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HASAW
— Health and Safety at Work
LAN
— Local Area Network
GBV
— Gross Book Value
YTD
— Year To Date
HAZID
— Hazard Identification
PWAY
— Permanent Way
ROM
— Read-Only Memory
B. OF D.
— Board of Directors
Y-P
— Young Person
ANSI
— American National Standards Institute, Inc.
ASAP
— As Soon As Possible (pronounced AY-sap)
TBA
— To Be Advised
IT
— Information Technology
ERDF
— European Regional Development Fund
PPE
— Personal Protective Equipment
P&L
— Profit and Loss statement
WATX
— Watco
HATX
— Helm Financial Corporation
T&RS
— Traction & Rolling Stock
KPI
— Key Performance Indicator
ZEPE
— Zone Electrical and Plant Engineer
SD
— Standard Deviation
E&OD
— Engineering and Operations Development
VDU
— Visual Display Unit
AFFF
— Aqueous Film Forming Foam
C&WI
— Chicago and Western Indiana railroad
PO
— Purchase Order
R&PA
— Route and Programme Analyst
D&DA
— Design and Development Authority
RAILTEL
— RAILway TELephone project
W&LE
— Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway
AC
— Alternating Current
ZCRG
— Zonal Commercial Review Group
ATP
— Automatic Train Protection
GUI
— Graphical User Interface (goo-ey)
VAMD
— Virginia and Maryland
S&SM
— Safety and Standards Manager
S.L/H
— Short LeaseHold
L&PS
— London and Port Stanley Railway
SPV
— Special Purpose Vehicle (sometimes Single Purpose Vehicle)
CN
— Canadian National Railway
D&DR
— Design & Development Report
D&IA
— Design and Implementation Authority
GDP
— Gross Domestic Product
GSM
— Global System for Mobile Communications
WACC
— Weighted Average Cost Of Capital (accounting)
RFQ
— Request For Quotation
IRR
— Internal Rate of Return
R(SCW)
— Railway (Safety Critical Work) Regulations 1994
P.WAY
— Permanent Way
RF
— Radio Frequency
P&LE
— Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad
EDI
— Electronic Data Interchange
WBS
— Work Breakdown Structure
O&M
— Operation and Maintenance
HAYSI
— Haysi Railroad
MTBF
— Mean Time Before Failure
OBRY
— Orangeville-Brampton Railway
N&VMP
— Noise and Vibration Management Plan
M&EE
— Mechanical & Electrical Engineering
L&HR
— Lehigh and Hudson River railway
FAQ
— Frequently Asked Questions (sometimes Pronounced Fak)
E,L&N
— Early, Late and Night
LCD
— Liquid Crystal Display
UP
— Union Pacific Railroad Company
N&B
— Northhampton and Bath railway
O&SPA
— Operational and Support hazard Analysis
CV
— Curriculum Vitae
PWME
— Permanent Way Maintenance Engineer
VAT
— Value Added Tax
UCMX
— United Clays, Inc
PALADIN
— Performance And Loading Analysis Database INformation
L&NE
— Lehigh and New England railroad
L&PSR
— London and Port Stanley Railway
AP
— Accounts Payable
VO
— Variation Order
MDF
— Main Distribution Frame
SLA
— Service Level Agreement
SPOC
— Single Point Of Contact
NPV
— Net Present Value {economics}
GIS
— Geographic Information System
GL
— General Ledger
KYLE
— Kyle Railroad
WWW
— World Wide Web
CWT
— Carlson Wagonlit Travel
MIS
— Management Information System (OSHA)
PCB
— printed circuit board
EU
— European Union (1994; formerly referred to as the EEC or EC)
CAPEX
— Capital Expenditure
PROJEX
— Project Expenditure
RPI
— Retail Price Index
FMECA
— Failure mode effect and criticality analysis
IDF
— Intermediate Distribution Frame
PDH
— Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy
BDM
— Business Development Manager
RAM
— random-access memory
FX
— Foreign Exchange
COSHH
— Control Of Substances Hazardous To Health (UK)
COA
— Chart Of Accounts
PICOW
— Person in Charge of Works
FAT
— Factory Acceptance Test
AM
— Amplitude Modulation
ABS
— Alabama Southern Railroad
CAD
— Computer Aided Designer
SAT
— Site Acceptance Test
AE
— Account Executive
MTTR
— Mean Time To Repair
ISDN
— Integrated Services Digital Network
SPAX
— Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA)
MSE
— Mississippi Export Railroad Company
RAB
— Regulatory Asset Base
MMA
— Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway
AGR
— Alabama and Gulf Coast Railway
CIMA
— Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
OGEE
— Ogeechee Railway
CAR
— Corrective Action Request
AL
— Almanor Railroad Company
BRC
— Belt Railway of Chicago
WAN
— Wide Area Network
DML
— Data Manipulation Language
JD
— Job Description
PC
— Personal computer (host)
W
— Watt
NEC
— National Electrical Code
AA
— Ann Arbor Railroad
WYSIWYG
— What You See Is What You Get (pronounced Wizzy-wig. See Entry For Derived Acronyms)
AQL
— Acceptable Quality Level
LED
— law enforcement desk; light emitting diode
GPRS
— General Packet Radio Service
BST
— British Summer Time
DCF
— discounted cash flow rate
CAPM
— Capital Asset Pricing Model
PMBX
— Private Manual Branch Exchange
ITU
— International Telecommunication Union
SQL
— Structured Query Language
ELOX
— Elcon Inc.
PCB
— Polychlorinated Biphenyls
EPS
— Earnings per share
ROCE
— Return On Capital Employed
FM
— frequency modulation
DOS
— Disk Operating System
HZ
— cycles per second (hertz)
HR
— HUMAN RESOURCES
EG
— Executive Grade: old style executive job grading system
DC
— Direct Current
SQVR
— Sequatchie Valley Railroad
BDW
— Bighorn Divide and Wyoming Railroad
PM
— Project Manager
DD&I
— Design Development and Implementation
GMT
— Greenwich Mean Time (Zulu)
ALARP
— As Low as Reasonably Practicable
LSI
— Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad
RISC
— Reduced Instruction Set Computer
SMS
— Safety Management Systems
NEMA
— National Electric Manufacturer's Association
AKMD
— Arkansas Midland Railroad Company
BSOR
— Buffalo Southern Railroad
PGR
— Progressive Rail
DTI
— Department of Trade and Industry (UK)
UFN
— Until Further Notice
PIC
— Person In Charge
SAE
— Society of Automotive Engineers
AR
— Aberdeen and Rockfish Railroad
SHARON
— Sharon Steel
NCR
— Nonconformance Report
AF
— Audio Frequency
CBI
— Confederation of British Industry
AR
— Accounts Receivable
RSSX
— Rail Switching Service
PVC
— Polyvinyl Chloride
CGT
— Capital Gains Tax
HW
— Hardware
OTR
— Oakland Terminal Railway
CF
— Cape Fear Railways Incorporated
AGCR
— Alamo Gulf Coast Railroad Company
TOFC
— trailer-on-flatcar
ADBF
— Adrian and Blissfield Rail Road
FOC
— Free Of Charge. Widely used acronym promising a good deal, however see TANSTAAFL.
BRW
— Black River and Western railroad
SDH
— Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (ATM)
ARZC
— Arizona and California Railroad
ELCB
— Earth Leakage Circuit Breaker
AKDN
— Acadiana Railway Company
LOA
— Limit of Authority
PW
— Providence and Worcester Railroad
PDP
— Personal Development Plan
TCP/IP
— transmission control protocol/internet protocol
NOKL
— Northwestern Oklahoma Railroad
GRN
— Goods Received Note
CBL
— Conemaugh and Black Lick Railroad
EIA
— Environmental impact assessment (international)
PABX
— private automatic branch exchange (telephone)
LT
— Lake Terminal Railroad Company
ONT
— Ontario Northland Railway
ARR
— Alaska Railroad
EMP
— Environmental Management Plan
PRV
— Pearl River Valley Railroad Company
PBVR
— Port Bienville Railroad
ATW
— Atlantic and Western Railway
IR
— Illinois Railnet
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
BB
— Buckingham Branch Railroad
CCTV
— Closed Circuit Television
COTS
— Commercial Off the Shelf Software
CHR
— Chestnut Ridge Railway Company
ANR
— Angelina and Neches River Railroad
CRL
— Chicago Rail Link
ARC
— Alexander Railroad
EMC
— Electromagnetic Compatibility
APA
— Apache Railway Company
RTU
— Remote Terminal Unit
APNC
— Appanoose County Community Railroad
FOC
— Freight Operating Company
OAR
— Old Augusta Railroad
BCLR
— Bay Colony Railroad
OSI
— Open Systems Interconnection (iso Standard)
KCS
— Kansas City Southern Railway
CCKY
— Chattooga and Chickamauga Railway Company
TRC
— Trona Railway Company
BRG
— Brownsville and Rio Grande International Railroad
DMM
— Dansville and Mount Morris Railroad Company
SSC
— Southern Switching Company
EPROM
— Electrically Programmable Read Only Memory
RC
— Remote Control
PBT
— Profit Before Tax
MSV
— Mississippi and Skuna Valley Railroad Company
SW
— Southwestern Railroad Company
NCIR
— New Castle Industrial Railroad
SRC
— Strasburg Railroad
ALAB
— Alabama Railroad
BOP
— Border Pacific Railroad Company
NBER
— Nittany and Bald Eagle Railroad Company
NS
— Norfolk Southern Railway
CW
— Colorado and Wyoming railway
SMA
— San Manuel Arizona Railroad Company
FURNO
— Until FURther NOtice
BJRY
— Burlington Junction Railway
NIC
— National Insurance Contributions
MH
— Mount Hood Railroad
M&E
— Mechanical & Electrical
BLR
— Blacklands railroad
SLAL
— South Plains Lamesa Railroad
OMID
— Ontario Midland Railroad Corporation
IEC
— International Electrotechnical Commission
CFWR
— Caney Fork and Western Railroad
CC
— Chicago Central and Pacific Railroad Company
SLC
— San Luis Central Railroad Company
MDS
— Meridian Southern Railway
STR
— Shawnee Terminal Railway Company
LW
— Louisville and Wadley Railway Company
BPRR
— Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad Inc.
CT
— Columbia Terminal
CTR
— Clinton Terminal Railroad Company
RSR
— Rochester and Southern Railroad
MNN
— Minnesota Northern Railroad Incorporated
FRS
— Functional Requirements Specifications
ASRY
— Ashland Railway
BVRY
— Brandywine Valley Railroad Company
CFNR
— California Northern Railroad
SCRF
— South Carolina Central Railroad
WCOR
— Wellsboro and Corning Railroad Company
NOPB
— New Orleans Public Belt Railroad
CMPA
— Madison railroad
CR
— Change Request
SVRR
— Shamokin Valley Railroad Company
RARW
— Rarus Railway Company
KKRR
— Knox and Kane Railroad Company
AZCR
— Arizona Central Railroad
CAGY
— Columbus and Greenville Railway Company
CBRW
— Columbia Basin Railroad
CLC
— Columbia and Cowlitz Railway Company
CLP
— Clarendon and Pittsford Railroad
DME
— Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad Company
PBR
— Patapsco and Back Rivers Railroad
WATC
— Washington Terminal Company
CALA
— Carolina Southern Railroad
PRY
— Pioneer Industrial railway
SAPT
— Savannah Port Terminal Railroad Incorporated
OTVR
— Otter Tail Valley Railroad Company
URR
— Union Railroad
OCTL
— Oil Creek and Titusville Lines, Inc.
