Grande Vitesse
WTB
— Wire Train Bus
CGIX
— Collingwood
D&H
— Delaware and Hudson railroad
IRSE
— Institution of Railway Signal Engineers
SFO
— Senior Fire Officer
DO
— Delaware Otsego
CTC
— Centralised Traffic Control
S&SD
— Railtrack's Safety and Standards Directorate
PWSX
— Power Source Supply Inc
UPY
— Union Pacific Yard
DNE
— Duluth and Northeastern Railroad Company
DLR
— Docklands Light Railway
EJR
— East Jersey Railroad and Terminal
JKL
— J.K. Line Incorporated
LIFT
— London International Freight Terminal
OCR
— Ottawa Central Railway
CRG
— Commercial Review Group
AFRR
— Amador Foothills Railroad
BABT
— British Approved Board for Telecommunications
PD
— Project Delivery
AB
— Absolute Block
R/G
— level crossing with miniature Red & Green warning lights
WABL
— Wabush Lake railway
ACI
— Allied Continental Intermodal
RPPS
— Rail Passenger Partnership Scheme
CV
— CENTRAL VERMONT PUBLIC SERVICE CORP.
BTCO
— Boston Terminal Company
LLPX
— Locomotive Leasing Partners
SOO
— Soo Line Railroad
MSP
— Measured Shovel Packing
DCA
— Data Concentrator Appreciation
VPF
— Value of Preventing a Fatality criterion
PNRX
— Pittsburgh Naval Reactors Office
TSBY
— Great Lakes Central Railroad
USRA
— United States Railway Association
LHR
— Lehigh and Hudson River
EWD
— Each Week Day
FE
— Foundation Electronics
AVR
— Allegheny Valley Railroad
TSNR
— Tyson Railroad Incorporated
EACH
— East Camden and Highland Railroad
FF
— File Folder
OHLE
— Overhead Line Equipment
WAB
— Wabash Railroad
FRVR
— Fox River Valley Railroad
QNSL
— Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway
WSS
— Winston-Salem Southbound Railway Company
OMLX
— OmniTRAX Leasing Limited
ROAD
— Railway jargon for railway line
FCCM
— Compania de Ferrocarriles Chiapas Mayab, SA de CV
VFN
— Valuation Field Notes
MAFF
— Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries & Food
EV
— Everett Railroad
CER
— Change En Route
LI
— Long Island Rail Road Company
SVP
— Safety Verification Plan
LRWN
— LITTLE ROCK & WESTERN
CVYR
— Hargraves & McCrary, P.A.
BRIS
— British Rail Infrastructure Services
CRS
— Computerised Reservation System
ICG
— Illinois Central Gulf
CGW
— Chicago Great Western Railway
CPTM
— Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos
MDOT
— Maryland DOT
UIC
— Union Internationale des Chemin
SOR
— Standard Open Return
GNWR
— Genesee and Wyoming Railroad Company
CTRW
— Carlton Trail Railway Company
MOS
— Motor Operated Switch
JSRC
— Jackson and Southern Railroad Company
ZCAM
— Zonal Corporate Affairs Manager
VBR
— Virginia Blue Ridge Railway
ARTP
— Association of Rail Training Providers
CTR3
— Channel Tunnel Route 3
G&SW
— Glasgow and South West line
AMU
— Access Management Unit
DRIR
— Denver Rock Island Railroad
KNOR
— Klamath Northern Railway
IMRL
— I&M Rail Link
ATLT
— Austin Todd and Ladd Railroad Company
LRCX
— Livingston Rebuild Center
CIM
— Chicago & Illinois Midland
WRA
— Western Railway of Alabama
CRA
— Call Routing Apparatus
HIRR
— Hainesport Industrial Railroad
WYS
— Wyandotte Southern Railroad Company
RIC
— Rail Incident Commander
MPRX
— Motive Power & Equipment Solutions, Inc.
EMD
— Electro-Motive Division of General Motors
ESNA
— Eureka Springs and North Arkansas
CRI&P
— Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railroad
IA
— Implementation Authority
FGER
— Fruit Growers Express Company
CIRY
— Central Illinois Railroad Company
OPE
— Oregon Pacific and Eastern
NP
— Northern Pacific Railway
EFC
— Estrada de Ferro Carajas
EN
— ESQUIMALT & NANAIMO
BBRPL
— Balfour Beatty Rail Projects Limited
LVRM
— Lehigh Valley Rail Management
DOO(P)
— Driver Only Operation Passenger
NH
— New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
RLGX
— Rail Logix, LLC
TS&I
— Technical Services and Innovation
LCM
— Lake Champlain and Moriah
ZWSX
— Zanesville & Western
CTL
— Combined Transport Limited
PBRTC
— Permian Basin Regional Training Center
LCAMS
— Low Carbon Austenitic Manganese Steel
AGILIS
— agilis Verkehrsgesellschaft
BMS
— Berlin Mills Railway
TXL
— TX Logistik AG Germany
APRR
— Albany Port Railroad
SAA
— Station Access Agreement
WYPTA
— West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Authority
CRR
— Competition and Regulatory Reviews
APD
— Albany Port District
MKNR
— Mackenzie Northern Railway
GL
— Goods Line
BRSA
— British Rail Staff Association
IMACS
— Inventory Management Accounting and Control System
LWVX
— Lake Shore Railway Association Inc.
CG
— Central of Georgia Railway
NYI
— No Year Indicated
FDP
— Ferrocarril de Panama
WHOE
— Walking Horse & Eastern
SSLV
— Southern San Luis Valley Railroad
SFEX
— New Brunswick East Coast Railway
TOC
— Test On Completion
SWELTRAC
— South West London Transport Conference
ETE
— Electrical Traction Engineers
ACORP
— Association of Community Rail Partnerships
RR
— Raritan River
HOBC
— High Output Ballast Cleaner
IVPS
— Intermediate Voltage Power Supply
USRA
— United States Railroad Administration
ECML
— East Coast Main Line
RSL
— Rolling Stock Library
HAZOP
— HAZard OPerability study
CSR
— Cab Secure Radio
SMG
— Systems Management Group
DOO(NP)
— Driver Only Operation Non Passenger
TSWR
— Toppenish, Simcoe & Western Railroad
PSO
— Public Service Obligation
GENIUS
— GEmini for Non Integrating Unit Stock
NCC
— National Control Centre
BRT
— British Rail Telecommunications
IMC
— Infrastructure Maintenance Company
MDRY
— Midland Railway Historical Association
ENR
— E and N Railway Company Limited
CPEF
— Companhia Paulista de Estradas de Ferro
SSIDES
— Solid State Interlocking Design
CRIX
— Citicorp Railmark, Inc.
MML
— Midland Main Line
RSSB
— Rail Safety and Standards Board
VECX
— VeraSun Energy
TUPE
— Transfer of Undertakings for Protection of Employment
APT
— Advanced Passenger Train
SPCX
— Qwest Communications Corporation
AKM
— American Kraft Mills
LRM
— Layout Risk Model
CCU
— Core Control Unit
KSRY
— Kosciusko and Southwestern Railway
TEB
— Telephone Enquiry Bureau
NECR
— New England Central Railway
EPD
— Engineering and Production Directorate
GNER
— Great North Eastern Railway
RM
— railroad mark
TOWS
— Train Operated Warning System
GCW
— Garden City Western Railway Company
NPS
— National Payroll System
RSC
— Railway Safety Case
SFLR
— Shore Fast Line Incorporated
RPM
— Route Performance Manager
HE
— Hollis and Eastern Railroad Company
CEDG
— Civil Engineering Design Group
RGSP
— Railway Group Safety Plan
EL
— Erie Lackawanna Railway
ZPUG
— Zonal Possession User Group
PIRY
— Pioneer Industrial Railway
GEOGIS
— GEOGraphic Information System
TRB
— Transportation Research Board
PC
— Penn Central railroad
D&C
— Design and Construction
NPMEA
— National Planning Manager, Engineering Access
DEMU
— Diesel-Electric Multiple Unit
RUCC
— Rail Users' Consultative Committee
HSDR
— High Speed Data Ring
SBD
— Seaboard System Railroad
PCHR
— Port Colborne Harbour Railway
BBRR
— Balfour Beatty Rail Renewals
GANO
— Georgia Northern Railway Company
LEFC
— Lake Erie, Franklin & Claron
PEARS
— Paladin data Extract And Recording System
SMIC
— Site Manager's Information Compendium
TE
— Tacoma Eastern Railway Company
TZPR
— Tazewell and Peoria Railroad
RT
— River Terminal Railway Company
LER
— Logansport and Eel River Short-Line Company Incorporated
FWCR
— Florida West Coast Railroad Incorporated
TKEN
— Tennken Railroad Company Incorporated
TMBL
— Tacoma Municipal Belt Line Railway
PM
— Pere Marquette Railway
EWS
— English Welsh and Scottish railway
FMES
— Fixed and Mobile Equipment Supply
FA
— Fixed Assets
RUT
— Vermont Railway Incorporated
ABC
— Automatic Ballast Cleaner
MCTA
— Minnesota Central Railroad Company
FCM
— Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Mexico
SLW
— Single Line Working
DV
— Delaware Valley Railway Company
CENTRO
— Marketing name of West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive
MCF
— Microfilm Roll
PEARLS
— Personnel Enquiries and Administration Recording Local System
RPCX
— Railroad Passenger Car Numbering Bureau
TRU
— Track Recording Unit
LAJ
— Los Angeles Junction Railway
DCP
— Designated Competent Person
SWRX
— Southwind Shortline Railroad Co
MSEX
— Tour Alaska Inc.Dba Princess Tour
TORUS
— Transport Operations Rapid Update System
NDA
— Not Described Alarm
DVR
— Devco Railway Cape Breton Development Corporation now Sydney Coal Railway
UFL
— Up Fast Line
TIIS
— Train Infrastructure Interface Specification
AVACS
— Aire VAlley Control System
PIXC
— Passengers in Excess of Capacity
RLE
— Rail Link Engineering
BAR
— Bangor and Aroostook
OJEC
— Official Journal of the European Community
LB
— Line Blocked
ACCOLC
— Access Overload Control
CORP
— Central Oregon & Pacific Railroad
ALCO
— American Locomotive Company
ROP
— Rules of the Plan
TSSU
— Time Slot Sharing Unit
TPO
— Travelling Post Office
ETR
— Electronic Train Recording
IMP
— Industrial Metals Processing
KW
— Keota & Washington RR
IN
— Indiana Northeastern Railroad
NOLR
— New Orleans Lower Coast Railroad Incorporation
DH
— Delaware and Hudson
EM
— Environmental Manager
NFPA
— National Fire Prevention Association
VCRR
— Ventura County Railroad Company
TP
— Temporary Placement
ESLJ
— East St. Louis Junction Railroad
OKAN
— Okanagan Valley Railway Company
NRS
— National Railway Supplies, Ltd.
