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HASAW — Health and Safety at Work
LAN — Local Area Network
AFFF — Aqueous Film Forming Foam
ROM — Read-Only Memory
CWT — Carlson Wagonlit Travel
YTD — Year To Date
ERDF — European Regional Development Fund
ASAP — As Soon As Possible (pronounced AY-sap)
IT — Information Technology
VDU — Visual Display Unit
ANSI — American National Standards Institute, Inc.
WWW — World Wide Web
RF — Radio Frequency
RFQ — Request For Quotation
PWAY — Permanent Way
HAZID — Hazard Identification
LCD — Liquid Crystal Display
W — Watt
GDP — Gross Domestic Product
EDI — Electronic Data Interchange
AC — Alternating Current
GSM — Global System for Mobile Communications
PPE — Personal Protective Equipment
KPI — Key Performance Indicator
CN — Canadian National Railway
IRR — Internal Rate of Return
RPI — Retail Price Index
PROJEX — Project Expenditure
CV — Curriculum Vitae
COSHH — Control Of Substances Hazardous To Health (UK)
WACC — Weighted Average Cost Of Capital (accounting)
ATP — Automatic Train Protection
FMECA — Failure mode effect and criticality analysis
FM — frequency modulation
GIS — Geographic Information System
CAPEX — Capital Expenditure
PDH — Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy
VAT — Value Added Tax
TBA — To Be Advised
UP — Union Pacific Railroad Company
FAT — Factory Acceptance Test
SPOC — Single Point Of Contact
WBS — Work Breakdown Structure
VO — Variation Order
GBV — Gross Book Value
PCB — Polychlorinated Biphenyls
GL — General Ledger
AP — Accounts Payable
WAN — Wide Area Network
GPRS — General Packet Radio Service

SLA — Service Level Agreement
PCB — printed circuit board
CAR — Corrective Action Request
FX — Foreign Exchange
BAA — British Airports Authority
RAILTEL — RAILway TELephone project
Y-P — Young Person
MTBF — Mean Time Before Failure
SD — Standard Deviation
AM — Amplitude Modulation
SPV — Special Purpose Vehicle (sometimes Single Purpose Vehicle)
CBI — Confederation of British Industry
RAM — random-access memory
GUI — Graphical User Interface (goo-ey)
B. OF D. — Board of Directors
E&OD — Engineering and Operations Development
PSBR — Public Sector Borrowing Requirement
CR — Change Request
EU — European Union (1994; formerly referred to as the EEC or EC)
RAB — Regulatory Asset Base
PO — Purchase Order
W&LE — Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway
ABS — Alabama Southern Railroad
NPV — Net Present Value {economics}
IDF — Intermediate Distribution Frame
NI — National Insurance
PICOW — Person in Charge of Works
NRLC — National Railway Labor Conference
IEE — Institution of Electrical Engineers
LA — Local Authority
PVC — Polyvinyl Chloride
NSR — Newburgh and South Shore Railroad Compan
MMA — Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway
WATX — Watco
AF — Audio Frequency
MSE — Mississippi Export Railroad Company
PIC — Person In Charge
KLSC — Kalamazoo, Lake Shore and Chicago Railway
CHB — Cleveland Harbor Belt
DC — Direct Current
T&RS — Traction & Rolling Stock
ZEPE — Zone Electrical and Plant Engineer
AE — Account Executive
P&L — Profit and Loss statement
AWRR — Austin Western Railroad
OSI — Open Systems Interconnection (iso Standard)
SAT — Site Acceptance Test
S.L/H — Short LeaseHold
ALARP — As Low as Reasonably Practicable
HV — High Voltage

AGR — Alabama and Gulf Coast Railway
P.WAY — Permanent Way
C&WI — Chicago and Western Indiana railroad
HW — Hardware
MIS — Management Information System (OSHA)
CAD — Computer Aided Designer
EVA — Ethylene Vinyl Acetate
FAQ — Frequently Asked Questions (sometimes Pronounced Fak)
P&LE — Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad
PMBX — Private Manual Branch Exchange
AL — Almanor Railroad Company
NEC — National Electrical Code
CB — Circuit Breaker
BST — British Summer Time
LPC — Louisiana Paving Corp
SMS — Safety Management Systems
PWME — Permanent Way Maintenance Engineer
BRC — Belt Railway of Chicago
JD — Job Description
ISDN — Integrated Services Digital Network
L&PS — London and Port Stanley Railway
BDM — Business Development Manager
BSOR — Buffalo Southern Railroad
AVI — Automatic Vehicle Identification
D&IA — Design and Implementation Authority
E,L&N — Early, Late and Night
MTTR — Mean Time To Repair
GRN — Goods Received Note
ELCB — Earth Leakage Circuit Breaker
PHA — Preliminary Hazard Analysis
D&DR — Design & Development Report
IGBT — Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor
CIMA — Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
DOS — Disk Operating System
COA — Chart Of Accounts
O&M — Operation and Maintenance
SIL — Safety Integrity Level
TCP/IP — transmission control protocol/internet protocol
D&DA — Design and Development Authority
R&PA — Route and Programme Analyst
SPAX — Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA)
SQL — Structured Query Language
PAX — Private Automatic Exchange
AA — Ann Arbor Railroad
LSI — Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad
PDP — Personal Development Plan
CAPM — Capital Asset Pricing Model
AQL — Acceptable Quality Level
L&HR — Lehigh and Hudson River railway
EMP — Environmental Management Plan