CTRR
— Cloquet Terminal Railroad
PCN
— Point Comfort and Northern Railway
IGBT
— Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor
CCRR
— Claremont Concord Railroad
BBOH
— Bloomingburg Ohio
YW
— Yreka Western Railroad Company
SCTR
— South Central Tennessee Railroad
CNZR
— Central New England Railroad
LCR
— Lake County Railroad
NERR
— Nashville and Eastern Railroad
NSHR
— North Shore Railroad
SCADA
— Supervisory Control And Data Aquisition
CCRA
— Camp Chase Industrial Railroad
RRVW
— Red River Valley and Western Railroad
RHS
— Rectangular Hollow Section
UMP
— Upper Merion and Plymouth Railroad
CIRR
— Chattahoochee Industrial Railroad
MET
— Modesto and Empire Traction Company
SLWC
— Stillwater Central Railroad
LSRC
— Lake State Railway Company
SAN
— Sandersville Railroad
HV
— High Voltage
NMGR
— New Mexico Gateway Railroad
MRL
— Montana Rail Link
CAXX
— CEMENTO CRUZ AZUL
PVS
— Pecos Valley Southern Railway Company
MCER
— Massachusetts Central Railroad
POTB
— Port of Tillamook Bay Railroad
TR
— Tomahawk Railway
CMSL
— Cape May Seashore Lines
KRR
— Kiamichi Railroad
WRRC
— Western Rail Road Company
CP
— Canadian Pacific Railway
UPS
— Uninterruptible Power Supply
SLRG
— San Luis and Rio Grande railroad
MJ
— Manufacturers Junction Railway Company
SLR
— St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad Company
BAA
— British Airports Authority
DC
— Delray Connecting Railroad Company
KJR
— Kiski Junction Railroad
CBRY
— Copper Basin Railway
MPLI
— Minnesota Prairie Line Incorporated
MBO
— Management Buy-Out
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
SM
— St. Mary's Railroad
KJRY
— Keokuk Junction Railway
NRI
— Nebkota Railway Incorporated
TCWR
— Twin Cities and Western Railroad
SIL
— Safety Integrity Level
KT
— Kentucky and Tennessee Railway Company
IEE
— Institution of Electrical Engineers
QRR
— Quincy Railroad Company
NCVA
— North Carolina and Virginia Railroad
RVSC
— Rio Valley Switching Company
DCRR
— Dubois County Railroad
MDDE
— Maryland and Delaware Railroad
ACOP
— Approved Code Of Practice (UK)
YRC
— York Railway
HSC
— Health and Safety Commission
WNFR
— Kanawha Rail Corporation
PNW
— Prescott and Northwestern Railroad
NYGL
— New York and Greenwood Lake Railway
KBSR
— Kankakee Beaverville and Southern Railroad Company
CPDR
— Carolina Piedmont Railroad
YARR
— Youngstown and Austintown Railroad
CBGR
— Council Bluffs Railway
NYOG
— New York and Ogdensburg Railway Company Incorporated
TSU
— Tulsa-Sapulpa Union Railway
LA
— Local Authority
NYCH
— New York Cross Harbor Railroad Terminal Corporation
NVRR
— NAPA Valley Railroad Company
ISRR
— Indiana Southern Railroad
CSCD
— Cascade and Columbia River Railroad Company
CTN
— Canton Railroad Company
TSE
— Texas South-Eastern Railroad Company
WTNN
— West Tennessee Railroad
STMA
— St. Maries River Railroad Company
POVA
— Pend Oreille Valley Railroad
GPF
— General Protection Fault
SMV
— Santa Maria Valley Railroad Company
WSR
— Warren and Saline River Railroad
CB
— Circuit Breaker
COP
— City of Prineville Railway
SCFE
— South Central Florida Express Incorporated
SW
— Software (SFTWE Preferred)
OOO
— Out Of Order
RSS
— Rockdale, Sandow & Southern Railroad
OUCH
— Ouachita Railroad
TVRR
— Tulare Valley Railroad Company
MRS
— Manufacturers Railway
MNNR
— Minnesota Commercial Railway
ITT
— Invitation To Tender
MMID
— Maryland Midland Railway
RVPR
— Riverport railroad
SBVR
— South Branch Valley Rail Road
EVA
— Ethylene Vinyl Acetate
NCRC
— Nebraska Central Railroad
VTR
— Vermont Railway
NAUG
— Naugatuck Railroad Company
NENE
— Nebraska Northeastern Railway
PNWR
— Portland and Western Railroad Incorporated
WPRR
— Willamette and Pacific Railroad
PTR
— Port Terminal Railroad of South Carolina
NI
— National Insurance
COEH
— Conecuh Valley Railroad
TBRY
— Thermal Belt Railway
TSRR
— Tennessee Southern Railroad
VR
— Valdosta Railway
RPRC
— Richmond Pacific Railroad Corporation
LVRR
— Lycoming Valley Railroad
MSCI
— Mississippi Central Railroad Company
ISRS
— International Safety Rating System
SGLR
— Seminole Gulf Railway
WSRY
— Winamac Southern railway
SBRR
— Stourbridge Railroad Company
MCR
— McCloud Railway Company
PICK
— Pickens railway
WBCR
— Wabash Central railroad
NKCR
— Nebraska, Kansas & Colorado RailNet
YVRR
— Yadkin Valley Railroad
REFOS
— Running Edge to Face Of Structure
OCB
— Oil Circuit Breaker
PHA
— Preliminary Hazard Analysis
SS
— Sand Springs Railway Company
MSTR
— Massena Terminal Railroad Company
SMIS
— Safety Management Information System
UTAH
— Utah Railway
OHCR
— Ohio Central Railroad
VRRC
— Vandalia Railroad
NVQ
— National Vocational Qualification
OROR
— Outside Rules Of the Route
TNHR
— Three Notch railroad
CCI
— Confirmation of Client's Instruction
OD
— Outside Diameter
PORTIS
— Portable Ticket Issuing System
EIB
— European Investment Bank
NDT
— Nondestructive Test
EC
— European Community
CPD
— Continuous Professional Development
PLC
— Public limited company
LV
— Low Voltage
XLPE
— Crosslinked Polyethylene
PAX
— Private Automatic Exchange
H&S
— Health and Safety
RC
— Reinforced Concrete
LD
— Liquidated Damages
AWRR
— Austin Western Railroad
GBP
— Great British Pound
HSE
— Health & Safety Executive Officer
CSM
— Customer Service Manager
RAMS
— Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Safety
VM
— Value Management
RMT
— National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers
PA
— Personal Assistant
DPC
— Damp Proof Course
MOD
— Ministry Of Defence (United Kingdom) And Various Other Countries
TDMA
— Time Division Multiple Access
FE
— Finite Element
PMCS
— Project Management Control System
FRA
— Federal Railroad Administration
PTW
— Permit to Work (UK)
AVP
— Assistant Vice President
DDA
— Disability Discrimination Act
LEU
— Lineside Electronic Unit
TDM
— Time Division Multiplexer
NEBOSH
— National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health
PSBR
— Public Sector Borrowing Requirement
CPO
— Compulsory Purchase Order
IBH
— Intermediate Block Home Signal
CPC
— Circuit Protective Conductor
MEBO
— Management and Employee Buy Out
TB
— Trial Balance
GMTX
— GATX Rail Locomotive Group
FOC
— Fibre Optic Cable
HVAC
— Heating, Ventilating, And Air Conditioning
RCD
— Residual Current Device
ECU
— European Currency Unit
OLEMI
— Overhead Line Equipment Master Index
HL
— High Level
AVI
— Automatic Vehicle Identification
CHB
— Cleveland Harbor Belt
NSR
— Newburgh and South Shore Railroad Compan
FTVM
— FerroValle
PDT
— Portable Data Terminal
PAYE
— Pay-As-You-Earn
CIMAH
— Control of Industrial Major Accident Hazard
KLSC
— Kalamazoo, Lake Shore and Chicago Railway
SOCO
— Scene Of Crime Officer
NRLC
— National Railway Labor Conference
AFC
— Approved For Construction
RIDDOR'95
— Reporting of Injuries, Disease and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995
DSE
— Display Screen Equipment
USN
— United States Navy
PFI
— Private Finance Initiative
WB
— Westbound
FDM
— Frequency Division Multiplex
FAST
— Federation Against Software Theft
NFF
— No Fault Found
MDF
— Medium Density Fibreboard
NAO
— National Audit Office
TMP
— Traffic Management Plan
BS
— British Standard
IMDG
— International Maritime Dangerous Goods
RTHQ
— RailTrack HeadquartersRailCons
APM
— Assistant Project Manager
QX
— Qualifying eXceptions
UT
— Ultrasonic Testing
HAZCHEM
— Hazardous Chemical
UB
— Universal Beam
PSN
— Packet Switched Network
EPI
— Environmental Performance Indicator
MPV
— Multi-Purpose Vehicle
FC
— Financial Controller
DETR
— Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
LPC
— Louisiana Paving Corp
BTP
— British Transport Police
SMBX
— Southern MN Sugar Beet Coop
RIO
— Rail Incident Officer
RR
— Railroad
LVDT
— Linear Variable Differential Transformer
EMCAR
— Empty Carriages
OTDR
— Optical Time Domain Reflectometer
DSS
— Department of Social Security
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
CIS
— Customer Information System
PWM
— Pulse width modulation
SCHLID
— SCHedule IDentity
RSA
— Railway Study Association
CPS
— Crown Prosecution Service (UK criminal justice system)
LRT
— Light-Rail Transit
PDFH
— Passenger Demand Forecasting Handbook
PROM
— Programmable Read Only Memory (chip)
PMT
— Project Management Team
PDMX
— Programmable Digital Multiplexer
OS
— Ordnance Survey
RBC
— Radio Block Centre
OPEX
— Operating Expenditure
ECO
— Electrical Control Operator
LCP
— Local Control Panel
ETA
— Expected Time of Arrival
TD–D
— Data Course (Training)
RTA
— Road Traffic Accident (British)
AFC
— Anticipated Final Cost
PPM
— Planned Preventative Maintenance
RT
— Radiographic Testing
ATC
— Automatic Train Control
AKS
— AK Steel Holding Corporation
BSC
— Base Station Controller
GLW
— Gross Laden Weight
EXPOTEL
— hotel accommodation and conference booking agency
WI
— Work Instruction
DQM
— Data Quality Manager
ATO
— Automatic Train Operation
PACT
— PAved Concrete Track
ENGLEWOOD
— Englewood Railway
LPO
— Local Process Owner
PA
— Public Addresses
IR
— Ingersoll-Rand Company
PSTN
— Public Switched Telecommunications Network
PT&R
— Promotion Transfer and Redundancy
RTA
— Regional Transportation Authority
RRI
— Route Relay Interlocking
QS
— quantity surveyor
TBE
— To Be Evaluated
VOL.
— volume
AEA
— Atomic Energy Authority
OEL
— Occupational Exposure Limit
SCAX
— Southern California Regional Rail Authority
CDM
— Construction Design and Management
PNB
— Personal Needs Break
SIMBIDS
— SIMplified BI–Directional Signalling
COCP
— Code of Construction Practice
CD ROM
— Compact Disc Read-Only Memory
FDDI
— Fibre Distributed Data Interface
BP
— Business Plan
CCA
— Current Cost Accounting
CATS
— Charlotte Area Transit System
AMP
— Asset Management Plan
JC
— Junction
PTI
— Positive Train Identification
CITB
— Construction Industry Training Board
P&E
— Plant and Equipment
HST
— High Speed Train
KE
— Kinematic Envelope
LMLX
— Livingston Mountain Locomotive Works
REN
— Ringer Equivalence Number
ITE
— Institute of Transportation Engineers
MM
— Money Market
GTO
— Gate Turn-Off thyristor
EXCO
— Railtrack Line Executive Committee
BP
— British Petroleum
MTBHE
— Mean Time Between Hazardous Events
BSP
— Bulk Supply Point
NKP
— Nickel Plate Road
D&I
— Design and Implementation
ID&T
— Implementation, Development and Training
R&R
— Rationalisation and Resignalling
BH–RAIL
— Bull Head RAIL Section
CI
— Contract Instruction
A&GW
— Atlantic and Great Western Railroad
SCXY
— St. Croix Valley Railroad Company
LOP
— Loss of Power
DD
— Direct Debit
CBS
— Contract Breakdown Structure
OSGR
— Ordnance Survey Grid Reference
OCS
— Overhead Catenary System
ETH
— Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule
FRS
— Financial Reporting Standard
BCHX
— Bosques De Chihuahua
TBW
— Temporary Block Working
ILWS
— Inductive Loop Warning System
IC
— Illinois Central Railroad
TPLX
— The Pacific Lumber Co
SOU
— Southern Oregon University
KX
— Kings Cross
JS2
— advanced signalling cable jointing and testing
ABL
— Alameda Belt Line
BN
— Burlington Northern Railroad
SMTH
— Signal Maintenance Tester's Handbook
RO-RO
— Roll On-roll Off
P&M
— Plant & Machinery
PRR
— Pennsylvania Railroad
PTO
— Public Telecommunications Operator
NRSC
— Network Rail railway Safety Case
BRASS
— British Railways Additional Superannuation Scheme
UTX
— Under Track Crossing
PICOP
— Person In Charge Of Possession
SPM
— Senior Project Manager
ROSCO
— Rolling Stock Leasing Company
GP
— General Purpose
NYC
— New York Central Railroad
CTRL
— Channel Tunnel Rail Link
OPU
— Operational Planning Unit
EZP
— Electro–Zinc Plating
ICMU
— Interference Current Monitoring Unit
JDNX
— J & M Locomotive Inc.
IMC2
— 2nd generation Infrastructure Maintenance Contract
EOA
— End of Authority
CPMG
— Company Performance Management Group
PIO
— Police Incident Officer
GE
— Great Eastern
MPI
— Magnetic Particle Inspection
RE
— Resident Engineer
TMS
— Traffic Management System
VRE
— Virginia Railway Express
PW
— Permanent Way
SLU
— Standard Length Unit
ATPM
— Automatic Train Protection Manual
WTB
— Wire Train Bus
HA
— Highways Agency
FTA
— Federal Transit Administration
JDHX
— JD Heiskell
OCC
— Occupied
NJNY
— New Jersey and New York Railroad
HEP
— Head-End Power
AAX
— Agrico Chemical Company
PMI
— Project Manager's Instruction
TOC
— Train Operating Company
EPRY
— East Penn Railway
ANBX
— Anbel Corporation
PTE
— Passenger Transport Executive
ROW
— Renewal Of Way
DOE
— Department of the Environment (Canada)
RCF
— Rolling Contact Fatigue
FJLC
— Fabrica de Jabon la Corona
GN
— Great Northern Railway
EC
— Excellent Condition
SSSI
— Site of Special Scientific Interest
VIAMONT
— Viamont
LO-LO
— Lift on, lift off,
ALQS
— Aliquippa and Southern Railroad Company
SLUT
— South Lake Union Trolley
FDC
— Financial Data Control
DART
— Dallas Area Rapid Transit
EBS
— Emergency Bypass Switch
IC
— Intercity
SPWEE
— Safety Procedures for Working on Electrical Equipment
FTA
— Freight Transport Association
ESSD
— Electrostatic Sensitive Device
NR
— Network Rail
MP
— Milepost
SPI
— Safety Performance Indicator
AB
— Additions and Betterments
CRR OF NJ
— Central Railroad of New Jersey
BCC
— Banking Control Account
URFDO
— Ultrasonic Rail Flaw Detector Operator
WP
— Western Pacific
FSG
— Financial Statement Generator
ETM
— Electric Track Maintenance
USAF
— U.S. Air Force
AT
— Auto Transformer
PCV
— Petty Cash Voucher
LFCD
— Linea Coahuila Durango SA de CV
TCS
— Traffic Control System
AEAT RAIL
— The Former British Rail Research
SP
— Southern Pacific Railroad
SPT
— Signal Post Telephone
MEAV
— Modern Equivalent Asset Value
AAR
— American Association of Railroads
SRA
— Strategic Rail Authority
TO
— Technical Officer
FP
— Footpath
WSOR
— WISCONSIN & SOUTHERN
CE
— Contract Engineer
CITDS
— Construction Industry Tax Deduction Scheme
XC
— Cross-Country
AIP
— Approval in Principle
PRDC
— Princess Royal Distribution Centre
NMRX
— New Mexico Department of Transportation-New Mexico Rail Runner Express
IHB
— Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad
ISG
— International Steel Group
DPI
— Dye Penetrant Inspection
OE
— Oregon Electric Railway Company
GWRR
— Great Walton Railroad Incorporation
CAT
— Central Arkansas Transit
GP
— Georgia-Pacific
CAHA
— Claims Allocation and Handling Agreement
CV
— Central Vermont Railway
WHPX
— W.F. Hall Printing
SSR
— Super Saver Return
ACWP
— AccuracyActual Cost of Work Performed
JTC
— Jointless Track Circuit
BLW
— Baldwin Locomotive Works
ADD
— Automatic Dropping Device
PPG
— Planning Policy Guidance notes
SWOT
— Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats analysis
UGL
— Up Goods Line
ATS
— Automatic Train Supervision (for rail signaling systems)
SSHA
— Subsystem Hazard Analysis
DBFO
— Design Build Finance Operate
ISO
— International Standards Organisation
FTRX
— Foster Townsend Rail Logistics
QAM
— Quality Assurance Manager
LJU
— Line Jack Unit
LEC
— London Electricity Contracting Limited
SSI
— Solid State Interlocking
DO
— Driver Only
CR
— Conrail
MYC
— Multi-Year Coverage
PDRR
— Pee Dee River RR
TQ
— Technical Query
GBRY
— Gettysburg Railway
CB
— Central Battery
COSS
— Controller of Site Safety
BKRR
— Batten Kill Railroad
IORY
— Indiana & Ohio Railway
FR
— Feasibility Report
CRE
— Contractor's Responsible Engineer
FFT
— Functional Fault Tree
NER
— North Eastern Railway
CAIX
— CAI Rail Inc.