COMPASS
— COMbined Performance And Safety System
BLE
— Bessemer and Lake Erie
SSIC
— Solid State Interlocking Controller
DPA
— Delegated Procurement Authority
NYSW
— New York Susquehanna and Western
LUL
— London Underground Ltd
TIT
— Texas International Terminals
MFCC
— M. F. Coffman Collection
DCM
— Duty Contracts Manager
L/H
— Leasehold
DFL
— Down Fast Line
HSTRC
— High Speed Track Recording Coach
DCIO
— Deputy Chief Inspecting Officer
AERC
— Albany and Eastern Railroad Company
APPX
— Appalachian Railcar Services
TTI
— Transkentucky Transportation
ESPN
— East Penn Railroad
WYCO
— Wyoming and Colorado Railroad
DAKR
— Dakota Rail Incorporated
APC
— Automatic Power Control
BXN
— Bauxite and Northern Railway Company
RBRX
— RB Railway Group
AFLR
— Alabama & Florida RR
EAZIAL
— Easy Access Zonal Infrastructure Asset Log
RGS
— Railway Group Standard
CDOT
— Conneticut Department of Transportation
LLPA
— Long Lead Public Address
CACV
— Cooperstown and Charlotte Valley Railroad
NYD
— New York Dock Railway
PDM
— Project Development Manager
CA
— Chesapeake & Albemarle
NEG
— National Express Group
EFA
— Estrada de Ferro Amapa
PSB
— Power Signal Box
CDR
— Cheap Day Return
CFMG
— Chemin de Fer de LA Matapedia et du Golfe Inc.
SIN
— Special Instruction Notice
EPB
— Electro Pneumatic Brake
ETD
— National Extension Trunk Dialling
BMRR
— Beech Mountain Railroad
TCN
— Train Communications Network
CMGN
— Central Michigan RR
SQE
— Safety Quality and Environment
PDAC
— Performance Data Accuracy Code
TCI
— Transportation Consultants International
T/T
— Telephone and Telegraph
BM
— Boston and Maine Railroad Corporation
CPRR
— Central Pacific Railroad
MC1
— Maine Coast
WTF
— Wrong side Telecommunications Failure
KNRY
— Korean National Railways
MCRR
— Monongahela Connecting RR Company
CDMA
— Collision Detection Multiple Access
JSOP
— Joint Signing on Point
KSW
— Kansas Southwestern Railway
LRS
— Laurinburg and Southern
NE
— National Express
BPA
— Business Planning Analysis
NCB
— nevada copper belt
MCSA
— Moscow, Camden, and San Augustine Railroad
SCL
— Seaboard Coast Line Railroad
OLB
— Omaha Lincoln and Beatrice Railway Company
FCRD
— First Coast Railway
ETHERNET
— Computer cabling system
RID
— Regulations governing International carriage of Dangerous goods by rail
VSR
— Valley & Siletz RR
MDW
— Minnesota Dakota and Western Railway Com
EN
— Euro Norm
GASX
— Gerdau Ameristeel
ANY
— Athabasca Northern Railway
COWD
— Cost Of Work to Date
NPR
— Northern Plains Railroad Incorporated
ACJR
— Ashtabula Carson Jefferson Railroad Company
AGVX
— Ag Valley Co-op
MNA
— Missouri & Northern Arkansas
MNCW
— Metro-North Commuter Railroad
PNR
— Panhandle Northern Railroad Company
TARDIS
— TOPS Ancillary Retrospective Data Information Service
SSM
— Safety Strategy Manager
GUV
— General Utility Van
VIA
— Via Rail Canada
CPMY
— Coopersville & Marne Railway
SSR
— Railway Service Contractors
WJRR
— West Jersey Railroad
JXPT
— Jaxport Treminal
APM
— Area Production Manager
LPA
— Local Procurement Agent
EJS
— East Jordan & Southern Railroad
GTRA
— Golden Triangle Railroad
NY&NJ
— New Jersey and New York railroad
ESI
— electricity supply industry
ISG
— Infrastructure Support Group
CERT
— City of Edinburgh Rapid Transport
LHRR
— Longhorn Railroad
SIN
— Site Instruction Notice
TDA
— TRUST Delay Attribution
OPT
— Orange Port Terminal Railway
FRDN
— H and S Railroad Company Incorporated
CVRY
— Caddo Valley Railroad Company
CHTS
— Penn Eastern Rail Lines Incorporated
BR
— British Railways
EPTC
— East Portland Traction
MSTL
— Minneapolis & St. Louis
GWR
— Great Western Railway Company
EIP
— Examination in Public
SWTH
— Signalling Works Testing Handbook
DMIR
— Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range
CAG
— Contract Approval Group
DAPP
— Draft Annual Possession Plan
EMU
— Electric Multiple Unit
CLCO
— Claremont & Concord
HGK
— Hafen und Gueterverkehr Koeln
SIGTAN
— SIGnalling equipment Technical Advice Notice
SRP
— Statutory Reporting Pack
EQAP
— EQuipment APpreciation
RMPD
— Route Modernisation Product Delivery
RIDRR
— Railway Industry Dispute Resolution Rules
MKT
— Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad
CSAC
— Candidate Special Area of Conservation
LNAL
— Louisville New Albany and Corydon Railroad
MSRC
— Kansas City Southern Railway
LLX
— Luria Brothers
FIRR
— Flats Industrial Railroad
MATT
— Mattagami Railroad
CCPN
— Corpus Christi Terminal Railroad
NYA
— New York and Atlantic Railroad
DMU
— Diesel Multiple Unit
L&B
— Land and Buildings
AEFR
— Aurora Elgin and Fox River Electric
PRSL
— Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Lines
CD
— Ceske Drahy
FSRR
— FerroSur
VLIX
— Vintage Locomotives Inc
EFRTC
— European Federation of Railway Trackwork Contractors
NYLEW
— New York, Lake Erie and Western railroad
SLGW
— Salt Lake, Garfield, and Western Railway Company
CNL
— Columbia Newberry and Laurens
CLIF
— Cliffside Railroad
SPT
— Strathclyde Passenger Transport
PS
— Pittsburg and Shawmut Railroad Company
FGMR
— Fruit Growers Express Company
HCRC
— Hillsdale County Ry. Co., Inc.
NYLE
— New York and Lake Erie Railroad Company
YAN
— Yancy Railroad
GNRR
— Georgia Northeastern Railroad
INRD
— Indiana Railroad
BP
— Brake Pipe
BCR
— Bay Coast Railroad
TENS
— Trans European Network Strategy
GRYR
— Grenada Railway
PFPI
— Process for Performance Improvement
SCOT
— Scotland
CAMS
— Cost Allocation Management System
YB2
— Yellow Book issue 2
AMWX
— AMERICA MOTIVE POWER, INC
JJRR
— J and J Railroad
USRC
— U.S. Rail Corporation-Jackson Division
NPM
— National Procurement Manager
TDS
— Train Dispatcher Sheets
NEKM
— Northeast Kansas & Missouri
FBMIS
— Finance and Business Management Information System
COT
— Condition of Track
PAL
— Paducah and Louisville
NRNA
— National Radio Network Appreciation
RUPP
— Road Used As A Public Path
CTC
— Centralized Track Control
EUKL
— Eurostar (UK) Ltd
DAB
— Departmental Advice Blue
TRUST
— Train RUnning Systems on TOPS
LPN
— Longview, Portland & Northern
BCG
— Buffalo Creek & Gauley Railroad
MNCR
— Metro North Commuter Railway
WC
— Wisconsin Central Railway
BRR
— British Rail Research
YST
— Youngstown Sheet and Tube
OPM
— Operational Planning Manager
RIA
— Railway Industry Association
FPL
— Facing Point Lock
MZSA
— Midland Zone Sponsors Agent
APP
— Annual Possession Plan
MB
— Level crossing with Manually lifting Barriers
DESX
— DIESEL ELECTRIC SERVICES
ZPAM
— Zonal Public Affairs Manager
VAB
— Vehicle Acceptance Board
ATIX
— Alstom Transportation Incorporated
EUCG
— End User Computing Group
NJDOT
— New Jersey Department of Transportation
TRC
— Infrastructure track Renewal Company
LAWS
— Low Adhesion Warning System
JEFW
— Jefferson Warrior Railroad Company
DDA
— Design and Development Authority
USSC
— United States Sugar Corporation
SPTA
— Strathclyde Passenger Transport Authority
CDM
— Control Duty Manager
HW–POINT
— Particular type of point with electricmotor drive
AOCR
— Automatic Open level Crossing Remotely monitored
MWLX
— Midwest Locomotive Works
MIDH
— Middletown and Hummelstown RR Company
NWR
— Normal Working Resumed
BNC
— British National Connector
FCMR
— Fort Collins Municipal Railway
ALL
— America Latina Logistica
NFM
— National Fare Manual
PRWX
— Railway Entertainment Services Inc.
DODX
— United States Department of Defense
CPST
— Central Project Sponsor's Team
FGLK
— Finger Lakes Railway
BS&TE
— Business Signal & Telecommunications Engineer
CCO
— Clinchfield Railroad Company
WCML
— West Coast Main Line
BT
— Booster Transformer
TIC
— Tester In Charge
BR
— Buffalo and Pittsburgh
RSF
— Right Side Failure
NPW
— Normal Place of Work
USAX
— United States Army
ECR
— Evaluation of Change Request
QRA
— Quantified Risk Analysis
DTMF
— Dual Tone Multi-Frequency
CNUR
— C and NC Railroad Corporation
FWRY
— Fillmore Western Railway Company
CENELEC
— European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation
B&M
— Boston & Maine Railroad
VCB
— Vacuum Circuit Breaker
FGW
— First Great Western
LEM
— Local Estimating Manager
RFFSA
— Rede Ferroviária Federal SA
TRB
— Train Recording Book
SETA
— Signalling Eqipment Technical Agent
CSOR
— Connecticut Southern Railroad
RPI
— Revenue Protection Inspector
ESM
— Engineering Safety Management
ECR
— Euro Cargo Rail
SNR
— Sunflour Railroad Incorporated
ILW
— Illinois Western Railroad
KDC
— key distribution centre
BLOL
— Bloomer Shippers Connecting Railroad Co.
KTS
— Kenosha Trolley
PVRR
— Pioneer Valley Railroad Company Incorporated
FDDB
— Fibre Distributed Database
TN
— Texas and Northern Railway Company
BDLX
— Big Dog Lines
MNJ
— Middletown & New Jersey Railroad
PCRC
— Panama Canal Railway Company
BRENDA
— BRidge ENgineer Data, computer system
EAWA
— Electricity at Work Act
EP
— Electronic Principles
SSO
— Special Stop Order
CWC
— Charleston and Western Carolina
CHS
— Charlotte Southern Railroad
TOU
— Train Operating Unit
BMIS
— Business Management Information System
PAM
— Product Acceptance Manager
AOCL
— Automatic Open level Crossing Locally monitored by train crew
COE
— Colorado & Eastern
TBRX
— Taylor Rail Group
LOS
— Limit Of Shunt indicator
EC4T
— Electric Current for Traction
DLCX
— Diesel Locomotive Co LLC
SRCL
— Southern Rails Cooperative
CO
— Chesapeake & Ohio
TDIX
— Transdynamic Leasing
WRCC
— Wyoming Railcar
CWM
— Carriage Washing Machine
GC
— Georgia Central Railway
MRP
— Management Reporting Pack
MCB
— Manually Controlled Barrier
PLS
— Position Light Signal
CBRM
— Chillicothe-Brunswick Rail Maintenance Authority
AWB
— Advance Warning Board
OPR
— Oregon Pacific Railroad
TIR
— Transports Internationaux Routiers
TRRY
— Trillium Railway Co. Ltd.
MDC
— Management Driven Change
ACM
— Area Consents Manager
SPARESCO
— Spare part company
BRI
— British Rail International
LUN
— Ludington and Northern Railway
GW
— Great Western Bank
MMC
— Monopolies and Mergers Commission
RSP
— Roscoe Snyder and Pacific Railway
FTS
— Failure to Stop
NRM
— National Railway Museum
NRA
— National Rail Academy
SLQ
— St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad
PRL
— Penn Eastern Rail Lines Incorporated
PLAX
— PORT OF LOS ANGELES
TOE
— Texas Oklahoma and Eastern RR Company
PSR
— Passenger Service Requirement
GWML
— Great Western Main Line
TSC
— Track Section Cabin
TIC
— Technical Investigation Centre
SSDC
— Signalling Systems Direct Current
SMW
— St Marys Railway West LLC
CCRX
— Cape Cod Railroad
SPADMIS
— Signal Passed At Danger throughout Information System
SSIDWS
— Solid State Interlocking Design WorkstationS
PSRG
— Project Strategy Review Group
ER
— Eesti Raudtee
BCA
— Business Critical Application
BRAN
— Brandon Rail
NBN
— Nicolet, Badger & Northern
CRIP
— Chicago Rock Island & Pacific
DMCI
— Des Moines & Central Iowa RR
NEOUCOM
— Northeastern Ohio University Colleges of Medicine
CSM
— Commercial Services Manager
BCSR
— Buckeye Central Scenic Railroad
JTCO
— Jacksonville Terminal Company
CAE
— Chicago Aurora and Elgin
CHH
— Cheswick and Harmar
REA
— Railway Express Agency Corporation
IORPS
— Integrated Operational Railway Planning System
GAAB
— Georgia and Alabama Division South Carolina Central Railroad
GERY
— Georgia & Eastern
RCM(1)
— Reliability Centred Maintenance
MNC
— Missouri North Central RR
LOAM
— Lousiana Midland
NYNH&H
— New York, New Haven and Hartford railway
NHVR
— New Hope Valley Railroad
GFRR
— Georgia and Florida RailNet
FGE
— First Great Eastern
MT
— Mississippi and Tennessee RailNet Incorporated
SOT
— SOUTH OMAHA TERMINAL RAILWAY COMPANY
JE
— Joppa and Eastern Railroad Company
REPTA
— Railway Employees Privilege Ticket Association
VE
— Valuation Engineer
FUG
— Freight Up Grade
ESHR
— Eastern Shore Railroad
IAIS
— Iowa Interstate Railroad
TTC
— Toronto Transit Comission
GMR
— Georgia Midland Railroad
RMS
— Risk Management System
FIBU
— FIfty hertz Booster Unit
BB
— Buildings and Bridges
BFC
— Bellefonte Central Railroad
VS
— V and S Railway Incorporated
IHIR
— Indian Hill & Iron Range
DPC
— Data Protocol Converter
DGI
— Dangerous Goods Incident
INPR
— Idaho Northern & Pacific Railroad
MPD
— Major Projects Division
BNML
— Burlington Northern Manitoba Limited
EAZ
— East Anglia Zone
AWE
— Advance Warning Estimates
SAL
— Seaboard Air Line Railway
BH
— Bath and Hammondsport Railroad
LTA
— Lost Time Accidents
SRY
— Southern Railway of British Columbia
BOP
— Booking On Point
PICP
— Pollution Incident Control Plan
CARX
— Caliber Auto Transfer
WT
— Wrightsville & Tennille
ADG
— Area Delivery Group
LCU
— Local Control Unit
ELP
— East London Partnership
I/L
— InterLocking
RTPI
— Real Time Passenger Information system
LEF
— Lake Erie Franklin and Clarion Railroad Company
MARC
— Maryland Transit Administration
CIND
— Central RR of Indiana
WS
— Ware Shoals RR
IAT
— IOWA TRACTION RAILROAD CO
TNO
— Texas & New Orleans
SSRB
— Special Speed Restriction Board
RCL
— Railway Claims Ltd
JMHX
— J. M. Huber Corporation
CAMPS
— Computer Assisted Maintenance Planning System
NAP
— Narragansett Pier Railroad Company
BBRM
— Balfour Beatty Rail Maintenance Limited
FRAME
— Fault Reporting And Monitoring Equipment
LV
— LiVerpool Street
ELR
— Engineers Line Reference
SCW
— Safety Critical Work
OHK
— Kruse Grain
DETP
— Detailed Engineering Train Plan
DLW
— Delaware Lackawanna and Western
LB
— Loose Bound
BRUTE
— British Railways Universal Trolley Equipment
PLW
— PL and W Railroad Incorporated
TNMR
— Texas and New Mexico Railroad Company
ITCO
— Intracoastal Terminal Co
NRLS
— Network Rail Line Standards
NAPS
— National Accounts Payable System
ITC
— Illinois Terminal Railroad
ELGX
— Trains Touristiques De Chaudiere-Appalaches
POV
— Pittsburgh & Ohio Valley
RCPE
— Rapid City Pierre & Eastern Railroad
UPWSF
— UnProtected Wrong Side Failure
NBX
— Not Boxed
STN
— Special Traffic Notice
ACRC
— Andalusia & Conecuh Railroad Company
FXE
— Ferromex
QCR
— Quebec Central Railway
AIP
— Area Investment Panel
CMO
— Chicago, St Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha
RJIS
— Rail Journey Information System
ADMX
— ADM Transportation Company
BHRR
— Birmingham Terminal Railway
GECX
— General Electric Company
NSTR
— No Signaller Token Remote
HNS
— Houston North Shore