CHALET
— Casualties, Hazards, Access, Location, Emergency services and Time
TP&SN
— Three Phase and Switched Neutral
OHL
— OverHead Line
SRN
— Sabine River and Northern
TRTS
— Train Ready To Start indicator
HQ
— Head Quarters
EUROSPIN
— European Seamless Passenger Information Network
BCWS
— Budgeted Cost of Work Scheduled
CSAO
— Conrail Shared Assets Operation
GIJ
— Glued Insulated rail Joint
MVB
— Multifunctional Vehicle Bus
GSPP
— General Specification for Possession Planning
RIFAA
— Rail Industry First Aid Association
SWT
— South West Trains
PTA
— Passenger Transport Authority
GER
— Great Eastern Railway
MP
— Missouri Pacific Railroad
CENTRO
— Marketing name of West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive
AMTK
— Amtrak
RJCM
— R.J. Corman Railroad Company/ Memphis Line
LSB
— Local Sensor Bus
SIGWEN
— Signalling Equipment Workshop Engineering Notice
TCI
— Track Circuit Interrupter
LMA
— Limit of Movement Authority
MTTRS
— Mean Time to Restore Service
RJCL
— R.J. Corman Railroad Company/ Cleveland line
FWWR
— Fort Worth and Western Railroad
PON
— Periodical Operating Notice
SYPTE
— South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive
GSM–R
— Global System for Mobile communications for Railways
FRED
— Financial Reporting Exposure Draft
PM
— Production Manager
NYLB
— New York and Long Branch Railroad Company
LOSX
— Locomotive Specialists, Inc.
BTA
— British Transport Advertising
JN
— Junction
RJCN
— R.J. Corman Railroad Company/ Allentown Lines Incorporated
OOG
— Out of Gauge
RTS
— Rapid Transit Systems
CCF
— Control Centre of the Future
TVRM
— Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum
PLJI
— Position Light Junction Indicator
URFD
— Ultrasonic Rail Flaw Detection
PTC
— Philadelphia Transportation Company
GMPTE
— Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive
HABD
— Hot Axle Box Detector
TSC
— Train Service Code
PJR
— Port Jersey Railroad
LNER
— London and North Eastern Railway
GMPTA
— Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Authority
PMUX
— Panel Multiplexer
CCLX
— Crystal Car Lines
HMFI
— Her Majesty's Factory Inspectorate
BH
— Bath & Hammondsport Railroad Company
EAC
— Extended Arm Contract
GU
— Grafton and Upton Railroad Company
PIDS
— Passenger Information Display System
FIO
— For Information Only
RWY
— Railway
NBV
— Net Book Value
HN
— Hutchinson and Northern Railway Company
ABCL
— Automatic Barrier level Crossing Locally monitored by train crew
LRV
— Light-Rail Vehicle
PAMX
— PrivAte Manual branch eXchange
TCS
— Train Control System
NY&E
— New York and Erie Railroad
L/S
— Late Start
AWS
— Auxiliary Wayside System
IMECHE
— Institution of Mechanical Engineers
APTIS
— All Purpose Ticket Issuing System
MTBFF
— Mean Time Between Functional Failures
RJCW
— R.J. Corman Railroad Company/ Western Ohio Line
QCM
— Chemin de fer Cartier
CWR
— CWR Incorporated
UTLX
— Union Tank Car Company
ATS
— Aviation Technical Services (SPAWAR, US Navy)
SIN
— Special Inspection Notice
COS
— Client Operating System
GMRY
— Great Miami and Scioto Railway
AD&R
— Asset Development and Renewal
CGRX
— Consolidated Grain and Barge Company
CRP
— Central Railroad of Pennsylvania
CESM
— Civil Engineering Safety Manual
LDDC
— London Docklands Development Corporation (UK)
ACT
— Advanced Corporation Tax
W/M
— Watt per Metre
LEB
— London Electricity Board
AWS
— Automatic Warning System
ROSIN
— Railway Open System Interconnection Network
CSL
— Chicago Short Line Railway Company
RRNE
— Regional Railways North East
BMWE
— Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees
C&O
— Chesapeake and Ohio railroad
DNC
— Declared Non–Compliance
TTP
— Time Table Processor
DVT
— Driving Van Trailer
SHA
— Safety Hazard Analysis
NUCX
— Nucor Steel Crawfordsville
ST
— Springfield Terminal Railway Company
ESMS
— Engineering Safety Management System
SDNX
— Coaster
OOU
— Out of Use
ER
— Employer's Representative
AF
— Alabama & Florida Railway Company
ECR
— Electrical Control Room
DSRC
— DAKOTA SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY
PIP
— Property Investment Panel
D&D
— Design & Development
ETRB
— Electronic Train Register Book
LS
— Luzerne and Susquehanna Railway
BGCM
— Bg & Cm Railroad
EFRX
— Eastside Freight Railroad
W/S
— Work Station
SRNJ
— Southern Railroad Company of New Jersey
MILW
— Milwaukee Road
QRP
— Quarterly Reporting Pack
ELHS
— Erie Lackawanna Historical Society
SNCB
— Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Belges
GNRTS
— Greater Nottingham Rapid Transit System
PI
— Paducah & Illinois Railroad
TPW
— TOLEDO PEORIA & WESTERN
ADRC
— Access Dispute Resolution Committee
NSL
— St. Lawrence and Raquette River Railroad
ABA
— Air Brake Association
WRIX
— Western Rail Incorporated
HTT
— Harsco Track Technologies
HMCR
— Huntsville and Madison County Railroad Authority
S&SD
— Systems and Safety Department
MPI
— Motive Power Industries
AHBLC
— Automatic Half Barrier Level Crossing
SLRR
— St. Lawrence & Raquette River Railroad
ICDB
— Industry Capacity DataBase
RAYO
— Rayonier
LFB
— London Fire Brigade
AEAT
— AEA Technology PLC
VRG
— Virgin Rail Group
BNS
— Birmingham New Street
ADN
— Ashley, Drew & Northern
E&G
— Edinburgh to Glasgow line
ETL
— Essex Terminal Railway Company
TBTC
— Transmission-Based Train Control
TOOS
— Taken Out of Service
TUPE
— Transfer of Undertakings for Protection of Employment
PLMX
— CIT Group/Capital Finance, Inc
CPCX
— Chevron Phillips Chemical Company
SBK
— South Brooklyn Railway Company
SSIHA
— SubSystem Interface Hazard Analysis
LHR
— Lehigh and Hudson River Railway
ABB
— Akron-Barberton Belt railroad
MTRT
— Matisa Track Recording Trolley
TDIX
— Transdynamic Leasing
LEN
— Lake Erie and Northern Railway Company
CRT
— Critical Rail Temperature
ECRO
— Electrical Control Room Operator
FNW
— First North Western
B&O
— Baltimore and Ohio railroad
RJCP
— R.J. Corman Railroad Company/ Pennsylvan
WMPTA
— West Midlands Passenger Transport Authority
SRP
— System Review Panel
SPAD
— Signal Passed At Danger
POHC
— Pittsburgh & Ohio Central
SWGX
— Southwest Georgia Railroad Excursion Authority/Sam Shortline Excursion Train
PIRY
— Pioneer Industrial Railway
ZFC
— Zone Freight Controller
TSR
— Temporary Speed Restriction
SP&SN
— Single Phase and Switched Neutral
OLE
— Overhead Line Equipment
TSNR
— Tyson Railroad Incorporated
TFVM
— Terminal Ferroviaria Del Velle De Mexico Sa De Cv
IDMS
— Integrated Document Management System
ETCS
— European Train Control System
PWI
— Permanent Way Institution
POA
— Payment On Account
TOC
— Test On Completion
ORC
— Order of Railroad Conductors
TPWS–E
— Train Protection and Warning System based on Euro–balise technology
VT
— Virgin Trains
FTRL
— Foster Townsend Rail Logistics
OCL
— Operational Communications Link
CEDAC
— Civil Engineering Design And Construction
ATR
— Automatic Train Regulation
WRA
— Western Railway of Alabama
E&P
— Electrification and Plant
WABCO
— Westinghouse Air Brake Company
ECS
— Empty Coaching Stock
FNTX
— Ferronet Sa De Cv
MRP
— Monthly Reporting Pack
AGILIS
— agilis Verkehrsgesellschaft
GCSX
— Granite City Steel Co
GTRM
— GT Railway Maintenance
FSH
— Full Screen Height
TCAID
— Track Circuit Actuator Interference Detector
CRG
— Commercial Review Group
NTO
— National Training Organisation
SRS
— Sperry Rail Service
EE&CS
— Electrical Engineering & Control Systems
PNRX
— Pittsburgh Naval Reactors Office
CBQ
— CHICAGO BURLINGTON & QUINCY
ETH INDEX
— Electric Trains Heating Capacity
ZIAR
— Zone Infrastructure Asset Register
EFL
— External Financing Limit
PRYL
— Port Royal Railroad
ABB
— Akron and Barberton Belt Railroad Company
SILX
— S&I LOCOMOTIVE SERVICES, INC.
PRT
— Philadelphia Rapid Transit
AGW
— Atlantic and Great Western railroad
CIW
— CHICAGO & ILLINOIS WESTERN
RETB
— Radio Electronic Token Block
RJCC
— R.J. Corman Railroad/Kentucky Lines
PBRTC
— Permian Basin Regional Training Center
ROTR
— Rules of the Route
NRES
— National Rail Enquiry Service
CIP
— Core Investment Program
SNCF
— Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Français
CET
— Controlled Emission Toilet
F/B
— Foot Bridge
FRP
— Field Reporting Procedures
HTS
— High Tensile Steel
LWR
— Long Welded Rail
RHA
— Road Haulage Association
RIC
— Regolamento Internazionale Carrozze
SCUK
— Signalling Controls Uk Ltd
EM
— Edgemoor & Manetta Railway
AEPX
— American Electric Power Service
TPH
— Trains per Hour
AM
— Arkansas and Missouri
CDNP
— Cheques Drawn Not Presented
CEFX
— CIT Group/Capital Finance, Inc
DB
— Deutsche Bahn
TMD
— Traction Maintenance Depot
DGL
— Down Goods Loop
EIRC
— Eastern Illinois Railroad Company
ACL
— Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
SPCC
— Southern Peru Copper Corporation
LMSX
— Locomotive Management Services
KCT
— Kansas City Terminal Railway
FEC
— Florida East Coast
AC
— Algoma Central Railway
AP TDM
— Accounts Payable Electronics, Time Division Multiplex
ATOC
— Association of Train Operating Companies
CSS
— CHICAGO SOUTH SHORE & SOUTH BEND
SSOR
— Sisseton Southern Railway Company
MHSW
— Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations 1992
NSE
— Network Southeast
HMRI
— Her Majesty's Railway Inspectorate
BTOG
— British Transport Officers Guild
SRT
— Sectional Running Time
DL&W
— Delaware, Lackawanna and Western railroad
GCSR
— Gulf, Colorado, and San Saba Railway
AEM
— Area Environmental Manager
HCA
— Historic Cost Accounting
ETT
— Employee Timetable
MQT
— Marquette Rail
IP
— Investment Proposal
PGE
— Pacific Great Eastern Railway
ACIO
— Assistant Chief Inspecting Officer
BRIMS
— British Rail Incident Monitoring System
MTR
— Mass Transit Railway
GMO
— Gulf Mobile and Ohio
COBA
— Cost Benefit Analysis
CGIX
— Collingwood
CEI
— CHICAGO & EASTERN ILLINOIS
AVGX
— Avon Grain
ROAD
— Railway jargon for railway line
HBT
— HOUSTON BELT & TERMINAL
AHBC
— Automatic Half Barrier Crossing
WLE
— Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway Company
PROCSYS
— Procurement Control
COER
— CRAB ORCHARD & EGYPTIAN
ALG
— Association of London Government
CPMT
— Central Project Management Team
ZOC
— Zone Operational Control
LV
— Lehigh Valley Railroad
FHIX
— Fruit Growers Express
HFDG
— Human Factors Development Group
HOPO
— Head Of Projects Organisation
IVPS
— Intermediate Voltage Power Supply
PABS
— Passenger track Access Billing System
ACTO
— Association of Charter Train Operators
LC
— Level Crossing
L&B
— Land and Buildings
LWVX
— Lake Shore Railway Association Inc.
CPD
— Capital Programmes Directorate
PM
— Pere Marquette Railway
NJT
— New Jersey Transit
MAFF
— Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries & Food
W&N
— Wharton and Northern railroad
CIÉ
— Corás Iompair Éireann
CIC
— CEDAR RAPIDS & IOWA CITY
YB2
— Yellow Book issue 2
OHNS
— OverHead Line Neutral Section
SSR
— Railway Service Contractors
CMNW
— CHICAGO MISSOURI & WESTERN
SSN–FTA
— Subsystem Fault Tree Analysis
DNE
— Duluth and Northeastern Railroad Company
MAA
— Magma Arizona Railroad Company
RITC
— Railway Industry Training Council
EACH
— East Camden and Highland Railroad
GBW
— Green Bay & Western Railroad
FCA
— Ferrovia Centro Atlantica
REB
— Relocatable Equipment Building
CACV
— Cooperstown and Charlotte Valley Railroad
AVL
— Aroostook Valley Railroad Company
MNS
— Minneapolis Northfield & Southern
WLL
— West London Line
ECML
— East Coast Main Line
NBEC
— New Brunswick East Coast Railway Company Incorporated
JLE
— Jubilee Line Extension
P
— Programme
ASLEF
— Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen
HAZOP
— HAZard OPerability study
WTT
— Working Time Table
FMEA
— Failure Mode and Effect Analysis
TTC
— Toronto Transit Corporation
CO
— Chesapeake and Ohio railroad
OCRR
— Ottawa Central Railway
LER
— Logansport and Eel River Short-Line Company Incorporated
WYPTE
— West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive
BTCO
— Boston Terminal Company
LGV
— Ligne Grande Vitesse
SFO
— Senior Fire Officer
BRT
— British Rail Telecommunications
GNWR
— Genesee and Wyoming Railroad Company
DLR
— Docklands Light Railway
ZPUG
— Zonal Possession User Group
NYLEW
— New York, Lake Erie and Western railroad
OCR
— Ottawa Central Railway
CS
— COLORADO & SOUTHERN
DPPP
— Draft Period Possession Plan
SI
— Spokane International Railroad Company
NORTA
— New Orleans Regional Transit Authority
BO
— BALTIMORE & OHIO)
AB
— Akron and Barberton Cluster Railway Company
ARPS
— Association of Railway Preservation Societies
WSP
— Wheel Slip Protection
RID
— Regulations governing International carriage of Dangerous goods by rail
DBSO
— Driving Brake Second Open
E&P
— Engineering and Production
RAFS
— Rail Freight Billing System
CRUCC
— Central Rail Users Consultative Committee
ACORP
— Association of Community Rail Partnerships
GRIP
— Guide to Railway Investment Projects
KWT
— Kwt Railway, Inc.
DH
— Delaware and Hudson Railroad
FCP
— Ferrocarril del Pacifico
TCT
— Texas City Terminal Railway Company
NTBEP
— Not to Be Exceeded Price
JRWX
— Johnson Rail Services
UPY
— Union Pacific Yard
NHCR
— New Hampshire Central Railroad
WSS
— Winston-Salem Southbound Railway Company
KOT
— Kentucky-Ohio Transportation Co
LAJ
— Los Angeles Junction Railway
BEEM
— Beech Mountain Railroad Corporation
SIRT
— STATEN ISLAND RAPID TRANSIT
EJS
— East Jordan & Southern Railroad
ECTB
— East Chattanooga Belt Railway Company
PIZ
— Pfizer
DPL
— Down Passenger Loop
CAG
— Contract Approval Group
EOTD
— End of Train Device
CIM
— Chicago & Illinois Midland
FDDM
— FORT DODGE DES MOINES & SOUTHERN
ICAEW
— Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales
CUOH
— Columbus and Ohio River Railroad Company
RIPM
— Railtrack Investment Prioritisation Model
PD
— Project Delivery
RR
— Railroad Reporting
WESTRACE
— Westinghouse Radio Advance Control Equipment
TRACA
— Track Condition Assessment
RITS
— Rail Infrastructure Transport System
ZCAM
— Zonal Corporate Affairs Manager
GWT
— Great Western Trains
IDT
— Implementation, Development and Training
LC
— LANCASTER & CHESTER
GCFX
— Alstom Canada Transport
MOS
— Motor Operated Switch
AWP
— ATLANTA & WEST POINT)
EWD
— Each Week Day
RT
— River Terminal Railway Company
MUNI
— San Francisco Municipal Railway
IECC
— Integrated Electronic Control Centre
RFD
— Rail Freight Distribution
CAD
— Cadiz Railroad
ARTP
— Association of Rail Training Providers
GNER
— Great North Eastern Railway
SOR
— Southern Ontario Railway
QC
— Quebec Central
THB
— TORONTO HAMILTON & BUFFALO
RPCX
— Railroad Passenger Car Numbering Bureau
LCAMS
— Low Carbon Austenitic Manganese Steel
DCTA
— Denton County Transportation Authority
INLORS
— INner London Orbital Route Strategy
TOWS
— Train Operated Warning System
SOO
— Soo Line Railroad
RUCC
— Rail Users' Consultative Committee
LHR
— Lehigh and Hudson River
GTR
— Great River Railroad
CSN
— Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional
RSP
— Rail Settlement Plan
JSRC
— Jackson and Southern Railroad Company
WOHO
— Wabash and Ohio Railroad
R/G
— level crossing with miniature Red & Green warning lights
ER
— Erie Railroad
WR SSTD
— Western Region Solid State Train Describer
KIWIRAIL
— Kiwi Rail
PLGS
— Position Light Ground Signal
EJR
— East Jersey Railroad and Terminal
SLR
— ST. LAWRENCE & ATLANTIC
CPTM
— Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos
EPD
— Engineering and Production Directorate
DH
— Delaware and Hudson
USRA
— United States Railroad Administration
D&H
— Delaware and Hudson railroad
FWD
— FORT WORTH & DENVER
EUKL
— Eurostar (UK) Ltd
WICT
— WISCONSIN & CALUMET
RPPS
— Rail Passenger Partnership Scheme
LNAL
— Louisville New Albany and Corydon Railroad
TORUS
— Transport Operations Rapid Update System
OHLE
— Overhead Line Equipment
JCT
— Joint Construction Trades
CHTS
— Penn Eastern Rail Lines Incorporated
WMPTE
— West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive
LCM
— Lake Champlain and Moriah
BM
— BOSTON & MAINE
DRIR
— Denver Rock Island Railroad
DTI
— Detroit, Toledo, & Ironton
CTRW
— Carlton Trail Railway Company
PHRR
— Port Harbor Railroad
HSTRC
— High Speed Track Recording Coach
AB
— Absolute Block
ACCOLC
— Access Overload Control
CER
— Change En Route
MLRI
— Multi–Lamp Route Indicator
FWCR
— Florida West Coast Railroad Incorporated
TARDIS
— TOPS Ancillary Retrospective Data Information Service
DOO(NP)
— Driver Only Operation Non Passenger
KFR
— Kettle Falls International railway
PWSX
— Power Source Supply Inc
WYS
— Wyandotte Southern Railroad Company
OPE
— Oregon Pacific and Eastern
CCO
— Clinchfield Railroad Company
VC
— Virginia Central Railway
GWML
— Great Western Main Line
TGV
— Train à Grande Vitesse
LMD
— Light Maintenance Depot
ECBR
— East Cooper and Berkeley Railroad Company
IMR
— Interlocking Machine Room
AFLR
— Alabama & Florida RR
WABL
— Wabush Lake railway
NYI
— No Year Indicated
IERS
— International Environmental Rating System
LTEX
— Larry's Truck Electric
ETE
— Electrical Traction Engineers
CRI
— CHICAGO RIVER & INDIANA
FNOR
— Florida Northern Railroad
AFRR
— Amador Foothills Railroad
QNSL
— Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway
LIFT
— London International Freight Terminal
SGVY
— Saginaw Valley Railway Company Incorpora
BBRPL
— Balfour Beatty Rail Projects Limited
ACI
— Allied Continental Intermodal
ENR
— E and N Railway Company Limited
ZPAM
— Zonal Public Affairs Manager
ACJR
— Ashtabula Carson Jefferson Railroad Company
LVRM
— Lehigh Valley Rail Management
L/H
— Leasehold
ICG
— Illinois Central Gulf
IMRL
— I&M Rail Link
ZTE
— Zone Telecommunications Engineer
ZWSX
— Zanesville & Western
EARY
— Eastern Alabama Railway
EAZIAL
— Easy Access Zonal Infrastructure Asset Log
DEP
— Designated Earth Point
NPBL
— Norfolk and Portsmouth Belt Line
AKM
— American Kraft Mills
PRI
— Preliminary Routing Indicator
LANO
— Penn Eastern Rail Lines Incorporated
NOLR
— New Orleans Lower Coast Railroad Incorporation
CPEF
— Companhia Paulista de Estradas de Ferro
CCT
— Central California Traction Company
IMACS
— Inventory Management Accounting and Control System
SCW
— Safety Critical Work
BABT
— British Approved Board for Telecommunications
CCPN
— Corpus Christi Terminal Railroad
NPW
— Normal Place of Work
IRSE
— Institution of Railway Signal Engineers
AMU
— Access Management Unit
OJEC
— Official Journal of the European Community
JKL
— J.K. Line Incorporated
TGV
— Train a Grande Vitesse
POMG
— Police Incident Office
MKNR
— Mackenzie Northern Railway
BRSA
— British Rail Staff Association
CEDG
— Civil Engineering Design Group
CRI&P
— Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railroad
TWS
— Tax Work Sheets
DSL
— Denver & Salt Lake
UFL
— Up Fast Line
COI
— Confirmation Of verbal Instruction
LI
— Long Island Rail Road Company
SVP
— Safety Verification Plan
VFN
— Valuation Field Notes
GWR
— Great Western Railway Company
LXOH
— Knoxville & Holston River Railroad
GA
— Georgia Railroad
BT
— Booster Transformer
AVR
— Allegheny Valley Railroad
RBRX
— RB Railway Group
ILSX
— Independent Locomotive Service
EMD
— Electro-Motive Division of General Motors
RE&TD
— Real Estate and Tax Department
SLW
— Single Line Working
SMIC
— Site Manager's Information Compendium
LRM
— Layout Risk Model
VBR
— Virginia Blue Ridge Railway
CTL
— Combined Transport Limited
DO
— Delaware Otsego
LAWS
— Low Adhesion Warning System
PRL
— Penn Eastern Rail Lines Incorporated
APRR
— Albany Port Railroad
APD
— Albany Port District
OTW
— One Train Working
GUV
— General Utility Van
MDOT
— Maryland DOT
FCCM
— Compania de Ferrocarriles Chiapas Mayab, SA de CV
KNOR
— Klamath Northern Railway
GL
— Goods Line
SPCX
— Qwest Communications Corporation
CGW
— Chicago Great Western Railway
G&SW
— Glasgow and South West line
ACY
— Akron, Canton and Youngstown
TXL
— TX Logistik AG Germany
MPRX
— Motive Power & Equipment Solutions, Inc.
ESNA
— Eureka Springs and North Arkansas
CRR
— Clinchfield Railroad
DCP
— Designated Competent Person
PRWX
— Railway Entertainment Services Inc.
TMBL
— Tacoma Municipal Belt Line Railway
UIC
— Union Internationale des Chemin
TSBY
— Great Lakes Central Railroad
FGER
— Fruit Growers Express Company
SN
— Sacramento Northern Railway
NH
— New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
DDA
— Design and Development Authority
ALCO
— American Locomotive Company
RGSP
— Railway Group Safety Plan
TEB
— Telephone Enquiry Bureau
YAN
— Yancy Railroad
PEARLS
— Personnel Enquiries and Administration Recording Local System
NYLE
— New York and Lake Erie Railroad Company
CV
— CENTRAL VERMONT PUBLIC SERVICE CORP.
BRIS
— British Rail Infrastructure Services
CRA
— Call Routing Apparatus
TIIS
— Train Infrastructure Interface Specification
S&SD
— Railtrack's Safety and Standards Directorate
FUG
— Freight Up Grade
PDAC
— Performance Data Accuracy Code
PCHR
— Port Colborne Harbour Railway
RIC
— Rail Incident Commander
DCA
— Data Concentrator Appreciation
ESPN
— East Penn Railroad
FB
— Flat Bottom Rail
RCM(1)
— Reliability Centred Maintenance
AERC
— Albany and Eastern Railroad Company
RPM
— Route Performance Manager
CSR
— Cab Secure Radio
CTR3
— Channel Tunnel Route 3
OCTR
— Octoraro Railway Incorporated
MSEX
— Tour Alaska Inc.Dba Princess Tour
TSWR
— Toppenish, Simcoe & Western Railroad
EC4T
— Electric Current for Traction
FRDN
— H and S Railroad Company Incorporated
IN
— Indiana Northeastern Railroad
DFL
— Down Fast Line
ABC
— Automatic Ballast Cleaner
FRVR
— Fox River Valley Railroad
TNMR
— Texas and New Mexico Railroad Company
RSL
— Rolling Stock Library
LRWN
— LITTLE ROCK & WESTERN
CVYR
— Hargraves & McCrary, P.A.
KSRY
— Kosciusko and Southwestern Railway
ESM
— Engineering Safety Management
TRS
— Train Ready to Start
SRPTA
— Technical Advisor nominated by SRP Secretariat
FF
— File Folder
SSLV
— Southern San Luis Valley Railroad
PIXC
— Passengers in Excess of Capacity
WAB
— Wabash Railroad
CIRY
— Central Illinois Railroad Company
LEFC
— Lake Erie, Franklin & Claron
VPF
— Value of Preventing a Fatality criterion
BR
— British Railways
HE
— Hollis and Eastern Railroad Company
NEG
— National Express Group
APC
— Automatic Power Control
T/T
— Telephone and Telegraph
ADG
— Area Delivery Group
TRB
— Transportation Research Board
LWRT
— Long Welded Rail Train
RUT
— Vermont Railway Incorporated
PJRL
— Penn Jersey Rail Lines Incorporated
OPT
— Orange Port Terminal Railway
DOO(P)
— Driver Only Operation Passenger
NJPUC
— New Jersey Public Utilities Commission
GANO
— Georgia Northern Railway Company
RSTL
— Rail Staff Travel Ltd
USRA
— United States Railway Association
DCM
— Duty Contracts Manager
COWD
— Cost Of Work to Date
TBRX
— Taylor Rail Group
ADR
— regulations concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road
HSTRT
— High Speed Track Relaying Tin
DMU
— Diesel Multiple Unit
DODX
— United States Department of Defense
FGW
— First Great Western
APT
— Advanced Passenger Train
ATLT
— Austin Todd and Ladd Railroad Company
JPBX
— Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board
ATGX
— ATEL Leasing Corporation
GEOGIS
— GEOGraphic Information System
CCR
— Corinth & Counce Railroad Company
TENS
— Trans European Network Strategy
D&C
— Design and Construction
IMC
— Infrastructure Maintenance Company
GENIUS
— GEmini for Non Integrating Unit Stock
LUL
— London Underground Ltd
RGS
— Railway Group Standard
NJDOT
— New Jersey Department of Transportation
PEARS
— Paladin data Extract And Recording System
MC1
— Maine Coast
TS&I
— Technical Services and Innovation
OMLX
— OmniTRAX Leasing Limited
NPM
— National Procurement Manager
WYPTA
— West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Authority
SPTA
— Strathclyde Passenger Transport Authority
CRR
— Competition and Regulatory Reviews
DAPP
— Draft Annual Possession Plan
ETHERNET
— Computer cabling system
WYCO
— Wyoming and Colorado Railroad
MKT
— Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad
SSO
— Special Stop Order
LLPA
— Long Lead Public Address
VAB
— Vehicle Acceptance Board
DVR
— Devco Railway Cape Breton Development Corporation now Sydney Coal Railway
EM
— Environmental Manager
CRS
— Computerised Reservation System
IA
— Investment Authority
DV
— Delaware Valley Railway Company
GERY
— Georgia & Eastern
BPA
— Business Planning Analysis
ATAX
— Arizona Transit Assembly
TIC
— Technical Investigation Centre
JXPT
— Jaxport Treminal
AGVX
— Ag Valley Co-op
LLPX
— Locomotive Leasing Partners
BXN
— Bauxite and Northern Railway Company
PICP
— Pollution Incident Control Plan
ABC
— Atlanta, Birmingham and Coast
PSO
— Public Service Obligation
ROA
— Right On Arrival
HSDR
— High Speed Data Ring
WAGN
— West Anglia Great Northern
AEFR
— Aurora Elgin and Fox River Electric
RSSB
— Rail Safety and Standards Board
BZP
— Bright Zinc Plating
DALT
— Dallas Terminal Railway
CTC
— Centralized Track Control
OKAN
— Okanagan Valley Railway Company
FE
— Foundation Electronics
JSOP
— Joint Signing on Point
NY&NJ
— New Jersey and New York railroad
NECR
— New England Central Railway
HIRR
— Hainesport Industrial Railroad
SFEX
— New Brunswick East Coast Railway
FMES
— Fixed and Mobile Equipment Supply
SWIFT
— Structured What If Technique
RLE
— Rail Link Engineering
RMS
— Risk Management System
CDMA
— Collision Detection Multiple Access
LEM
— Local Estimating Manager
IA
— Implementation Authority
MNCW
— Metro-North Commuter Railroad
SOR
— Standard Open Return
KNRY
— Korean National Railways
RLGX
— Rail Logix, LLC
SAA
— Station Access Agreement
BNML
— Burlington Northern Manitoba Limited
SMW
— St Marys Railway West LLC
NYNH&H
— New York, New Haven and Hartford railway
TKEN
— Tennken Railroad Company Incorporated
USRC
— U.S. Rail Corporation-Jackson Division
PAM
— Product Acceptance Manager
SIN
— Site Instruction Notice
FA
— Fixed Assets
MDRY
— Midland Railway Historical Association
ESHR
— Eastern Shore Railroad
C/E
— Country End
HOBC
— High Output Ballast Cleaner
BBRR
— Balfour Beatty Rail Renewals
APPX
— Appalachian Railcar Services
TRUST
— Train RUnning Systems on TOPS
ADMX
— ADM Transportation Company
EL
— Erie Lackawanna Railway
NRS
— National Railway Supplies, Ltd.
SLGW
— Salt Lake, Garfield, and Western Railway Company
VECX
— VeraSun Energy
WJRR
— West Jersey Railroad
DESX
— DIESEL ELECTRIC SERVICES
MSRC
— Kansas City Southern Railway
BLOL
— Bloomer Shippers Connecting Railroad Co.