C/E
— Country End
GOB
— Gospel Oak to Barking line
TTP
— Time Table Processor
ATB
— Automatic Ticket Barrier
CWRO
— Cleveland Works Rail Operations
CHP
— Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Mexico
CEMR
— Central Manitoba Railway Incorporated
BRT
— Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
TNM
— Train Network Management
LT
— London Transport
DALT
— Dallas Terminal Railway
EFCB
— Estrada de Ferro Central do Brasil
AHQ
— British Transport Police Area Headquarters
LIRC
— Louisville & Indiana
DIADS
— Diagram Input And Distribution System
GCRY
— Grand Canyon Railway
RLHH
— Southern Ontario Railway
KPR
— Kelowna Pacific Railway Limited
CCR
— Corinth & Counce Railroad Company
WCRM
— West Coast Route Modernisation
ITPM
— IT Process Model
RE&TD
— Real Estate and Tax Department
DAIR
— D and I Railroad Company
RCM(2)
— Remote Condition Monitoring
DRA
— Driver Reminder Appliance
CBCT
— Communications Based Train Control
PBRR
— Pine Belt Southern Railroad Company
PDS
— Project Definition Stage
NYNHH
— New York, New Haven and Hartford railway
LWRT
— Long Welded Rail Train
VSO
— Valdosta Southern Railroad
SPUD
— St. Paul Union Depot Company
MNVA
— Minnesota Valley Transportation Company
LGV
— Ligne A Grande Vitesse
CWL
— Cornwall Railroad
EVWR
— Evansville Western Railroad Inc
FPE
— Fairport, Painesville & Eastern R.R. Co
ATCO
— Association of Transport Co-ordinating Offices
MPEX
— Motive Power Industries
WTLR
— West Texas and Lubbock Railroad Company
MOC
— Missouri Central Railroad Company
SWP
— Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad
PUG
— Passenger Up Grades
RSTL
— Rail Staff Travel Ltd
OURD
— Ogden Union Railway and Depot Company
PW
— Parallel Wing
NRES
— National Railway Enquires
AN
— Apalachicola Northern Railroad
SSDK
— Savannah State Docks Railroad Company
PROMISE
— Planning and ResOurces MonItoring SystEm
GSF
— Georgia Southern and Florida Railway Company
VNCAB
— Vehicle and Network Change Approvals Board
TWA
— Transport and Works Act
VOBC
— Vehicle OnBoard Control
WAR
— Warrenton Railroad Company
BS SPEC
— British Standards specification
ALM
— Arkansas Louisiana and Mississippi Railr
MIRS
— Mare Island Rail Service
OPS
— Outline Project Specification
LMS
— London, Midland & Scottish railway
PLBX
— Palmetto Brick
RSAB
— Rolling Stock Acceptance Board
CLSL
— Columbia and Silver Creek Railroad
BRG
— Business Review Group
WCTU
— White City Terminal & Utility
NRNJ
— Northern railroad of New Jersey
BRBS
— British Rail Business Systems
DAKS
— Dakota Short Line
TRU
— Infrastructure track Renewal Unit
FLR
— Fife Lake Railway
LN
— Louisville and Nashville
EMLX
— Electro-motive Leasing
CRTA
— Cleveland Rapid Transit
CPLT
— CAMINO, PLACERVILLE & LAKE TAHOE RAILROAD CO.
ARI
— Alphanumeric Route Indicator
ATT
— Advanced Tilting Train
PCY
— Pittsburgh Chartiers and Youghiogheny
HCRY
— Huron Central Railway
VULX
— Vulcan Materials Company
ATTA
— Automatic Track Top and Alignment
CANX
— CANAC International Incorporation
AMS
— Austenitic Manganese Steel
PRIDE
— Passenger Rail Information Display Equipment
RIAC
— Railway Industry Advisory Committee
FLT
— Freight Liner Terminal
ATGX
— ATEL Leasing Corporation
IRRC
— Iowa R.R. Co.
SOPOR
— Societe du Port Ferroviaire de Baie-Comeau Haute-Rive
MMRR
— Mid-Michigan Railroad Incorporated
DTSL
— Detroit & Toledo Shore Line
CNRX
— Canadian Northern Railway LLC
NEZP
— Nezperce Railroad
BHP
— BHP Nevada Railroad Company
HSTR
— High Speed Track Recording
CBQ
— Chicago, Burlington, & Quincy Railroad
BRP
— Budget Reporting Pack
BST
— Basic Signalling Technology
VPI
— Vital Processor Interlocking
MIDS
— Midlands
HBL
— Harbor Belt Line
TD–T
— Transmission Course (Training)
LNER
— London North Eastern Railway
SIPS
— Supplier Performance Monitoring System
EIRENE
— European Integrated railways Radio Enhanced NEtwork
HOP
— Head Of Projects
ROCK
— Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
TMD
— Train Mass Detectors
CTA
— Chicago Transit Authority
LC
— Line Clear
LSPD
— Local Safety Policy Document
MTP
— Mode of Travel Priority
AF
— Auxiliary Feeder
OP
— Outside Party
SEC
— Southern Electric Company
AOK
— Arkansas-Oklahoma Railroad
ICE
— InterCity Express
CUVA
— ISG Cleveland Works Railway Company
EMGTPA
— Equivalent MillionGross Tonnes Per Annum
WPYR
— White Pass & Yukon Route
MTCO
— Macon Terminal Company
UEL
— Up Electric Lane
BEDT
— Brooklyn East District Terminal
PAL
— Property Action Line
EHD
— East Ham Depot
DVS
— Delta Valley and Southern Railway Company
SKOL
— South Kansas and Oklahoma
LIRX
— Lapeer Industrial Railway
PE
— Peoria & Eastern
PRTD
— Portland Traction
DCP
— Document Control Point
GSWR
— Georgia Southwestern Railroad
STLH
— St Lawrence and Hudson
RPI
— Revenue Protection Officer
SWIFT
— Structured What If Technique
GIS
— Graphical Information System
CT
— Central Trains
EDP
— Electrification Distribution and Plant
CA
— Commercial Assistant
MNRR
— Modoc Northern Railroad Company
TEXC
— Texas Central Railroad Company
WGNS
— Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad Inc
KRT
— Kanawah River Terminals
LIRR
— Long Island Railroad
GWR1
— Great Western
ADR
— regulations concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road
HSTRT
— High Speed Track Relaying Tin
HA
— Hanson Aggregates
PHLX
— Parrish & Heimbecker Limited
IA
— Investment Authority
GRR
— Georgetown Railroad Company
AEE
— American European Express
WEN
— Weekly Engineering Notice
RHT
— Railway Heritage Trust
GWZ
— Great Western Zone
MR
— McCloud Railway Company
C2C
— Acronym for London Tilbury and Southend lineRailCons
WTRM
— Warren and Trumbull Railroad Company
GFR
— Grand Forks Railway Company
O&I
— Operations and Interface
SEMTA
— South East Michigan Trans Auth
FOU
— Freight Operating Unit
SSAP
— Statement of Standard Accounting Practice
DPC
— Development Planning Centre
CARR
— Carrollton Railroad
CRGX
— Cargill Incorporated
VSRR
— Virginia Southern Railroad
WHRC
— Windsor and Hantsport Railway
BRTC
— Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Sub-Collection
SDIV
— San Diego and Imperial Valley Railroad
RPL
— Rail Property Limited
EFE
— Electrification Fixed Equipment
QC
— Quebec Central Railway
UGL
— Up Goods Loop
MGR
— Merry–Go–Round
DDI
— Design Development and Implementation
OTSX
— On Track Rail Services
CPA
— COUDERSPORT & PORT ALLEGHENY RAILROAD
RIZ
— Rock Island
MS
— Michigan Shore Railroad Incorporated
FP
— Flexibility Premium
ROA
— Right On Arrival
IOCR
— Indiana & Ohio Central Railroad
WAGN
— West Anglia Great Northern
GMSR
— Kansas City Southern Railway
B&H
— Bath and Hammondsport railroad
EDW
— El Dorado and Wesson Railway Company
OCW
— Ocean City Western Railroad
RRW
— Rockton Rion & Western
SFG
— Societe du Chemin de Fer de la Gaspesie
CMR
— Indiana Rail Road Company
VLI
— Valor da Logistica Integrada
RESX
— Rescar, Inc.
P3
— Primavera Project Planner
WAMX
— Webb Asset Management
NJPUC
— New Jersey Public Utilities Commission
TAC
— Telecomms Appreciation Course
JCAC
— Johnson County Airport Commission
DCON
— Detroit Connecting Railroad Company
AHB
— Automatic Half Barrier level crossing
W/M
— Watt per Metre
NBSR
— New Brunswick Southern Railway Company
PREX
— Pioneer Rail Equipment
RRCI
— Redmont Railway Company Incorporated
CGR
— CG Railway, Inc
LMIC
— Lake Michigan and Indiana Railroad
HOCM
— Head of Contract Management
PGC
— Producers Grain Corporation
HESR
— Huron and Eastern Railway Company
GPL
— Ground Position Light
RIV
— Regolamento Internazionale Vagoni
YVT
— Yakim Valley Transportation Company
PWRA
— Private Wagon owners Registration Agreement
SV
— Shenandoah Valley Railroad
LS
— Lehigh and Susquehanna railroad
UTCX
— Union Tank Car Company
PPTC
— Powered Plant Training - Chainsaw
EAM
— Engineering Access Manager
TPS
— Traction Power Supply
BZP
— Bright Zinc Plating
AZER
— Arizona Eastern Railway Company
HTW
— Hoosac Tunnel and Wilmington
EEC
— East Erie Commercial Railroad
EJE
— Elgin Joliet and Eastern
PTRR
— Port Townsend Railroad Incorporated
TO
— Team Organiser
RNCX
— North Carolina Dept Of Transportation
DMN
— Duluth Missabe and Northern Railway
TMR
— Metropolitano Roca
EPA
— Engineering Publications Assistant
PCB
— Petty Cash Book
CCCR
— Cape Cod Central Railroad
PH
— Professional Head
ES
— Engineering Supervisor
DMMU
— Diesel Mechanical Multiple Unit
GEGX
— GE Gas Turbine
FCEN
— Florida Central Railroad
N&W
— Norfolk and Western railway
LTS
— London, Tilbury and Southend Rail
SICA
— Signalling Infrastructure Condition Assessment
SAM
— Switch Activating Mechanism
BSDA
— Bi-State Development Agency
MON
— Monon Route
FMID
— Florida Midland Railroad Company Incorpo
CVR
— Cimarron Valley Railroad L.C.
HS
— H and S Railroad Company
TMS
— Metropolitano San Martin
ABP
— Aberdeen & Briar Patch
CTR
— cost time resource
LSTT
— Lake Superior Terminal Transfer
VDP
— Vertical Design Package
ITS
— Infrastructure Testing Services
EI
— Electrical Installation
NAT
— Not Applicable Timetable
LANO
— Penn Eastern Rail Lines Incorporated
SI
— Site Instruction
MAEG
— Maersk Sealand
CVL
— CUYHOGA VALLEY LINE RAILROAD
RT1B
— Railtrack Track Renewal Contract
OCE
— Oregon California & Eastern
DKPX
— Duke Power Company
ESR
— Emergency Speed Restriction
NYOW
— New York, Ontario and Western Railway
IMU
— Infrastructure Maintenance Unit
TUPE
— Transfer of Undertakings
JCN
— Job Cost NumberN
ALKX
— Airlake Terminal Railway Co.
GLC
— Great Lakes Central Railroad
EIRR
— Eastern Idaho Railroad Incorporated
MEP
— Member of European Parliament
LDG
— List of Dangerous Goods
SOWC
— Shows Occupied when Clear
PRSX
— Progress Rail Services Corporation
TRE
— Track Recording Engineer
EVR
— Early Voluntary Retirement
GRN
— Greenville and Northern
CIL
— Chicago Indianapolis and Louisville
IBT
— International Bridge and Terminal Company
SWA
— Steel Wire Armoured
FC
— Fulton County Railroad Incorporated
SSX
— Southern States Phosphate and Fertilizer Co.
JCN
— JunCtioN
PLYX
— US Plywood
SRPTA
— Technical Advisor nominated by SRP Secretariat
DT1
— Detroit Terminal
TWE
— Track Welding Engineer
GATX
— General American Marks Company
IRRS
— International Rail Road Systems, Inc.
CIMU
— Central Infrastructure Maintenance Unit
TOPS
— Total Operations Processing System
GWRS
— Great Western Railway Company
MSDR
— Knoxville & Holston River Railroad
SLIM
— St Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern
SMRR
— Sisseton Milbank Railroad Incorporated
API
— Applications Interface
RSABGP
— RSAB Group which provides support to RSAB and projects
DCI
— Des Moines & Central Iowa RR
OTM
— On–Track Machine
TYBR
— Tyburn Railroad Company
ROM
— Regional Operating Manager
RDG
— Reading Railroad
BLMR
— Blue Mountain Railroad
NIWX
— Northern Illinois and Wisconsin Railway
APLAN
— track Access PLANning system
NATM
— New Austrian Tunnelling Method
ACEX
— Altamont Commuter Express
ABC
— Atlanta, Birmingham and Coast
FRA
— Fixed Rate Agreement
MEC
— Maine Central Railroad
CWP
— Chicago West Pullman and Southern
POM
— Possession Optimisation Manager
JTPX
— Joseph Transportation, Inc.
TIC
— Track Inspection Coach
SA
— Sponsor's Agent
PSAP
— Puget Sound and Pacific Railroad Company
WKRL
— Western Kentucky Railroad
ME
— Morristown & Erie Railroad
MNBR
— M and B Railroad LLC
ORN
— Overlay Radio Network
CARW
— Carolina Western Railroad
NCPR
— North Carolina Ports Railway
KCSM
— Kansas City Southern de Mexico
SCI
— Standard Contract Interpretation
BDM
— Business Development Manual
RIL
— Railtrack Insurance Limited
AMTL
— Agence métropolitaine de transport
DFG
— Del Fungo Giera Servizi Ferroviari Srl
SNCT
— Seattle & North Coast R.R. Co.
NTP
— North Trans–Pennine route
OHRY
— Owego and Harford Railway Incorporated
JSE
— Janesville & Southeastern
DPL
— Down Platform Line
TRRY
— Trillium railway
HVI
— High Voltage Impulse
JRWX
— Johnson Rail Services
ETRY
— Eastern TN Railway
WGCR
— Wiregrass Central Railroad. Incorporated
ASBPC
— Adjacent SignalBox Protocol Converter
LXVR
— Luxapalia Valley
OLO
— Ontario LOrignal Railway Incorporated
TSSA
— Transport Salaried Staffs' Association
TL
— Through Line
MOT
— Marine Oil Transportation
IMPS
— Investment Monitoring and Planning System
UAA
— University of Akron Archives
LSMS
— Lake Shore Michigan Southern Railroad
CQPA
— Central Columbiana & Pennsylvania RR
NLR
— North London Railways
SME
— Signalling Maintenance Engineer
DQE
— De Queen and Eastern Railroad Incorporat
TXNW
— Texas North Western Railway Company
CADRS
— CAD Railways Services
NYO&W
— New York, Ontario and Western railway
RCDO
— Railway Crossing Diversion Order
WPSC
— Wheeling Pittsburg Steel
NCOK
— North Central Oklahoma Railway
STP
— Short Term Planning
FDEC
— Ferrocariles de Cuba
CBR
— Coos Bay Rail Link
CATX
— General American Marks Company
TVM
— Transmission Voice Machine, French ATP system
ECC
— English China Clays
PWS
— Permanent Way Supervisor
HSM
— Hand Signal Man
ROTP
— Rules of the Plan
ARRC
— Advanced Railway Research Centre
RA
— Reporting Accountant
WCRC
— Washington Central Railroad Corporation
MWRX
— Midwest Rail Holdings Incorporated
KOG
— Kansas, Oklahoma, & Gulf
NPCCS
— Non Passenger Carrying Coaching Stock
RI
— Relay Interlocking
NTN
— National Teleprinter Network
NICD
— Northern-Indiana Commuter Transportation
SBB
— Swiss Railways
ATN
— Alabama & Tennessee River Railway Llc
PHD
— Port Huron and Detroit Railroad Company
MOS
— Mobile Operations Supervisor
NRN
— National Radio Network
BPA
— Business Planning Accountant
MEF
— Modern Equivalent Form
PIE
— Performance Improvement Executive
CEGB
— Central Electrictricity Generating Board
ATT
— Active Tilting Train
ARA
— American Railway Association
WFE
— Western Fruit Express
RCH
— Railway Convalescent Home
ABCX
— Alabama Byproducts Corporation
CSP
— Camas Prairie RailNet Incorporated
TD
— Train Describer
MDLE
— Mount Dora & Lake Eustis Railway
DJRR
— Decatur Junction
WVRC
— WABASH VALLEY RAILROAD CO.
ABLX
— American Refrigerator Transit Company
GDI
— Graphical Data Interface
ATR
— Automatic Train Reporting
GPR
— General Purpose Relief
KCPS
— Kansas City Public Service
WMP
— Waste Management Plan
QGRY
— Quebec Gatineau Railway Incorporated
NSKT
— No Signaller Key Token
AWW
— Algiers Winslow and Western Railway
IMRR
— Illinois Midland Railroad
HOFE
— Head Of Engineering
SJVR
— San Joaquin Valley RR
NEGS
— New England Southern Railroad
DML
— Down Main Line
RSBS
— Railway Standard Building Specification
ACY
— Akron, Canton and Youngstown
PRIMA
— Professional Rail Industry Management Association
MCA
— Maywood Co-op Association
CSA
— Cross–Sectional Area
PJRL
— Penn Jersey Rail Lines Incorporated
PPU
— Tazewell & Peoria Railroad
TT
— Toledo Terminal
DLWR
— Depew Lancaster and Western Railroad Com
E&P
— Engineering and Production
INOH
— Indiana and Ohio Railroad Incorporated
TSH
— Tshiuetin Rail Transportation Inc
SVI
— Southern Railway of Vancouver Island
ARS
— Automatic Route Setting
DPPP
— Disabled Peoples Protection Policy
BCS
— Better Chemical Solutions
DTL
— Down Tilbury Loop
RSC
— Railway Skills Council
GETY
— Gettysburg Railroad
MCB
— Miniature Circuit Breaker
AUG
— Augusta Railroad
SWGR
— Seagraves Whiteface and Lubbock Railroad
TCM
— Time Cycle Maintenance
CCUO
— Chicago-Chemung Railroad Corporation
GRIV
— Gauley River Railroad LLC
HRT
— Hartwell RR
CKRY
— Central Kansas Railway Incorporated
NN
— Northern Nevada Railroad Corporation
SSG
— Safety Strategy Group
CPD
— Cleveland Plain Dealer
RRNW
— Regional Railways North West
PNRR
— Pennsylvania Northeastern
MSL
— Level crossing with Miniature Stop Lights
T&V
— Tresspass & Vandalism
EWS
— English, Welsh & Scottish Railway Ltd
WTLC
— West Texas & Lubbock Railroad Co Inc.