PC
— Penn Central railroad
JE
— Joppa and Eastern Railroad Company
SIN
— Special Instruction Notice
PSB
— Power Signal Box
CG
— Central of Georgia Railway
SWRX
— Southwind Shortline Railroad Co
BLE
— Bessemer and Lake Erie
TIT
— Texas International Terminals
NCC
— National Control Centre
PFPI
— Process for Performance Improvement
CTC
— Centralised Traffic Control
GNRR
— Georgia Northeastern Railroad
MSP
— Measured Shovel Packing
RT1B
— Railtrack Track Renewal Contract
SFLR
— Shore Fast Line Incorporated
SWELTRAC
— South West London Transport Conference
B&M
— Boston & Maine Railroad
CRIX
— Citicorp Railmark, Inc.
CSM
— Commercial Services Manager
VULX
— Vulcan Materials Company
EFC
— Estrada de Ferro Carajas
TIC
— Tester In Charge
SMG
— Systems Management Group
HGK
— Hafen und Gueterverkehr Koeln
TE
— Tacoma Eastern Railway Company
NP
— Northern Pacific Railway
O&I
— Operations and Interface
BCG
— Buffalo Creek & Gauley Railroad
NHVR
— New Hope Valley Railroad
GRYR
— Grenada Railway
EWS
— English Welsh and Scottish railway
SCOT
— Scotland
WHOE
— Walking Horse & Eastern
STN
— Special Traffic Notice
ALM
— Arkansas Louisiana and Mississippi Railr
ESI
— electricity supply industry
BMIS
— Business Management Information System
RSC
— Railway Safety Case
DCI
— Des Moines & Central Iowa RR
MCTA
— Minnesota Central Railroad Company
FCM
— Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Mexico
FSRR
— FerroSur
MCRR
— Monongahela Connecting RR Company
CDM
— Control Duty Manager
CORP
— Central Oregon & Pacific Railroad
MDW
— Minnesota Dakota and Western Railway Com
ILW
— Illinois Western Railroad
NATM
— New Austrian Tunnelling Method
CSOR
— Connecticut Southern Railroad
HCRC
— Hillsdale County Ry. Co., Inc.
DAKR
— Dakota Rail Incorporated
MRP
— Management Reporting Pack
ETR
— Electronic Train Recording
VSRR
— Virginia Southern Railroad
EUCG
— End User Computing Group
IMPS
— Investment Monitoring and Planning System
PWRA
— Private Wagon owners Registration Agreement
TP
— Temporary Placement
SQE
— Safety Quality and Environment
BRI
— British Rail International
EV
— Everett Railroad
COMPASS
— COMbined Performance And Safety System
BDLX
— Big Dog Lines
MB
— Level crossing with Manually lifting Barriers
VIA
— Via Rail Canada
CPMY
— Coopersville & Marne Railway
LRCX
— Livingston Rebuild Center
EQAP
— EQuipment APpreciation
RMPD
— Route Modernisation Product Delivery
ANY
— Athabasca Northern Railway
BCA
— Business Critical Application
RR
— Raritan River
RHYX
— Macquarie Rail Inc
IHIR
— Indian Hill & Iron Range
MML
— Midland Main Line
JTCO
— Jacksonville Terminal Company
LT
— London Transport
AOK
— Arkansas-Oklahoma Railroad
DCIO
— Deputy Chief Inspecting Officer
ESLJ
— East St. Louis Junction Railroad
LGV
— Ligne A Grande Vitesse
OLB
— Omaha Lincoln and Beatrice Railway Company
TZPR
— Tazewell and Peoria Railroad
CCU
— Core Control Unit
BEDT
— Brooklyn East District Terminal
FPL
— Facing Point Lock
GPL
— Ground Position Light
CMGN
— Central Michigan RR
BMRR
— Beech Mountain Railroad
EN
— Euro Norm
NBX
— Not Boxed
SSIC
— Solid State Interlocking Controller
NPMEA
— National Planning Manager, Engineering Access
NYA
— New York and Atlantic Railroad
ISG
— Infrastructure Support Group
AVACS
— Aire VAlley Control System
GCW
— Garden City Western Railway Company
LC
— Line Clear
CD
— Ceske Drahy
S&F
— Switches & Fittings
SSIDES
— Solid State Interlocking Design
MSTL
— Minneapolis & St. Louis
DMIR
— Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range
YST
— Youngstown Sheet and Tube
MZSA
— Midland Zone Sponsors Agent
FGMR
— Fruit Growers Express Company
PLBX
— Palmetto Brick
MCF
— Microfilm Roll
TRB
— Train Recording Book
RIDRR
— Railway Industry Dispute Resolution Rules
AMWX
— AMERICA MOTIVE POWER, INC
DMCI
— Des Moines & Central Iowa RR
CENELEC
— European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation
TRC
— Infrastructure track Renewal Company
NPS
— National Payroll System
MNVA
— Minnesota Valley Transportation Company
LPA
— Local Procurement Agent
NPR
— Northern Plains Railroad Incorporated
NYNHH
— New York, New Haven and Hartford railway
DEMU
— Diesel-Electric Multiple Unit
GW
— Great Western Bank
CPRR
— Central Pacific Railroad
PNR
— Panhandle Northern Railroad Company
AHQ
— British Transport Police Area Headquarters
TSSU
— Time Slot Sharing Unit
GAAB
— Georgia and Alabama Division South Carolina Central Railroad
NYD
— New York Dock Railway
GASX
— Gerdau Ameristeel
ATR
— Automatic Train Reporting
MHMR
— Mount Hope Mineral railroad
CRGX
— Cargill Incorporated
LCU
— Local Control Unit
IBT
— International Bridge and Terminal Company
MT
— Mississippi and Tennessee RailNet Incorporated
SOT
— SOUTH OMAHA TERMINAL RAILWAY COMPANY
DPA
— Delegated Procurement Authority
AIP
— Area Investment Panel
CAMS
— Cost Allocation Management System
LUN
— Ludington and Northern Railway
BM
— Boston and Maine Railroad Corporation
AOCL
— Automatic Open level Crossing Locally monitored by train crew
VCB
— Vacuum Circuit Breaker
CEMR
— Central Manitoba Railway Incorporated
RUPP
— Road Used As A Public Path
LTA
— Lost Time Accidents
AOCR
— Automatic Open level Crossing Remotely monitored
NFPA
— National Fire Prevention Association
TOE
— Texas Oklahoma and Eastern RR Company
VCRR
— Ventura County Railroad Company
WTRM
— Warren and Trumbull Railroad Company
GFR
— Grand Forks Railway Company
GCRY
— Grand Canyon Railway
TRU
— Track Recording Unit
GFRR
— Georgia and Florida RailNet
RIA
— Railway Industry Association
MATT
— Mattagami Railroad
FDP
— Ferrocarril de Panama
LEF
— Lake Erie Franklin and Clarion Railroad Company
RLK
— RailAmerica Ottawa Valley Railway
BAR
— Bangor and Aroostook
APM
— Area Production Manager
TDS
— Train Dispatcher Sheets
FBMIS
— Finance and Business Management Information System
CARX
— Caliber Auto Transfer
CPLT
— CAMINO, PLACERVILLE & LAKE TAHOE RAILROAD CO.
PDM
— Project Development Manager
WEN
— Weekly Engineering Notice
ROP
— Rules of the Plan
RSF
— Right Side Failure
SSM
— Safety Strategy Manager
ACEX
— Altamont Commuter Express
BR
— Buffalo and Pittsburgh
NBSR
— New Brunswick Southern Railway Company
DPL
— Down Platform Line
NRNJ
— Northern railroad of New Jersey
DDN
— Dispatcher's Daily Notes
TWA
— Transport and Works Act
AGLF
— Knoxville and Holston River Railroad
NWSW
— Northwestern Steel and Wire Co.
TOU
— Train Operating Unit
BRAN
— Brandon Rail
NDA
— Not Described Alarm
BPA
— Business Planning Accountant
IOCR
— Indiana & Ohio Central Railroad
TCI
— Transportation Consultants International
DAKS
— Dakota Short Line
PRSL
— Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Lines
EAZ
— East Anglia Zone
PUG
— Passenger Up Grades
DLW
— Delaware Lackawanna and Western
BRUTE
— British Railways Universal Trolley Equipment
MCSA
— Moscow, Camden, and San Augustine Railroad
RIAC
— Railway Industry Advisory Committee
DCON
— Detroit Connecting Railroad Company
CBRM
— Chillicothe-Brunswick Rail Maintenance Authority
UGL
— Up Goods Loop
PVRR
— Pioneer Valley Railroad Company Incorporated
SOWC
— Shows Occupied when Clear
NWR
— Normal Working Resumed
DLCX
— Diesel Locomotive Co LLC
MIDH
— Middletown and Hummelstown RR Company
PLW
— PL and W Railroad Incorporated
SRP
— Statutory Reporting Pack
BB
— Buildings and Bridges
AEC
— Atlantic and East Carolina Railway Compa
PS
— Pittsburg and Shawmut Railroad Company
TSC
— Track Section Cabin
LPN
— Longview, Portland & Northern
BRR
— British Rail Research
SNR
— Sunflour Railroad Incorporated
APP
— Annual Possession Plan
PLYX
— US Plywood
MFCC
— M. F. Coffman Collection
RLCX
— RELCO
NYSW
— New York Susquehanna and Western
BMS
— Berlin Mills Railway
BRENDA
— BRidge ENgineer Data, computer system
CDOT
— Conneticut Department of Transportation
LLX
— Luria Brothers
EFRTC
— European Federation of Railway Trackwork Contractors
CMR
— Indiana Rail Road Company
EFCB
— Estrada de Ferro Central do Brasil
FRAME
— Fault Reporting And Monitoring Equipment
BS&TE
— Business Signal & Telecommunications Engineer
CA
— Chesapeake & Albemarle
TRRY
— Trillium railway
UPWSF
— UnProtected Wrong Side Failure
OPM
— Operational Planning Manager
EN
— ESQUIMALT & NANAIMO
KPR
— Kelowna Pacific Railway Limited
NSKT
— No Signaller Key Token
FCMR
— Fort Collins Municipal Railway
NFM
— National Fare Manual
CSAC
— Candidate Special Area of Conservation
IMP
— Industrial Metals Processing
IAIS
— Iowa Interstate Railroad
USS
— U.S. Steel
ITCO
— Intracoastal Terminal Co
JJRR
— J and J Railroad
VDP
— Vertical Design Package
SPT
— Strathclyde Passenger Transport
EIRENE
— European Integrated railways Radio Enhanced NEtwork
CNUR
— C and NC Railroad Corporation
FIBU
— FIfty hertz Booster Unit
REPTA
— Railway Employees Privilege Ticket Association
RM
— railroad mark
GTRA
— Golden Triangle Railroad
CPST
— Central Project Sponsor's Team
ACM
— Area Consents Manager
RSAB
— Rolling Stock Acceptance Board
MNC
— Missouri North Central RR
EJE
— Elgin Joliet and Eastern
EFA
— Estrada de Ferro Amapa
EMU
— Electric Multiple Unit
SRCL
— Southern Rails Cooperative
SWTH
— Signalling Works Testing Handbook
CLIF
— Cliffside Railroad
CBCT
— Communications Based Train Control
PLS
— Position Light Signal
MNJ
— Middletown & New Jersey Railroad
WTLC
— West Texas & Lubbock Railroad Co Inc.
DPC
— Development Planning Centre
CBQ
— Chicago, Burlington, & Quincy Railroad
ACRC
— Andalusia & Conecuh Railroad Company
BCR
— Bay Coast Railroad
CMO
— Chicago, St Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha
RJIS
— Rail Journey Information System
JMHX
— J. M. Huber Corporation
JEFW
— Jefferson Warrior Railroad Company
LIRR
— Long Island Railroad
ATCO
— Association of Transport Co-ordinating Offices
LB
— Line Blocked
ATB
— Automatic Ticket Barrier
TNM
— Train Network Management
EEC
— East Erie Commercial Railroad
SCL
— Seaboard Coast Line Railroad
PROMISE
— Planning and ResOurces MonItoring SystEm
SIGTAN
— SIGnalling equipment Technical Advice Notice
GSF
— Georgia Southern and Florida Railway Company
NE
— National Express
TPO
— Travelling Post Office
IRJ
— Insulated Rail Joint
KDC
— key distribution centre
IAT
— IOWA TRACTION RAILROAD CO
KW
— Keota & Washington RR
QRA
— Quantified Risk Analysis
LMIC
— Lake Michigan and Indiana Railroad
INRD
— Indiana Railroad
USAX
— United States Army
FXE
— Ferromex
ATIX
— Alstom Transportation Incorporated
VSO
— Valdosta Southern Railroad
TEXC
— Texas Central Railroad Company
CTA
— Chicago Transit Authority
WVRC
— WABASH VALLEY RAILROAD CO.
LS
— Lehigh and Susquehanna railroad
NEOUCOM
— Northeastern Ohio University Colleges of Medicine
DTL
— Down Tilbury Loop
RCPE
— Rapid City Pierre & Eastern Railroad
SPADMIS
— Signal Passed At Danger throughout Information System
DTSL
— Detroit & Toledo Shore Line
LMS
— London, Midland & Scottish railway
FCRD
— First Coast Railway
ELGX
— Trains Touristiques De Chaudiere-Appalaches
RPI
— Revenue Protection Inspector
CWM
— Carriage Washing Machine
BNC
— British National Connector
CFMG
— Chemin de Fer de LA Matapedia et du Golfe Inc.
RPL
— Rail Property Limited
GOB
— Gospel Oak to Barking line
LHRR
— Longhorn Railroad
TDA
— TRUST Delay Attribution
HNS
— Houston North Shore
BRG
— Business Review Group
BRBS
— British Rail Business Systems
NRM
— National Railway Museum
EDW
— El Dorado and Wesson Railway Company
RFFSA
— Rede Ferroviária Federal SA
MGLX
— Mobil Grain Ltd.
TTI
— Transkentucky Transportation
RNCX
— North Carolina Dept Of Transportation
AMTL
— Agence métropolitaine de transport
EPTC
— East Portland Traction
ELR
— Engineers Line Reference
SRP
— Safety Review Panel
ATTA
— Automatic Track Top and Alignment
BLMR
— Blue Mountain Railroad
SCT
— Sioux City Terminal Railway
JCAC
— Johnson County Airport Commission
ALL
— America Latina Logistica
EFE
— Electrification Fixed Equipment
PNRR
— Pennsylvania Northeastern
EPB
— Electro Pneumatic Brake
PRSX
— Progress Rail Services Corporation
NPPR
— Nez Perce-Pomeroy RR Co
DAIR
— D and I Railroad Company
HBL
— Harbor Belt Line
DTMF
— Dual Tone Multi-Frequency
SBD
— Seaboard System Railroad
LOS
— Limit Of Shunt indicator
LN
— Louisville and Nashville
CVRY
— Caddo Valley Railroad Company
MPEX
— Motive Power Industries
GATX
— General American Marks Company
LKRR
— Little Kanawha River Rail Incorporated
BCSR
— Buckeye Central Scenic Railroad
NEKM
— Northeast Kansas & Missouri
AF
— Auxiliary Feeder
BRT
— Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
CAE
— Chicago Aurora and Elgin
CHH
— Cheswick and Harmar
MNA
— Missouri & Northern Arkansas
BDM
— Business Development Manual
VNCAB
— Vehicle and Network Change Approvals Board
HW–POINT
— Particular type of point with electricmotor drive
FLT
— Freight Liner Terminal
KSW
— Kansas Southwestern Railway
LRS
— Laurinburg and Southern
SMOS
— Structure Mounted Outdoor Switchgear
DMMU
— Diesel Mechanical Multiple Unit
MNCR
— Metro North Commuter Railway
TPC
— Train Performance Calculator
I/L
— InterLocking
PSRG
— Project Strategy Review Group
JCN
— JunCtioN
NEGS
— New England Southern Railroad
CWC
— Charleston and Western Carolina
CWL
— Cornwall Railroad
RSABGP
— RSAB Group which provides support to RSAB and projects
MTP
— Mode of Travel Priority
VLIX
— Vintage Locomotives Inc
EMLX
— Electro-motive Leasing
PAL
— Paducah and Louisville
NRNA
— National Radio Network Appreciation
WTF
— Wrong side Telecommunications Failure
UTCX
— Union Tank Car Company
USSC
— United States Sugar Corporation
DGI
— Dangerous Goods Incident
EIP
— Examination in Public
MPD
— Major Projects Division
VSR
— Valley & Siletz RR
ITPM
— IT Process Model
IMRR
— Illinois Midland Railroad
SSIDWS
— Solid State Interlocking Design WorkstationS
CNRX
— Canadian Northern Railway LLC
AHB
— Automatic Half Barrier level crossing
SICA
— Signalling Infrastructure Condition Assessment
CCRX
— Cape Cod Railroad
APLAN
— track Access PLANning system
WE
— Wheeling and Lake Erie
OPR
— Oregon Pacific Railroad
AC&Y
— Akron, Canton and Youngstown railroad
INOH
— Indiana and Ohio Railroad Incorporated
BHRR
— Birmingham Terminal Railway
GECX
— General Electric Company
TCG
— Tucson Cornelia and Gila Bend Railroad Company
LNER
— London North Eastern Railway
NSTR
— No Signaller Token Remote
CRIP
— Chicago Rock Island & Pacific
OPS
— Outline Project Specification
TCF
— Track Circuit Failure
TNO
— Texas & New Orleans
FTS
— Failure to Stop
CAMPS
— Computer Assisted Maintenance Planning System
AEE
— American European Express
DMN
— Duluth Missabe and Northern Railway
PBNE
— Philadelphia Bethlehem and New England R
SAL
— Seaboard Air Line Railway
BITY
— Penn Eastern Rail Lines Incorporated
SNCT
— Seattle & North Coast R.R. Co.
CUVA
— ISG Cleveland Works Railway Company
MOC
— Missouri Central Railroad Company
IORPS
— Integrated Operational Railway Planning System
DIADS
— Diagram Input And Distribution System
DPC
— Data Protocol Converter
GRIV
— Gauley River Railroad LLC
ARI
— Alphanumeric Route Indicator
DETP
— Detailed Engineering Train Plan
ABLX
— American Refrigerator Transit Company
NCB
— nevada copper belt
KCPS
— Kansas City Public Service
CNL
— Columbia Newberry and Laurens
WHRC
— Windsor and Hantsport Railway
SDCR
— South Dakota Central
EWS
— English, Welsh & Scottish Railway Ltd
ELP
— East London Partnership
LIRX
— Lapeer Industrial Railway
FDDB
— Fibre Distributed Database
RCM(2)
— Remote Condition Monitoring
L/S
— London Side
TN
— Texas and Northern Railway Company
BP
— Brake Pipe
QCR
— Quebec Central Railway
RIV
— Regolamento Internazionale Vagoni
BVL
— Bound Valuation Ledger
N&W
— Norfolk and Western railway
S&C
— Settle and Carlisle
B&H
— Bath and Hammondsport railroad
RSP
— Roscoe Snyder and Pacific Railway
VS
— V and S Railway Incorporated
EVWR
— Evansville Western Railroad Inc
GWR1
— Great Western
COE
— Colorado & Eastern
FGLK
— Finger Lakes Railway
CARW
— Carolina Western Railroad
DPPP
— Disabled Peoples Protection Policy
MWLX
— Midwest Locomotive Works
RLEX
— Republic Locomotive
ALKX
— Airlake Terminal Railway Co.
WPYR
— White Pass & Yukon Route
MTCO
— Macon Terminal Company
WCRM
— West Coast Route Modernisation
MEC
— Maine Central Railroad
CIND
— Central RR of Indiana
WS
— Ware Shoals RR
SSDK
— Savannah State Docks Railroad Company
PHD
— Port Huron and Detroit Railroad Company
MS
— Michigan Shore Railroad Incorporated
ETD
— National Extension Trunk Dialling
PHLX
— Parrish & Heimbecker Limited
TCN
— Train Communications Network
BS SPEC
— British Standards specification
PCRC
— Panama Canal Railway Company
CERT
— City of Edinburgh Rapid Transport
MNRR
— Modoc Northern Railroad Company
BFC
— Bellefonte Central Railroad
PPTC
— Powered Plant Training - Chainsaw
LSPD
— Local Safety Policy Document
REA
— Railway Express Agency Corporation
PLAX
— PORT OF LOS ANGELES
BBRM
— Balfour Beatty Rail Maintenance Limited
O/B
— Over Bridge
INPR
— Idaho Northern & Pacific Railroad
OURD
— Ogden Union Railway and Depot Company
TAA
— Track Access Agreement
TUPE
— Transfer of Undertakings
GEGX
— GE Gas Turbine
IRRC
— Iowa R.R. Co.
MMRR
— Mid-Michigan Railroad Incorporated
FCEN
— Florida Central Railroad
PAL
— Property Action Line
LITM
— Local IT Manager
EHD
— East Ham Depot
ONCT
— Ontario Central Railroad Corporation
ES
— Engineering Supervisor
DKS
— Union Pacific Railroad Company
WC
— Wisconsin Central Railway
CARR
— Carrollton Railroad
CDR
— Cheap Day Return
BRTC
— Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Sub-Collection
AWB
— Advance Warning Board
GKLX
— Gold Kist, Inc.
EAWA
— Electricity at Work Act
ITS
— Infrastructure Testing Services
EDP
— Electrification Distribution and Plant
WB&E
— Wilkes-Barre and Eastern railroad
FWRY
— Fillmore Western Railway Company
PHIS
— Performance Historical Information System
MMC
— Monopolies and Mergers Commission
CIMU
— Central Infrastructure Maintenance Unit
OHRY
— Owego and Harford Railway Incorporated
LOAM
— Lousiana Midland
DAB
— Departmental Advice Blue
PTRR
— Port Townsend Railroad Incorporated
LIRC
— Louisville & Indiana
SWP
— Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad
CCUO
— Chicago-Chemung Railroad Corporation
ATT
— Advanced Tilting Train
P3
— Primavera Project Planner
PCY
— Pittsburgh Chartiers and Youghiogheny
WCML
— West Coast Main Line
PBRR
— Pine Belt Southern Railroad Company
ABP
— Aberdeen & Briar Patch
FIRR
— Flats Industrial Railroad
PWS
— Permanent Way Supervisor
BST
— Basic Signalling Technology
GMSR
— Kansas City Southern Railway
CM
— Central Montana Rail Incorporated
SSRB
— Special Speed Restriction Board
LSMS
— Lake Shore Michigan Southern Railroad
WRHX
— Creative Charters Inc
GWRS
— Great Western Railway Company
WGNS
— Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad Inc
FPE
— Fairport, Painesville & Eastern R.R. Co
TWE
— Track Welding Engineer
MAEG
— Maersk Sealand
SPARESCO
— Spare part company
ACWR
— Aberdeen, Carolina & Western Rwy
MCB
— Miniature Circuit Breaker
COT
— Condition of Track
SSDC
— Signalling Systems Direct Current
WRCC
— Wyoming Railcar
NAPS
— National Accounts Payable System
ITC
— Illinois Terminal Railroad
CLCO
— Claremont & Concord
VWL
— Vancouver Wharves Limited
WNYP
— Western New York and Pennsylvania
CPD
— Cleveland Plain Dealer
ATN
— Alabama & Tennessee River Railway Llc
MIRS
— Mare Island Rail Service
RIZ
— Rock Island
YVT
— Yakim Valley Transportation Company
MIDS
— Midlands
SSX
— Southern States Phosphate and Fertilizer Co.
NEZP
— Nezperce Railroad
DDI
— Design Development and Implementation
HSTR
— High Speed Track Recording
GSWR
— Georgia Southwestern Railroad
STLH
— St Lawrence and Hudson
EP
— Electronic Principles
GMR
— Georgia Midland Railroad
RRW
— Rockton Rion & Western
AFD
— Automatic Fire Detection
NPTR
— Northwood Pulp and Timber, Ltd.
SEC
— Southern Electric Company
RIL
— Railtrack Insurance Limited
NAP
— Narragansett Pier Railroad Company
NYOW
— New York, Ontario and Western Railway
BH
— Bath and Hammondsport Railroad
TRAMM
— Track Renewal And Maintenance Machine
SOPOR
— Societe du Port Ferroviaire de Baie-Comeau Haute-Rive
AWW
— Algiers Winslow and Western Railway
ABCX
— Alabama Byproducts Corporation
FGE
— First Great Eastern
EPA
— Engineering Publications Assistant
RLHH
— Southern Ontario Railway
SETA
— Signalling Eqipment Technical Agent
PH
— Professional Head
CPW
— CHICAGO, PEORIA & WESTERN RAILROAD CO.
CGR
— CG Railway, Inc
BOP
— Booking On Point
ARRC
— Advanced Railway Research Centre
KOG
— Kansas, Oklahoma, & Gulf
GIS
— Graphical Information System
SPUD
— St. Paul Union Depot Company
PSAP
— Puget Sound and Pacific Railroad Company
PDS
— Project Definition Stage
WKRL
— Western Kentucky Railroad
TD–T
— Transmission Course (Training)
NJII
— New Jersey, Indiana and Illinois Railroad
ARA
— American Railway Association
JSE
— Janesville & Southeastern
TMR
— Metropolitano Roca
NRES
— National Railway Enquires
IMU
— Infrastructure Maintenance Unit
FIRM
— Fares Increases Regulation Mechanism
TIRE
— Ticketing Incentive REgime
NYO&W
— New York, Ontario and Western railway
WMP
— Waste Management Plan
TMS
— Metropolitano San Martin
SDIV
— San Diego and Imperial Valley Railroad
T&V
— Tresspass & Vandalism
FMID
— Florida Midland Railroad Company Incorpo
ASBPC
— Adjacent SignalBox Protocol Converter
SRY
— Southern Railway of British Columbia
GC
— Georgia Central Railway
PGC
— Producers Grain Corporation
DML
— Down Main Line
CVL
— CUYHOGA VALLEY LINE RAILROAD
TXNW
— Texas North Western Railway Company
RCL
— Railway Claims Ltd
ACTC
— Atlantic City Transit Company
TRU
— Infrastructure track Renewal Unit
SLQ
— St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad
MDC
— Management Driven Change
TCA
— Track Circuit Actuator
OTMR
— On Train Monitoring Recorder
NCPR
— North Carolina Ports Railway
CMD
— Central Materials Depot
TXOR
— Texas and Oklahoma Railroad Company
BA
— Baltimore & Annapolis
MEP
— Member of European Parliament
PRIDE
— Passenger Rail Information Display Equipment
NIWX
— Northern Illinois and Wisconsin Railway
PSR
— Passenger Service Requirement
WAMX
— Webb Asset Management
EROS
— Emergency Restriction Of Speed
PCB
— Petty Cash Book
CCCR
— Cape Cod Central Railroad
ECR
— Euro Cargo Rail
TRRY
— Trillium Railway Co. Ltd.
TXR
— Texas Rock Crusher Railway Company
ECR
— Evaluation of Change Request
DT1
— Detroit Terminal
AEEU
— Amalgamated Electrical Engineering Union
VOBC
— Vehicle OnBoard Control
PRIMA
— Professional Rail Industry Management Association
MARC
— Maryland Transit Administration
HOCM
— Head of Contract Management
FRA
— Fixed Rate Agreement
DSL
— Down Slow Line
NICD
— Northern-Indiana Commuter Transportation
HESR
— Huron and Eastern Railway Company
LSTT
— Lake Superior Terminal Transfer
CHS
— Charlotte Southern Railroad
CHP
— Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Mexico
EAM
— Engineering Access Manager
SFG
— Societe du Chemin de Fer de la Gaspesie
VLI
— Valor da Logistica Integrada
WVN
— West Virginia Northern Railroad
RTD
— Regional Transportation District
ETH
— Electric Train Heating
POV
— Pittsburgh & Ohio Valley
NN
— Northern Nevada Railroad Corporation
RRCI
— Redmont Railway Company Incorporated
LDG
— List of Dangerous Goods
ATSF
— Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
MCB
— Manually Controlled Barrier
ALS
— Alton and Southern Railway
MNBR
— M and B Railroad LLC
OHK
— Kruse Grain
NAT
— Not Applicable Timetable
PRTD
— Portland Traction
FNM
— Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Mexico
NBN
— Nicolet, Badger & Northern
RPI
— Revenue Protection Officer
WFE
— Western Fruit Express
TOPS
— Total Operations Processing System
NRA
— National Rail Academy
CB&Q
— Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroad
PTRD
— Portland Traction Co., Portland R.R. and Terminal Division
MBTA
— Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority
PW
— Parallel Wing
FC
— Fair Condition
EMGTPA
— Equivalent MillionGross Tonnes Per Annum
GWZ
— Great Western Zone
MR
— McCloud Railway Company
NCOK
— North Central Oklahoma Railway
FJG
— Fonda Johnstown & Gloversville RR
NTP
— North Trans–Pennine route
CANX
— CANAC International Incorporation
MGRI
— MG Rail Incorporated
HS
— H and S Railroad Company
SKOL
— South Kansas and Oklahoma
CVR
— Cimarron Valley Railroad L.C.
KTS
— Kenosha Trolley
CWRO
— Cleveland Works Rail Operations
HSM
— Hand Signal Man
PVRX
— Pook Valley Railroad
MOS
— Mobile Operations Supervisor
WTLR
— West Texas and Lubbock Railroad Company
IRRS
— International Rail Road Systems, Inc.
HBRY
— Hudson Bay Railway Company
UO
— Union Railway of Oregon
ICE
— InterCity Express
LB
— Loose Bound
SEMTA
— South East Michigan Trans Auth
MIGN
— Michigan Northern Railway
SFO
— Station Facility Owner
NRLS
— Network Rail Line Standards
ALT
— AIRLAKE TERMINAL RAILWAY COMPANY
RICP
— Rail Incident Control Post
BRPX
— Blue Ridge Paper
SRYC
— Sierra Railway Company of California
L&S
— Lehigh and Susquehanna railroad
HCRY
— Huron Central Railway
TCB
— Track Circuit Block
DVS
— Delta Valley and Southern Railway Company
C&E
— Chicago and Erie Railroad
AEWZ
— Erie Western
JTPX
— Joseph Transportation, Inc.