L/S
— London Side
MGRI
— MG Rail Incorporated
TXGN
— Texas Gonzales and Northern Railway Comp
RT1A
— Railtrack Infrastructure Maintenance Contract
SDCR
— South Dakota Central
DPM
— Development Planning Manager
DRSX
— DOT Rail Services
HRRC
— Housatonic Railroad Company
WIMX
— Wimpey Minerals USA, Inc.
JKWI
— Johnsonburg, Kane, Warren and Irvine Railroad
PVRX
— Pook Valley Railroad
TIRE
— Ticketing Incentive REgime
RTD
— Regional Transportation District
NG
— Normal Grade
ETH
— Electric Train Heating
GMDX
— General Motors Diesel Canada
CTR1
— Channel Tunnel Route 1
LVRC
— Lamoille Valley Railroad
TAA
— Track Access Agreement
HLGX
— Helm Financial Corporation
NPC
— NORTH PACIFIC COAST
YKR
— York Railway
ALT
— AIRLAKE TERMINAL RAILWAY COMPANY
SSSH
— Surrey Sussex & Southhampton
WGR
— Willamette Valley Railway Company
NPT
— Portland Terminal R.R. Company
RLEX
— Republic Locomotive
OS
— Ontario Southland Railway Inc.
OPUG
— Other Passenger Upgrades
TXOR
— Texas and Oklahoma Railroad Company
DDN
— Dispatcher's Daily Notes
NRA
— National Rivers Authority
ZIP
— Zone Investment Panel
IAMS
— Integrated Asset Management System
CWWR
— Chehalis Western Railroad
TPPP
— Transport Policies and Programme Package
PRB
— Personalised Rule Book
NWSW
— Northwestern Steel and Wire Co.
FRVT
— Fore River Transportation Corporation
SC
— Signalling Centre
CWCY
— Caldwell Country Railroad
ATA
— Automatic Track Alignment
VSTP
— Very Short Term Plan
TCF
— Track Circuit Failure
UWC
— User Worked Crossing
SIRR
— Southern Industrial Railroad
PWMA
— Permanent Way Maintenance Assistant
WTCX
— Weyerhauser
RSAG
— Railway Safety Advisory Group
CTML
— Cairo Terminal Railroad Company
R/T
— Right Time
AUAR
— Austin Area Terminal Railway
SRP
— Safety Review Panel
ISAR
— Information Systems Activity Request
GTW
— Grand Trunk Western
IANW
— Iowa Northwestern Railroad
EA
— Electronics Appreciation
RAI
— Right Away Indicator
BSN
— Bridge Strike Nominee
SFO
— Station Facility Owner
SCT
— Sioux City Terminal Railway
LLW
— Lavacot Locomotive Works
NAR
— Northern Alberta Railways
F/H
— FreeHold
ONER
— Ontario Northeastern RR
CPW
— CHICAGO, PEORIA & WESTERN RAILROAD CO.
EMRY
— Eastern Maine Railway Company
ORR
— Office of the Railway Regulator
ERIE
— Erie Railroad
MICC
— Management Information Communications Centre
TCRY
— Tri-City Railroad Company
C&E
— Chicago and Erie Railroad
ITI
— Unknown
RRC
— Respondek Railroad Corporation
RII
— Relay Interlocking Interface
WYT
— Wyandotte Terminal Railroad Company
WCTR
— WCTU Company White City Terminal Railway
SDS
— Signalman's Display System
FTA
— Fault Tree AnalysisUoS
SPADRAM
— SPAD Reduction & Mitigation
NYE
— New York and Erie railroad
OTMR
— On Train Monitoring Recorder
LA
— Lousiana and Arkansas
IS
— Intermediate Signalling
DMSS
— Development Manager, Signalling Strategy
ACWR
— Aberdeen, Carolina & Western Rwy
SSG
— Systems Strategy Group
MHMR
— Mount Hope Mineral railroad
STE
— Stockton Terminal and Eastern RR
NZR
— New Zealand Railways
FSR
— Fort Smith Railroad Company
BC
— BARRE & CHELSEA RAILROAD
FJG
— Fonda Johnstown & Gloversville RR
NDN
— National Data Communications Network
SWKR
— San Pedro and Southwestern Railway Compa
DMVW
— Dakota Missouri Valley and Western Railr
EROS
— Emergency Restriction Of Speed
SSW
— St. Louis Southwestern
WE
— Wheeling and Lake Erie
NRG
— National Records Group
DTS
— Dynamic Track Stabiliser
LITM
— Local IT Manager
PROMPT
— PRiority On Managing Performance Trends
HEX
— Heathrow EXpress
NPPR
— Nez Perce-Pomeroy RR Co
ORRX
— Oregon Department Of Transportation
ASDA
— Asbestos & Danville
FNM
— Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Mexico
SPC
— Senior Production Controller
NJII
— New Jersey, Indiana and Illinois Railroad
DFO
— Depot Facility Owner
BRPX
— Blue Ridge Paper
BMRG
— Blue Mountain and Reading
RTMZ
— RailTrack Midlands ZoneRailCons
DB
— Deutsche Bundesbahn, German State Railways
CI
— Cambria and Indiana Railroad Company
LKRR
— Little Kanawha River Rail Incorporated
MTDX
— Midwest Transportation & Development Cor
NTRY
— Nimishillen and Tuscarawas Railway Company
GS
— Gloster Southern
KCCS
— Kansas City Clinton & Springfield
ACTC
— Atlantic City Transit Company
LTA
— London Transport Authority
MBTA
— Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority
GTD
— Group Tax Department
CRT
— Construction Round Table
FIRM
— Fares Increases Regulation Mechanism
TDMS
— Title Deeds Management System
SRYC
— Sierra Railway Company of California
SA
— Signalling Assistant
RRIP
— Route Relay Interlocking Processor
CD
— Close Doors platform indicator
SAS
— South African Railways
KGBW
— Kewaunee Green Bay and Western
HLCX
— Helm Financial
ATSF
— Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
CPPP
— Confirmed Period Possession Plan
MRT
— Minimum Rail Temperature
TBS
— Transmission Based Signalling
UPL
— Up Platform Line
ETCX
— Eastman Tennessee Corporation
RCE
— Regional Civil Engineer
TXU
— TXU Electric
ALS
— Alton and Southern Railway
FWL
— Fort Wayne - Lima
RLK
— RailAmerica Ottawa Valley Railway
DRHY
— Durham Transport Incorporated
TCA
— Track Circuit Actuator
IZ
— Inter Zonal
CNW
— Chicago and Northwestern
WSF
— Wrong Side Failure
AFD
— Automatic Fire Detection
JVRR
— Juniata Valley Railroad Company
MWRR
— Montana Western Railway Company Incorporated
O/B
— Over Bridge
QNSL
— Quebec, North Shore and Labrador
IRN
— Ironton RR
MISS
— Mississippian Railway Cooperative Incorporated
ELS
— Escanaba and Lake Superior Railroad Comp
DTRR
— Detroit Terminal Railroad
CRC
— Class Representative Committee
L&S
— Lehigh and Susquehanna railroad
VWL
— Vancouver Wharves Limited
MIGN
— Michigan Northern Railway
STRT
— Stewartstown Railroad Company
JPBX
— Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board
AC&Y
— Akron, Canton and Youngstown railroad
NWP
— Northwestern Pacific Railroad Company
PUWER
— Provision and Use of Workplace Equipment Regulations 1992
DG
— Dangerous Goods
NOW
— Northern Ohio & Western
RSNR
— Red Springs & Northern
LPS
— Local Policy Statement
TT
— Timetable, Public
LRPC
— London Regional Passengers Committee
TCOD
— Track Circuit Operating Device
NRM
— Nominated Responsible Manager
T&H
— Tottenham & Hampstead
FEVR
— Fremont & Elkhorn Valley Railroad
AREA
— American Rail Engineers and Maintenance Association
NBA
— National radio network
LINC
— Lewis and Clark Railway Company
DGPS
— Differential Global Positioning by Satellite
YSLR
— Yolo Shortline Railroad Company
BAYL
— Bay Line, LLC
NLL
— North London Line
VS
— Valuation Section
WARP
— West Coast Advanced Recovery Reliability Programme
RBLX
— Brent C Lewis
TTR
— Talleyrand Terminal Railroad Company
IRJ
— Insulated Rail Joint
GF
— Ground Frame
ICC
— International Convention Centre
GSP
— Ground Switch Panel
WWR
— Washington Western
TORR
— Train Operated Route Release
REG
— Railtrack Executive Group
SOM
— Somerset Railroad Corporation
ONCT
— Ontario Central Railroad Corporation
RTLS
— Road Traffic Lights
CHGX
— Chicago Gravel
MRCE
— MRCE Dispolok GmbH
NNW
— Nebraska Northwestern Railroad
PTT
— Public Timetable
PHIS
— Performance Historical Information System
WPSX
— Wisconsin Public Service Corporation
GKLX
— Gold Kist, Inc.