SWA
— Steel Wire Armoured
FC
— Fulton County Railroad Incorporated
OTSX
— On Track Rail Services
DFO
— Depot Facility Owner
ACE
— Area Civil Engineer
MOT
— Marine Oil Transportation
TTC
— Toronto Transit Comission
QC
— Quebec Central Railway
TPS
— Traction Power Supply
OP
— Outside Party
DTRR
— Detroit Terminal Railroad
CRTA
— Cleveland Rapid Transit
SVI
— Southern Railway of Vancouver Island
MDLE
— Mount Dora & Lake Eustis Railway
NYE
— New York and Erie railroad
OCE
— Oregon California & Eastern
CTR1
— Channel Tunnel Route 1
LLW
— Lavacot Locomotive Works
QGRY
— Quebec Gatineau Railway Incorporated
PREX
— Pioneer Rail Equipment
UEL
— Up Electric Lane
RSCI
— Real Staff Cost Increase
NRA
— National Rivers Authority
NPCCS
— Non Passenger Carrying Coaching Stock
ME
— Morristown & Erie Railroad
RES
— Rail Express SystemsRailCons
NNW
— Nebraska Northwestern Railroad
DPM
— Development Planning Manager
MPU
— Motive Power Unit
SIPS
— Supplier Performance Monitoring System
OHPA
— Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad Company
ATA
— Automatic Track Alignment
AMP
— Asset Maintenance Programme
MSO
— Michigan Southern Railway
ITI
— Unknown
RCDO
— Railway Crossing Diversion Order
MCA
— Maywood Co-op Association
CO
— Chesapeake & Ohio
KRMX
— KAWASAKI RAIL CAR, INC
SWKR
— San Pedro and Southwestern Railway Compa
DKPX
— Duke Power Company
DWL
— Dynamic Warning Lights
GTW
— Grand Trunk Western
BSN
— Bridge Strike Nominee
NWP
— Northwestern Pacific Railroad Company
OLO
— Ontario LOrignal Railway Incorporated
WT
— Wrightsville & Tennille
TXGN
— Texas Gonzales and Northern Railway Comp
S&C
— Switches and Crossings
ETRY
— Eastern TN Railway
BCS
— Better Chemical Solutions
PETS
— Public Emergency Telephone System
FOU
— Freight Operating Unit
SSAP
— Statement of Standard Accounting Practice
GWWE
— Gateway Eastern Railway Company
UPL
— Up Platform Line
MICC
— Management Information Communications Centre
ER
— Eesti Raudtee
NHRR
— New Hope and Ivyland Rail Road
BRP
— Budget Reporting Pack
CWP
— Chicago West Pullman and Southern
DQE
— De Queen and Eastern Railroad Incorporat
CLSL
— Columbia and Silver Creek Railroad
KCCS
— Kansas City Clinton & Springfield
WCTU
— White City Terminal & Utility
CQPA
— Central Columbiana & Pennsylvania RR
UPL
— Up Passenger Loop
KRT
— Kanawah River Terminals
DB
— Deutsche Bundesbahn, German State Railways
FP
— Flexibility Premium
MRSL
— MRS Logistica
ORN
— Overlay Radio Network
DMSS
— Development Manager, Signalling Strategy
TMD
— Train Mass Detectors
AZER
— Arizona Eastern Railway Company
LNE
— Lehigh and New England Railroad, Conrail
OPUG
— Other Passenger Upgrades
WIMX
— Wimpey Minerals USA, Inc.
CATX
— General American Marks Company
TVM
— Transmission Voice Machine, French ATP system
EIRR
— Eastern Idaho Railroad Incorporated
STRT
— Stewartstown Railroad Company
BR1
— British Railways
C2C
— Acronym for London Tilbury and Southend lineRailCons
RESX
— Rescar, Inc.
JCN
— Job Cost NumberN
ISAR
— Information Systems Activity Request
URO
— Union Railroad of Oregon
SSG
— Safety Strategy Group
LTS
— London, Tilbury and Southend Rail
HVI
— High Voltage Impulse
DRHY
— Durham Transport Incorporated
MGR
— Merry–Go–Round
RTPI
— Real Time Passenger Information system
BHP
— BHP Nevada Railroad Company
TIR
— Transports Internationaux Routiers
ERIE
— Erie Railroad
CPA
— COUDERSPORT & PORT ALLEGHENY RAILROAD
RSBS
— Railway Standard Building Specification
DCP
— Document Control Point
CT
— Central Trains
BMRG
— Blue Mountain and Reading
AGT
— Automatic Guideway Transit
IHRC
— Indiana Hi Rail Corporation
OTM
— On–Track Machine
LV
— LiVerpool Street
TYBR
— Tyburn Railroad Company
SWGR
— Seagraves Whiteface and Lubbock Railroad
MSDR
— Knoxville & Holston River Railroad
SWIMCO
— South West Iinfrastructure Maintenance COmpany)
CSP
— Camas Prairie RailNet Incorporated
PRM
— PRocurement Manager
R/T
— Right Time
OCW
— Ocean City Western Railroad
DJRR
— Decatur Junction
LTA
— London Transport Authority
AWE
— Advance Warning Estimates
GSP
— Ground Switch Panel
HOFE
— Head Of Engineering
EMRY
— Eastern Maine Railway Company
CM
— Contracts Manager
TORR
— Train Operated Route Release
PROMPT
— PRiority On Managing Performance Trends
HEX
— Heathrow EXpress
PCTE
— Profit Centre Telecommunications Engineer
DTS
— Dynamic Track Stabiliser
TBS
— Transmission Based Signalling
ARA
— Arcade and Attica Railroad Corporation
CSA
— Cross–Sectional Area
EI
— Electrical Installation
JKWI
— Johnsonburg, Kane, Warren and Irvine Railroad
PSCX
— Public Service Of Colorado
VE
— Valuation Engineer
WM
— Western Maryland Railroad
TL
— Through Line
NRN
— National Radio Network
ATT
— Active Tilting Train
NFTA
— Niagara Frontier Transit Authority
GMDX
— General Motors Diesel Canada
LCRC
— Lenawee County Railroad
CKRY
— Central Kansas Railway Incorporated
ICM
— Internal Communications Manager
MSN
— Meeker Southern Railroad
RHT
— Railway Heritage Trust
YKR
— York Railway
FORI
— Fibre Optic Route Indicator
SLOA
— Steam Locomotive Operators Association
ISU
— Infrastructure Services Unit
AMS
— Austenitic Manganese Steel
CHRR
— Chesapeake Railroad Company
TPPP
— Transport Policies and Programme Package
RI
— Relay Interlocking
MSL
— Level crossing with Miniature Stop Lights
SPSR
— San Pedro & Southwestern Railway Co
RISSC
— Railway Industry Safety Strategy Comittee
PE
— Peoria & Eastern
DRA
— Driver Reminder Appliance
ORR
— Office of the Railway Regulator
VPI
— Vital Processor Interlocking
DAC
— Depot Access Conditions
WYT
— Wyandotte Terminal Railroad Company
VSTP
— Very Short Term Plan
RA
— Route Availability
SRG
— Safety Review Group
PWMA
— Permanent Way Maintenance Assistant
TPWSSA
— Train Protection Warning System Sponsor's Agent
RSAG
— Railway Safety Advisory Group
HRLX
— Housatonic Logistics Company LLC
FLR
— Fife Lake Railway
NLR
— North London Railways
SI
— Site Instruction
SMFD
— Systems Management Framework Design
LRR
— Little River Railroad
HTW
— Hoosac Tunnel and Wilmington
OS
— Ontario Southland Railway Inc.
KGBW
— Kewaunee Green Bay and Western
PF
— Pioneer and Fayette Railroad Company
PADS
— Parts And Drawing System
NB
— Northhampton and Bath railway
DRSX
— DOT Rail Services
GDI
— Graphical Data Interface
RRNW
— Regional Railways North West
LBR
— Lowville and Beaver River Railroad Company
PCSE(W)
— Profit Centre Signal Engineer (Works)
TIC
— Track Inspection Coach
FRVT
— Fore River Transportation Corporation
GSW
— Great Southwest Railroad
MAW
— Maumee and Western Railroad Corporation
CTR
— cost time resource
IGMX
— Integrated Grain & Milling
SSG
— Systems Strategy Group
GRWR
— Great Walton Railroad
ELS
— Escanaba and Lake Superior Railroad Comp
KCSM
— Kansas City Southern de Mexico
SMRR
— Sisseton Milbank Railroad Incorporated
TCM
— Time Cycle Maintenance
API
— Applications Interface
FEPASA
— Ferrovias Paulistas SA
JRS
— Johnson Rail Services
HOP
— Head Of Projects
ROCK
— Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
GITM
— Golden Isle Terminal RR
IS
— Intermediate Signalling
TAG
— Track Access Grant
CRT
— Construction Round Table
RSNR
— Red Springs & Northern
PUWER
— Provision and Use of Workplace Equipment Regulations 1992
SAM
— Switch Activating Mechanism
F/H
— FreeHold
NOW
— Northern Ohio & Western
GRN
— Greenville and Northern
CHTT
— Chicago Heights Terminal Transfer Railroad
SPADRAM
— SPAD Reduction & Mitigation
DT
— Decatur Junction Railway Company
HRRC
— Housatonic Railroad Company
SP
— Single-Phase
TSH
— Tshiuetin Rail Transportation Inc
AFT
— AMERICAN FREEDOM TRAIN FOUNDATION
SFT
— Stress Free Temperature
AREA
— American Rail Engineers and Maintenance Association
TT
— Toledo Terminal
DEL
— Down Electric Line
MEF
— Modern Equivalent Form
LVRC
— Lamoille Valley Railroad
CA
— Cash Accounts
SW&W
— South Wales and West
DFG
— Del Fungo Giera Servizi Ferroviari Srl
AN
— Apalachicola Northern Railroad
NDN
— National Data Communications Network
RIG
— Railway Industry Group
PER
— Portable Equipment Room
HA
— Hanson Aggregates
DMVW
— Dakota Missouri Valley and Western Railr
MOW
— Maintenance-Of-Way
LNE(Z)
— London North Eastern (Zone)
SCRX
— SOUTH CAROLINA PUBLIC RAILWAYS
WCRC
— Washington Central Railroad Corporation
RT1A
— Railtrack Infrastructure Maintenance Contract
WCML RM
— West Coast Main Line Route Modernisation
MON
— Monon Route
TEU
— Twenty Foot or Equivalent Unit
ZIP
— Zone Investment Panel
MRT
— Minimum Rail Temperature
NTR
— Mississippi Central Railroad Company
ROTP
— Rules of the Plan
LXVR
— Luxapalia Valley
ORRX
— Oregon Department Of Transportation
IANR
— Iowa Northern Ry
ERTMS
— European Railways Traffic Management System
MTNR
— Mississippi Tennessee Railroad LLC
NY&GL
— New York and Greenwood Lake railway
GEXR
— Goderich & Exeter
GRIN
— Great Plains Railway
MTDX
— Midwest Transportation & Development Cor
SMART
— Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Timebased
PWSS
— Permanent Way Section Supervisor
SME
— Signalling Maintenance Engineer
ARS
— Automatic Route Setting
AUG
— Augusta Railroad
WARM
— West Anglia Route Modernisation
IANW
— Iowa Northwestern Railroad
TAC
— Telecomms Appreciation Course
FDEC
— Ferrocariles de Cuba
LDRR
— Louisiana and Delta Railroad Incorporated
HOPP
— Head Of Property Projects
TMERL
— The Milwaukee Electric Railway
LNAC
— Chattahoochee Bay Railroad, LLC
FLAWS
— a computer database of rail flaws
DCLR
— Delaware Coast Line RR Co
GLC
— Great Lakes Central Railroad
BSDA
— Bi-State Development Agency
TCOD
— Track Circuit Operating Device
TCRY
— Tri-City Railroad Company
SSG
— Standards Steering Group
ICE
— Institute of Civil Engineers
ORR
— Office of the Rail Regulator
WAR
— Warrenton Railroad Company
MKC
— McKeesport Connecting Railroad Company
TSDB
— Train Service Data Base
RII
— Relay Interlocking Interface
CADRS
— CAD Railways Services
CA
— Commercial Assistant
DAPF
— Document Amendment Proposal Form
QNSL
— Quebec, North Shore and Labrador
OSRR
— Ohio Southern Railroad Incorporated
AUAR
— Austin Area Terminal Railway
CTML
— Cairo Terminal Railroad Company
VXC
— Virgin CrossCountry
RMRR
— Rocky Mountain Railcar and Railroad Incorporated
NPC
— NORTH PACIFIC COAST
ICC
— International Convention Centre
LNE
— Lehigh and New England Ry
WWR
— Washington Western
REG
— Railtrack Executive Group
SLSF
— Saint Louis-San Francisco
SSW
— St. Louis Southwestern
NRG
— National Records Group
CPPP
— Confirmed Period Possession Plan
CIL
— Chicago Indianapolis and Louisville
GNBC
— Grainbelt Corporation
WAEX
— Cherokee Rail Equipment LLC
BAYL
— Bay Line, LLC
NCRY
— Northern Central Railway
ACME
— Acme Steel
MHWA
— Mohawk, Adirondack and Northern Railroad
UAA
— University of Akron Archives
WCTR
— WCTU Company White City Terminal Railway
FEVR
— Fremont & Elkhorn Valley Railroad
DUT
— Denver Union Terminal Railway Company
MNL
— Mountain Laurel Railroad
LINC
— Lewis and Clark Railway Company
PPU
— Tazewell & Peoria Railroad
SV
— Shenandoah Valley Railroad
DGPS
— Differential Global Positioning by Satellite
YB
— Youngstown Belt Railroad Company
FTA
— Fault Tree AnalysisUoS
DLWR
— Depew Lancaster and Western Railroad Com
PNA
— Pacific National - Australia
UWC
— User Worked Crossing
CNW
— Chicago and Northwestern
WSF
— Wrong Side Failure
GRR
— Georgetown Railroad Company
LL/H
— Long Leasehold
PLRA
— Private Locomotive Registration Agreement
HLGX
— Helm Financial Corporation
CTR2
— Channel Tunnel Route 2
TDMS
— Title Deeds Management System
PTRA
— Port of Houston Terminal RR Association
SMRS
— Springfield (MO) Railway Services
TO
— Team Organiser
HVRR
— Hocking Valley
RNA
— Railway Notification of Accidents Regulations
EPS
— European Passenger Services
ACM
— Area Contracts Manager
DAL
— Down Avoiding Lane
DL
— Delaware-Lackawanna Railroad Company
TSSA
— Transport Salaried Staffs' Association
MWRX
— Midwest Rail Holdings Incorporated
UWG
— public road crossing with User Worked Gates
ERES
— Erie Western
PPTD
— Powered Plant Training Disc Cutter And Class 9 Cutting Of Wheels
WGCR
— Wiregrass Central Railroad. Incorporated
NTN
— National Teleprinter Network
HLCX
— Helm Financial
RDMX
— Ryder
TRE
— Track Recording Engineer
SJVR
— San Joaquin Valley RR
LRPC
— London Regional Passengers Committee
OETR
— Outline Engineering Train Requirements
RTMZ
— RailTrack Midlands ZoneRailCons
CTRU
— Central Track Renewals Unit
BMH
— Beaufort and Morehead Railroad Co
NSRC
— North Stratford RR
NTRY
— Nimishillen and Tuscarawas Railway Company
PIE
— Performance Improvement Executive
CFE
— Chicago, Fort Wayne and Eastern
TNER
— Texas Northeastern Division Mid-Michigan
CHW
— Chesapeake Western Railway
RRIP
— Route Relay Interlocking Processor
SAS
— South African Railways
GPR
— General Purpose Relief
ECC
— English China Clays
SSSH
— Surrey Sussex & Southhampton
WGR
— Willamette Valley Railway Company
NPT
— Portland Terminal R.R. Company
CBR
— Coos Bay Rail Link
NHVT
— New Hampshire and Vermont Railroad Company
RJCR
— RJ Corman
ROM
— Regional Operating Manager
BRB
— British Railways Board
HSW
— Helena Southwestern Railroad
WPSC
— Wheeling Pittsburg Steel
LE
— Light Engine
EFPL
— Economical Facing Point Lock
POM
— Possession Optimisation Manager
SA
— Sponsor's Agent
MWL
— Level crossing with Miniature red/green Warning Lights
FWL
— Fort Wayne - Lima
NYPANO
— New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio railroad
WBE
— Wilkes-Barre and Eastern railroad
H/S
— Hand Signaller
SLIM
— St Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern
JVRR
— Juniata Valley Railroad Company
SCI
— Standard Contract Interpretation
JS1
— basic signalling cable jointing and testing
ETCX
— Eastman Tennessee Corporation
NYABC
— New York Air Brake Company
GETY
— Gettysburg Railroad
RFP
— Richmond Fredericksburg and Potomac
GF
— Ground Frame
WTCX
— Weyerhauser
CA
— Cables and Accessories
SOM
— Somerset Railroad Corporation
NSW
— Northwest Steel and Wire
NSC
— National Supply Contract
CSR
— Camden & Southern Railroad Inc
NASG
— National Applications Support Group
NAR
— Northern Alberta Railways
ONER
— Ontario Northeastern RR
NOP
— New Orleans Public Service
BSPG
— Business Systems Policy Groupy
WPSX
— Wisconsin Public Service Corporation
CKSI
— Carthage Knightstown and Shirley Railroad
TSRD
— Twin State Railroad Company
RMRX
— Great Canadian Railtours Co Ltd
AO
— Appalachian and Ohio
PAM
— Pittsburgh Allegheny and McKees Rocks Railroad Company
YN
— Youngstown and Northern
MSRW
— Mississippian Railway Cooperative Incorporated
WA
— West Anglia Lines
SDS
— Signalman's Display System
PTT
— Public Timetable
LASB
— Lackawaxen and Stourbridge Railroad
HRT
— Hartwell RR
TT
— Timetable, Public
NCTR
— North Central Texas Railroad
CNJ
— Central Rail Road of New Jersey
RBLX
— Brent C Lewis
ESR
— Emergency Speed Restriction
SJT
— St Joseph Terminal
RA
— Reporting Accountant
IAMS
— Integrated Asset Management System
EVR
— Early Voluntary Retirement
MMAX
— Martin-Marietta Aggregates
RTLS
— Road Traffic Lights
EFVM
— Estrada de Ferro Vitoria-Minas
FP
— Fordyce & Princeton Railroad Company
TESCO
— TEchnical Service COmpany
RLHS
— Railway Locomotive and Historical Society
RRC
— Respondek Railroad Corporation
URL
— Up Relief Line
IZ
— Inter Zonal
BDRV
— Belvidere & Delaware Railroad
PRIDE
— Possession Resource Information DatabasE
RCH
— Railway Convalescent Home
TC
— Track Circuit
SIPS
— Standard Infrastructure Performance System
PTM
— Portland Terminal Company
PIMS
— Programme Integrated Management System
ENS
— European Night Services
CWI
— Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad
WVR
— Willamette Valley Railway
NZR
— New Zealand Railways
CAPP
— Confirmed Annual Possession Plan
TRIN
— Trinidad Railway Incorporated
CD
— Close Doors platform indicator
MTL
— Mersey Travel Ltd.