AGT
— Automatic Guideway Transit
NCRY
— Northern Central Railway
IHRC
— Indiana Hi Rail Corporation
SFT
— Stress Free Temperature
BMH
— Beaufort and Morehead Railroad Co
HRLX
— Housatonic Logistics Company LLC
GEXR
— Goderich & Exeter
GRIN
— Great Plains Railway
BPR
— Business Policy Review
UO
— Union Railway of Oregon
TNER
— Texas Northeastern Division Mid-Michigan
IANR
— Iowa Northern Ry
BDRV
— Belvidere & Delaware Railroad
PER
— Portable Equipment Room
RM
— Route Modernisation
HOG
— Heart of Georgia Railroad
TAG
— Track Access Grant
MSO
— Michigan Southern Railway
RA
— Radio Agency
SCBX
— Standridge Color
PLRA
— Private Locomotive Registration Agreement
RFP
— Richmond Fredericksburg and Potomac
FC
— Fair Condition
MSN
— Meeker Southern Railroad
ORR
— Office of the Rail Regulator
WAER
— Wabash Erie
BRB
— British Railways Board
SB
— Signal Box
REX
— Railway Express Agency, Inc.
CHIP
— Chemicals Hazard Information and Packaging regulations
BDTL
— Ballard Terminal Railroad Company
BR1
— British Railways
RISSC
— Railway Industry Safety Strategy Comittee
PETS
— Public Emergency Telephone System
GWWE
— Gateway Eastern Railway Company
CSC
— Connex South Central
AGLF
— Knoxville and Holston River Railroad
IGMX
— Integrated Grain & Milling
CBC
— Carbon County Railway
NYOW
— New York, Ontario & Western
CDL
— Central Door Locking
UB
— UnderBridge
HL
— Home Location
SMART
— Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Timebased
NYPSC
— New York State Public Services Commission
RA
— Route Availability
TOC
— Toledo & Ohio Central
S&C
— Settle and Carlisle
BTC
— Birmingham Terminal
NREX
— National Railway Equipment
TPWSSA
— Train Protection Warning System Sponsor's Agent
PCA
— Penn Central
CB&Q
— Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroad
FEPASA
— Ferrovias Paulistas SA
GITM
— Golden Isle Terminal RR
OSRR
— Ohio Southern Railroad Incorporated
EMS
— Environmental Management Statement
DOP
— Driver Only Passenger
WB&E
— Wilkes-Barre and Eastern railroad
SMOS
— Structure Mounted Outdoor Switchgear
HSW
— Helena Southwestern Railroad
PSCX
— Public Service Of Colorado
EPS
— European Passenger Services
TCB
— Track Circuit Block
LNE
— Lehigh and New England Railroad, Conrail
BA
— Baltimore & Annapolis
RCI
— Railtrack Controlled Infrastructure
SJT
— St Joseph Terminal
SCM
— Senior Contracts Manager
NOP
— New Orleans Public Service
BSPG
— Business Systems Policy Groupy
CISD
— Golden Isles Terminal Railroad
CM
— Contracts Manager
SMNR
— Southern Manitoba Railway
FTR
— Florida Tri-Rail
SDR
— Simplified Direct Reporting
SRP
— Station Regeneration Programme
LM
— Litchfield and Madison
WBE
— Wilkes-Barre and Eastern railroad
LBR
— Lowville and Beaver River Railroad Company
UWSF
— Unprotected Wrong Side Failure
IU
— Indianapolis Union
SSG
— Standards Steering Group
TPC
— Train Performance Calculator
CHAPS
— Clearing House Accounts Payable System
IFC
— Infrastructure Fault Control
DAC
— Depot Access Conditions
PAF
— Project Authority Form
WA
— West Anglia Lines
TCG
— Tucson Cornelia and Gila Bend Railroad Company
SIXX
— 636 Leasing
WA
— Washington & Atlanta Railroad
DT
— Decatur Junction Railway Company
RMRX
— Great Canadian Railtours Co Ltd
LRR
— Little River Railroad
VXC
— Virgin CrossCountry
WVN
— West Virginia Northern Railroad
CHW
— Chesapeake Western Railway
ICC
— Infrastructure Control Centre
IFS
— Independent Function Switch
BITY
— Penn Eastern Rail Lines Incorporated
ORHC
— Orrville Railway Historical Society
GOL
— Government Office for London
PBNE
— Philadelphia Bethlehem and New England R
SSISIM
— Solid State Interlocking SIMulator
PCTE
— Profit Centre Telecommunications Engineer
FS
— Feeder Station
NY&GL
— New York and Greenwood Lake railway
AVB
— Automatic Vacuum Brake
GLCD
— Great Lakes Coal & Docks
BPM
— Business Process Manual
HPTD
— High Point Thomasville and Denton Railroad
SINAC
— Special Inspection Notice Action Complete
NSC
— National Supply Contract
CAPS
— Colchester Area Power Supplies
DTS
— Detroit & Toledo ShoreLine
ERES
— Erie Western
EFVM
— Estrada de Ferro Vitoria-Minas
SPSR
— San Pedro & Southwestern Railway Co
FP
— Fordyce & Princeton Railroad Company
NTR
— Mississippi Central Railroad Company
CH
— CHiltern Railway Company
CYDX
— Conrad Yelvington Distributors, Inc.
YB
— Youngstown Belt Railroad Company
LASB
— Lackawaxen and Stourbridge Railroad
GNBC
— Grainbelt Corporation
BRS
— Business Route Section
AO
— Appalachian and Ohio
SP
— Single-Phase
DIS
— Flexible DIsplay System
DRS
— Direct Rail Services
CM
— Central Montana Rail Incorporated
VLR
— Visitors Location Register
RIG
— Railway Industry Group
FORI
— Fibre Optic Route Indicator
ALR
— Alan Richie Incorporated
BMS
— Basic Mechanical Signalling
SLOA
— Steam Locomotive Operators Association
DWL
— Dynamic Warning Lights
ATM
— Amended Timetable Manager
OE
— Outside Edge
LCRC
— Lenawee County Railroad
CA
— Cash Accounts
MB
— Meridian & Bigbee
PAT
— Performance Action Tracking
TMERL
— The Milwaukee Electric Railway
LNAC
— Chattahoochee Bay Railroad, LLC
DCLR
— Delaware Coast Line RR Co
DM
— Deutsche Mark RailCons
RJCR
— RJ Corman
TRIN
— Trinidad Railway Incorporated
PF
— Pioneer and Fayette Railroad Company
DL
— Delaware-Lackawanna Railroad Company
NYABC
— New York Air Brake Company
TRT
— Tshiuetin Rail Transportation
CHTT
— Chicago Heights Terminal Transfer Railroad
RAR
— Railtrack Asset Register
SCR
— Sydney Coal Railway
CLCR
— Cadillac & Lake City RR
GSW
— Great Southwest Railroad
LCR
— London and Continental Railways
TXR
— Texas Rock Crusher Railway Company
ELKR
— Elk River Railroad Incorporated
PCSE(W)
— Profit Centre Signal Engineer (Works)
TRS
— Train Reporting System
HBRY
— Hudson Bay Railway Company
CSC
— Contractor's Safety Case
PSR
— Permanent Speed Restriction
MVT
— Mt Vernon Terminal
NFTA
— Niagara Frontier Transit Authority
IDT
— Implementation, Development and Training
RICA
— Regional Independent Commercial Auditor
UPL
— Up Passenger Loop
NTR
— National Track Renewals
SIPS
— Standard Infrastructure Performance System
SWIMCO
— South West Iinfrastructure Maintenance COmpany)
CCC
— Cowlitz, Chehalis, and Cascade Railway
WHRC
— Windsor and Hantsport Railway Company
SINMON
— Special Inspection Notice MONitor
DOO
— Driver Only Operation
RMRR
— Rocky Mountain Railcar and Railroad Incorporated
TQSUM
— Track Quality SUMmary
HOPP
— Head Of Property Projects
ETB
— Electronic Token Block
CE
— Chicago and Erie railroad
MTL
— Mersey Travel Ltd.
CWEX
— Midwest Generation, LLC
USS
— U.S. Steel
KFR
— Kettle Falls International Rwy
CSR
— Camden & Southern Railroad Inc
DKS
— Union Pacific Railroad Company
TRAMM
— Track Renewal And Maintenance Machine
SW&W
— South Wales and West
DSL
— Down Slow Line
NHRR
— New Hope and Ivyland Rail Road
ICE
— Institute of Civil Engineers
SMRS
— Springfield (MO) Railway Services
OLC
— Occupation Level Crossing
SA
— Savannah & Atlanta
EFPL
— Economical Facing Point Lock
MKC
— McKeesport Connecting Railroad Company
NSM
— North Shore Mining
HB
— Hampton and Branchville Railroad
BAP
— Butte Anaconda & Pacific
KO
— Kansas & Oklahoma
DUT
— Denver Union Terminal Railway Company
CWRY
— Commonwealth Railway Inc.
RCGG
— Ray-Carroll
ARA
— Arcade and Attica Railroad Corporation
HRS
— Holidaysburg and Roaring Spring Railroad Company
PAM
— Pittsburgh Allegheny and McKees Rocks Railroad Company
YN
— Youngstown and Northern
SH
— Steelton and Highspire Railroad Company
FN
— Fault Number
SMFD
— Systems Management Framework Design
RRRR
— Raritan River railroad
RDMX
— Ryder
RAP
— Remedial Action Project
CWI
— Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad
WVR
— Willamette Valley Railway
FFG
— Freight Facilities Grant
CAPP
— Confirmed Annual Possession Plan
PRM
— PRocurement Manager
MPM
— Multi Processor Module
FIR
— Flats Industrial Railroad Company
NCSL
— Nashville Chattanooga & St Louis
RS
— Roberval and Saguenay Railway Company
RNA
— Railway Notification of Accidents Regulations
CAPE
— Train Cancelled
OLEAR
— Overhead Line Equipment Asset Register
RT
— Railtrack
WNYP
— Western New York and Pennsylvania
PTM
— Permanent Timetable Manager
LS
— Line Standard
WN
— Wharton and Northern railroad
WARC
— West Anglia Route Controller
EEB
— Eastern Electricity BoardRailCons
CA
— Cables and Accessories
NMC
— Network Management Centre
STEP
— Safety, Teamwork, Excellence, Professionalism
DART
— Digital Advanced Radio for Trains
SFS
— Santa Fe Southern Railway
WCML RM
— West Coast Main Line Route Modernisation
TF
— Tallulah Falls Ry. Co
TEU
— Twenty Foot or Equivalent Unit
GMRC
— Green Mountain RR
DIRFT
— Daventry International RailFreight Terminal
ASAB
— Bay Line Railroad L.L.C
WM
— Western Maryland Railroad
ACE
— Area Civil Engineer
TINX
— Trinity Railcar
PPM
— Panel Processor Module
DAPF
— Document Amendment Proposal Form
EA
— East Anglian
CTRU
— Central Track Renewals Unit
MTNR
— Mississippi Tennessee Railroad LLC
TC
— Track Circuit
MTR
— Montour RR
NSRC
— North Stratford RR
RD
— GEC time division multiplex, type RD
MRSL
— MRS Logistica
RHYX
— Macquarie Rail Inc
ROR
— Rules of the Route
OLYR
— Olympic Railroad Company
SRG
— Safety Review Group
CWR
— Continuously Welded Rail
TRC
— Track Renewals Company
MGR
— Merry Go Round
WTCO
— Western Transportation Company
ICM
— Internal Communications Manager
IIC
— International Intermodal Center
LTCO
— Lakeside Transportation LLC
NSS
— Newburgh and South Shore Ry. Co.
FLAWS
— a computer database of rail flaws
DR
— Dardanelle and Russellville Railroad Inc
CWT
— Chicago & West Towns
CHV
— Chattahoochee Valley Ry
AEC
— Atlantic and East Carolina Railway Compa
MRIX
— Missouri North Centra RR
NPTR
— Northwood Pulp and Timber, Ltd.
PACS
— Public Affairs Correspondence System
TRRA
— Terminal RR of St Louis
SHRT
— South Hampshire Rapid Transit
MVRY
— Mahoning Valley Ry
MWR
— Muncie & Western
BACS
— Bank Automated System
WTRY
— Wilmington Terminal Railroad Incorporated
DGNO
— Dallas Garland & Northeastern
MAW
— Maumee and Western Railroad Corporation
IN1
— Illinois Northern
RTFN
— RailTrack Fault NumberRailCons
AEWZ
— Erie Western
SCU
— Signalling Compatibility Unit
DLM
— Data Link Module
LRP
— Local Reporting Pack
NYS&W
— New York, Susquehanna and Western railroad
AMP
— Asset Maintenance Programme
BER
— Big Eagle Rail
JRS
— Johnson Rail Services
CCH
— Cape Cod & Hyannis
NOGC
— New Orleans & Gulf Coast
JS1
— basic signalling cable jointing and testing
ALY
— Allegheny and Eastern Railroad Incorpora
UM
— Up Main
ICRK
— Indian Creek Railroad Company
H/S
— Hand Signaller
TRCX
— Florida Tri-Rail
PFM
— Performance Focus Manager
BAWX
— Babcox & Wilcox
TOL
— Train On Line
UTU
— Ultrasonic Test Unit
LDT
— Long Distance Termination
SSTD
— Solid State Train Describer
AIM
— Asset Information Manager
POM
— Port of Montreal
PADS
— Parts And Drawing System
RICP
— Rail Incident Control Post
SLSF
— Saint Louis-San Francisco
WW
— Wales and West Passenger Trains
GASC
— Georgia, Ashburn, Sylvester & Camilla Ry
LVAL
— Lackawanna Valley Railroad Corporation
TLC
— Telephone protection only Level Crossing
SIP
— Strike–In Point
TPC
— Trackside Processing Centre
PFM
— Projects Finance Manager
PSR
— Public Service Requirement
WILD
— Wheel Impact Load Detector
ROS
— Restriction of Speed
MRR
— Mid-Atlantic Railroad
LE
— Light Engine
TAN
— Track Access Notice
MML
— Minimum Monetary Limit
AFT
— AMERICAN FREEDOM TRAIN FOUNDATION
SMN
— Smoky Mountain Ry. Co
OHPA
— Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad Company
TSRD
— Twin State Railroad Company
PCS&TE
— Profit Centre Signal and Telecommunications Engineer
GO
— Gulf & Ohio
CCSC
— Contractor Core Safety Case
HOS
— Hoosier Southern Railroad
PIPS
— Packaging and Investment Planning System
GRWR
— Great Walton Railroad
PSPP
— Particular Specification for Possession Planning
WARM
— West Anglia Route Modernisation
NPO
— National Process Owner
DM
— Detroit & Mackinac
HCYR
— Horry County Railway
RED
— Railtrack Energy Database
CNYK
— Central New York Locomotive Company
CCYR
— Colleton County Railroad
MJRX
— Railway Service Contractors Inc
PTRA
— Port of Houston Terminal RR Association
SEE
— Systems Engineering Environment
HVRR
— Hocking Valley
VCY
— Galveston Railroad
VCC
— Virgin Cross Country
SPA
— Special Protected Area
SPS
— Spokane, Portland, and Seattle
HOE
— Head Of Engineering
DFT
— DART Fixed Terminal
BRBS
— British Railways Business Systems
RSCI
— Real Staff Cost Increase
ETRM
— Engineering Train Routing Map
MLF
— Main Line Freight
IMG
— Infrastructure Materials Group
PPTD
— Powered Plant Training Disc Cutter And Class 9 Cutting Of Wheels
LAL
— Livonia Avon & Lakeville
PWCT
— Philadelphia & West Chester Traction
GPS
— Global Positioning by Satellite system
CLNA
— Carolina Coastal Railway Incorporated
BCRY
— Cando Contracting Limited
FUS
— Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Mexico
TWO
— Transport & Works Order
MPU
— Motive Power Unit
ODT
— One Day Travelcard
NMCSA
— Network Management Centres Sponsor's Agent
RES
— Rail Express SystemsRailCons
COPA
— Control of Pollution Act 1974
MPA
— Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad
ERTMS
— European Railways Traffic Management System
WRHX
— Creative Charters Inc
PRIDE
— Possession Resource Information DatabasE
SR
— Kansas City Southern
ILM
— Railtrack Infrastructure Liability Manager
TK
— Tuskegee R.R
TGM
— Transport Gateway Metro
DCFB
— Dodge City Ford and Bucklin Railroad Com
CFE
— Chicago, Fort Wayne and Eastern
RZD
— Russian Railways
OPO
— One Person Operation
ASR
— Allegheny Southern Railroad Incorporated
TT
— Time Table
MRI
— Motive Rail Industries
NCTR
— North Central Texas Railroad
PNCX
— Precision National
WON
— Weekly Operating Notice
IVS
— Infrastructure Video System
NYPANO
— New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio railroad
SSP
— Signalling Supply Point
TRN
— Train Reporting Number
BOTW
— Botwood Railway
WIP
— Works In Progress
LDRR
— Louisiana and Delta Railroad Incorporated
MTW
— Marinette Tomahawk & Western
MAL
— Michigan Air-Line Ry. Co.
IARR
— Iowa River RR
TESCO
— TEchnical Service COmpany
TFM
— Trackside Functional Module
S&C
— Switches and Crossings
FCYR
— Franklin County Railroad
CRS
— Carolina Rail Service
MWL
— Level crossing with Miniature red/green Warning Lights
PWV
— Pittsburgh & West Virginia
R/T
— RailTrack
LNW
— Louisiana & Northwestern
GGS
— Georgia Great Southern Division South Carolina Central Railro
TCKR
— Turtle Creek Industrial RR.Incorporated
RMPX
— RailCar Limited
CZRY
— Carrizo Gorge Railway Inc.
LTP
— Local Transport Plans
GWUG
— Great Western UpGrade
AEEU
— Amalgamated Electrical Engineering Union
BIFS
— Billing Infrastructure Freight System
PSM
— Performance Strategy Manager
DEL
— Down Electric Line
PWSS
— Permanent Way Section Supervisor
URL
— Up Relief Line
PLUG
— Pride Local User Group
GOT
— GO Transit
OETR
— Outline Engineering Train Requirements
AWG
— Adhesion Working Group
INLX
— Incoal Company
EFRR
— Effingham Railroad
OHIC
— Ohi-Rail Corporation
MI
— Mechanical Installation Practices
TAG
— Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia
QCM
— Quebec Cartier Railroad