CMC
— CMC Railroad Incorporated
CHIP
— Chemicals Hazard Information and Packaging regulations
RDG
— Reading Railroad
BDTL
— Ballard Terminal Railroad Company
WAER
— Wabash Erie
ZD
— Zone Director
SA
— Signalling Assistant
AVB
— Automatic Vacuum Brake
SBB
— Swiss Railways
NRM
— Nominated Responsible Manager
SMNR
— Southern Manitoba Railway
SC
— Signalling Centre
FTR
— Florida Tri-Rail
CWCY
— Caldwell Country Railroad
WTRY
— Wilmington Terminal Railroad Incorporated
NYOW
— New York, Ontario & Western
SPC
— Senior Production Controller
TWO
— Transport & Works Order
IFS
— Independent Function Switch
MWRR
— Montana Western Railway Company Incorporated
FSR
— Fort Smith Railroad Company
RSC
— Railway Skills Council
LE
— Light Electric loco
VATT
— Virgin Active Tilt Trains
LAFX
— LaFarge Corporation
LX
— level crossing
HPTD
— High Point Thomasville and Denton Railroad
SINAC
— Special Inspection Notice Action Complete
KFR
— Kettle Falls International Rwy
SFS
— Santa Fe Southern Railway
WW
— Wales and West Passenger Trains
NIAJ
— Niagara Junction Railway
DG
— Dangerous Goods
CWWR
— Chehalis Western Railroad
SIXX
— 636 Leasing
NMCSA
— Network Management Centres Sponsor's Agent
T&H
— Tottenham & Hampstead
EA
— East Anglian
YSLR
— Yolo Shortline Railroad Company
TMO
— Train crew Manually Operated
ONE
— London Eastern Railway Ltd.
RRRR
— Rock and Rail Incorporated
BIFS
— Billing Infrastructure Freight System
CEGB
— Central Electrictricity Generating Board
SPSX
— Progress Rail Services Corp
RT
— Railtrack
AHB
— Automatic Half Barriers
SSP
— Signalling Supply Point
GTD
— Group Tax Department
TRN
— Train Reporting Number
BC
— BARRE & CHELSEA RAILROAD
HOG
— Heart of Georgia Railroad
TTR
— Talleyrand Terminal Railroad Company
CRC
— Class Representative Committee
ASDA
— Asbestos & Danville
BCRY
— Cando Contracting Limited
PRB
— Personalised Rule Book
NCYR
— Nash County Railroad Corporation
DIRFT
— Daventry International RailFreight Terminal
MRCE
— MRCE Dispolok GmbH
NOL
— Notice of Liability
LPS
— Local Policy Statement
SRP
— Station Regeneration Programme
RZD
— Russian Railways
OPO
— One Person Operation
ASR
— Allegheny Southern Railroad Incorporated
GOT
— GO Transit
TT
— Time Table
TOC
— Toledo & Ohio Central
SIRR
— Southern Industrial Railroad
MRI
— Motive Rail Industries
NREX
— National Railway Equipment
RICA
— Regional Independent Commercial Auditor
CI
— Cambria and Indiana Railroad Company
NYS&W
— New York, Susquehanna and Western railroad
GLCD
— Great Lakes Coal & Docks
PGRV
— Pigeon River Railroad Company
GS
— Gloster Southern
RV
— Rahway Valley R.R.
CHV
— Chattahoochee Valley Ry
REX
— Railway Express Agency, Inc.
STP
— Short Term Planning
EMS
— Environmental Management Statement
RE&TA
— Real Estate and Tax Agent
ETB
— Electronic Token Block
AMR
— Arcata And Mad River
BPM
— Business Process Manual
CWPR
— Company Weekly Performance Report
NMC
— Network Management Centre
CAPS
— Colchester Area Power Supplies
UWSF
— Unprotected Wrong Side Failure
IU
— Indianapolis Union
CDL
— Central Door Locking
KWUX
— Siemens Power Corporation
PAF
— Project Authority Form
PWV
— Pittsburgh & West Virginia
CLCR
— Cadillac & Lake City RR
SDR
— Simplified Direct Reporting
LM
— Litchfield and Madison
ROS
— Restriction of Speed
ASAB
— Bay Line Railroad L.L.C
BRS
— Business Route Section
IRN
— Ironton RR
MISS
— Mississippian Railway Cooperative Incorporated
PSPP
— Particular Specification for Possession Planning
ICRK
— Indian Creek Railroad Company
TRRA
— Terminal RR of St Louis
CIM
— rules for international carriage of goods
STE
— Stockton Terminal and Eastern RR
PCM
— Project Control Manual
TD
— Train Describer
QCM
— Quebec Cartier Railroad
NOGC
— New Orleans & Gulf Coast
TL2000
— ThamesLink 2000
WWRC
— Wilmington and Western Railroad
LA
— Lousiana and Arkansas
NJTR
— NJ Transit Rail Operations
NYGL
— New York and Greenwood Lake Railroad
TXU
— TXU Electric
CWR
— Continuously Welded Rail
CATE
— Computer Assisted Train Enquiries
INLX
— Incoal Company
UCRY
— Utah Central
MLF
— Main Line Freight
DTS
— Detroit & Toledo ShoreLine
IMPACT
— Improved Manufacturing Performance Through Active Change and Training
SCM
— Senior Contracts Manager
LIZ
— Liz Cement Company
LS
— Line Standard
BHX
— Bank Holiday eXcepted
ASPER
— ASset PERformance database
CBC
— Carbon County Railway
PSR
— Pittsburg and Shawmut Railroad Incorporated
SZ
— Slovenske železnic
FUS
— Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Mexico
CWRY
— Commonwealth Railway Inc.
RCGG
— Ray-Carroll
CYDX
— Conrad Yelvington Distributors, Inc.
GR
— Grand Rapids Eastern Railroad Incorporated
DLM
— Data Link Module
MVT
— Mt Vernon Terminal
OLEAR
— Overhead Line Equipment Asset Register
BCH
— Southern Railway of British Columbia Limited
CRLX
— Conrail Leasing Co
IRRS
— International Rail Road Systems Incorporated
SSISIM
— Solid State Interlocking SIMulator
IATR
— Iowa Traction Railroad Company
EBL
— East Branch & Lincoln RR
WARP
— West Coast Advanced Recovery Reliability Programme
FIR
— Flats Industrial Railroad Company
SHRT
— Shaker Heights Rapid Transit
TENN
— Tennessee Railway Company
NCSL
— Nashville Chattanooga & St Louis
RM
— Route Modernisation
NG
— Normal Grade
ORHC
— Orrville Railway Historical Society
CE
— Chicago and Erie railroad
OPRAF
— Office of Passenger Rail Franchising
SDIY
— San Diego and Imperial Valley Railroad Company
CLNA
— Carolina Coastal Railway Incorporated
RCE
— Regional Civil Engineer
CHGX
— Chicago Gravel
GMRC
— Green Mountain RR
GRW
— Gary Railway
ARN
— Alberta RailNet Incorporated
SEKR
— Southeast Kansas Railroad Company
PNRW
— Piedmont Northern Railroad
OHIC
— Ohi-Rail Corporation
ILM
— Railtrack Infrastructure Liability Manager
HL
— Home Location
NYPSC
— New York State Public Services Commission
NLL
— North London Line
DR
— Dardanelle and Russellville Railroad Inc
DSD
— Driver's Safety Device
EA
— Electronics Appreciation
USL
— Up Slow Line
RAI
— Right Away Indicator
WSL
— Westinghouse Signals Ltd
JJRD
— J and J Railroad Incorporated
DOP
— Driver Only Passenger
STEX
— Sterling Chemicals, Inc.
DM
— Deutsche Mark RailCons
DRGW
— Denver and Rio Grande Western
BRBS
— British Railways Business Systems
DART
— Digital Advanced Radio for Trains
OLC
— Occupation Level Crossing
ELKR
— Elk River Railroad Incorporated
FCYR
— Franklin County Railroad
MML
— Minimum Monetary Limit
PT
— Peninsula Terminal Company
CCCL
— Connecticut Central Railroad Company
SCBX
— Standridge Color
DGNO
— Dallas Garland & Northeastern
LCR
— London and Continental Railways
COPA
— Control of Pollution Act 1974
SNCF
— French National Railways
BER
— Big Eagle Rail
BNG
— Blackwell Northern Gateway Railroad Comp
IMCO
— Infrastructure Maintenance COmpany
PCS&TE
— Profit Centre Signal and Telecommunications Engineer
TPT
— Train Positioning and Tracking
ALY
— Allegheny and Eastern Railroad Incorpora
LD
— Light Diesel locomotive
BMS
— Basic Mechanical Signalling
WN
— Wharton and Northern railroad
ETRM
— Engineering Train Routing Map
WARC
— West Anglia Route Controller
CISD
— Golden Isles Terminal Railroad
VMVX
— VMV Enterprises, Inc
EEB
— Eastern Electricity BoardRailCons
STEP
— Safety, Teamwork, Excellence, Professionalism
RIP
— Railtrack Investment Panel
SPA
— Special Protected Area
NW
— Norfolk and Western
HM
— Her Majesty
FS
— Feeder Station
MS
— Method Statement
HV
— High Visibility
SCR
— Sydney Coal Railway
PLE
— Pittsburgh & Lake Erie
HRS
— Holidaysburg and Roaring Spring Railroad Company
CKIN
— Chesapeke & Indiana
ICM
— Infrastructure Contracts Manager
MAC
— Mid America Car & Locomotive
FFTX
— Florida Fun Train
NBA
— National radio network
BTC
— Birmingham Terminal
RA
— Radio Agency
WTCO
— Western Transportation Company
WON
— Weekly Operating Notice
TESCO
— Technical Support Company
GOL
— Government Office for London
OE
— Outside Edge
VRAC
— Vehicle and Route Acceptance Contract
EEN
— Examining Engineer's Nominee
CNYK
— Central New York Locomotive Company
WFS
— West Isle Line Incorporated
CCYR
— Colleton County Railroad
MJRX
— Railway Service Contractors Inc
SEE
— Systems Engineering Environment
CYCY
— Crystal City Railroad Incorporated
RS
— Roberval and Saguenay Railway Company
BIRR
— Bellingham International Railroad LLC
CWEX
— Midwest Generation, LLC
AIM
— Asset Information Manager
CTRN
— Union Pacific Railroad Company
HMWX
— Heckett MultiServ
TRT
— Tshiuetin Rail Transportation
GSCX
— General American Marks Company
SHRT
— South Hampshire Rapid Transit
S&TE
— Signal and Telecommunications Engineer
RRRR
— Raritan River railroad
MKIX
— Morrison-Knudsen
DRS
— Direct Rail Services
ROR
— Rules of the Route
OLYR
— Olympic Railroad Company
SDBB
— Somerset Terminal Railroad Co.
STABS
— Signalling and Telecommunications Area Budget System
EFRR
— Effingham Railroad
PCA
— Penn Central
MTR
— Montour RR