S&SM — Safety and Standards Manager
LV — Low Voltage
PC — Personal computer (host)
ZCRG — Zonal Commercial Review Group
LED — law enforcement desk; light emitting diode
RSA — Railway Study Association
ITU — International Telecommunication Union
M&EE — Mechanical & Electrical Engineering
IEC — International Electrotechnical Commission
WYSIWYG — What You See Is What You Get (pronounced Wizzy-wig. See Entry For Derived Acronyms)
R(SCW) — Railway (Safety Critical Work) Regulations 1994
RC — Reinforced Concrete
ELOX — Elcon Inc.
PGR — Progressive Rail
N&VMP — Noise and Vibration Management Plan
L&PSR — London and Port Stanley Railway
HZ — cycles per second (hertz)
HR — HUMAN RESOURCES
AKMD — Arkansas Midland Railroad Company
BDW — Bighorn Divide and Wyoming Railroad
HSC — Health and Safety Commission
L&NE — Lehigh and New England railroad
COTS — Commercial Off the Shelf Software
DCF — discounted cash flow rate
OS — Ordnance Survey
NIC — National Insurance Contributions
EMC — Electromagnetic Compatibility
DTI — Department of Trade and Industry (UK)
VAMD — Virginia and Maryland
VM — Value Management
OCB — Oil Circuit Breaker
KYLE — Kyle Railroad
N&B — Northhampton and Bath railway
OGEE — Ogeechee Railway
XLPE — Crosslinked Polyethylene
CCTV — Closed Circuit Television
SAE — Society of Automotive Engineers
DML — Data Manipulation Language
O&SPA — Operational and Support hazard Analysis
DPC — Damp Proof Course
HL — High Level
HAYSI — Haysi Railroad
RHS — Rectangular Hollow Section
PABX — private automatic branch exchange (telephone)
UFN — Until Further Notice
FE — Finite Element
LEU — Lineside Electronic Unit
MDF — Main Distribution Frame
NEMA — National Electric Manufacturer's Association
OBRY — Orangeville-Brampton Railway

RT — Radiographic Testing
GPF — General Protection Fault
ROCE — Return On Capital Employed
PAYE — Pay-As-You-Earn
RTU — Remote Terminal Unit
IR — Illinois Railnet
DDA — Disability Discrimination Act
OTR — Oakland Terminal Railway
GMT — Greenwich Mean Time (Zulu)
AKDN — Acadiana Railway Company
MOD — Ministry Of Defence (United Kingdom) And Various Other Countries
DSE — Display Screen Equipment
RISC — Reduced Instruction Set Computer
CSM — Customer Service Manager
IMDG — International Maritime Dangerous Goods
ACOP — Approved Code Of Practice (UK)
PMCS — Project Management Control System
MPV — Multi-Purpose Vehicle
PM — Project Manager
PORTIS — Portable Ticket Issuing System
ARZC — Arizona and California Railroad
CIMAH — Control of Industrial Major Accident Hazard
CAXX — CEMENTO CRUZ AZUL
PDT — Portable Data Terminal
WI — Work Instruction
CBL — Conemaugh and Black Lick Railroad
SCADA — Supervisory Control And Data Aquisition
IBH — Intermediate Block Home Signal
CATS — Charlotte Area Transit System
PFI — Private Finance Initiative
BCLR — Bay Colony Railroad
CITB — Construction Industry Training Board
HATX — Helm Financial Corporation
WB — Westbound
RTA — Regional Transportation Authority
ADBF — Adrian and Blissfield Rail Road
PA — Personal Assistant
FDM — Frequency Division Multiplex
NAO — National Audit Office
UCMX — United Clays, Inc
AR — Aberdeen and Rockfish Railroad
AR — Accounts Receivable
FRA — Federal Railroad Administration
EPS — Earnings per share
SQVR — Sequatchie Valley Railroad
FC — Financial Controller
TDM — Time Division Multiplexer
CF — Cape Fear Railways Incorporated
RC — Remote Control
CFWR — Caney Fork and Western Railroad

AGCR — Alamo Gulf Coast Railroad Company
FOC — Freight Operating Company
LRT — Light-Rail Transit
RBC — Radio Block Centre
NOPB — New Orleans Public Belt Railroad
PALADIN — Performance And Loading Analysis Database INformation
PRV — Pearl River Valley Railroad Company
NEBOSH — National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health
OAR — Old Augusta Railroad
SDH — Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (ATM)
TRC — Trona Railway Company
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
EMCAR — Empty Carriages
UT — Ultrasonic Testing
MBO — Management Buy-Out
LD — Liquidated Damages
KKRR — Knox and Kane Railroad Company
SMBX — Southern MN Sugar Beet Coop
TOFC — trailer-on-flatcar
SVRR — Shamokin Valley Railroad Company
PBVR — Port Bienville Railroad
RMT — National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers
SSC — Southern Switching Company
ONT — Ontario Northland Railway
RIO — Rail Incident Officer
BRG — Brownsville and Rio Grande International Railroad
TB — Trial Balance
EC — European Community
CPO — Compulsory Purchase Order
ANR — Angelina and Neches River Railroad
MSV — Mississippi and Skuna Valley Railroad Company
SLAL — South Plains Lamesa Railroad
UPS — Uninterruptible Power Supply
BVRY — Brandywine Valley Railroad Company
SW — Software (SFTWE Preferred)
BN — Burlington Northern Railroad
RSR — Rochester and Southern Railroad
NOKL — Northwestern Oklahoma Railroad
UB — Universal Beam
EPI — Environmental Performance Indicator
BRW — Black River and Western railroad
CRL — Chicago Rail Link
HST — High Speed Train
ATW — Atlantic and Western Railway
PBT — Profit Before Tax
ARR — Alaska Railroad
BJRY — Burlington Junction Railway
FURNO — Until FURther NOtice
LCP — Local Control Panel
OOO — Out Of Order

CCKY — Chattooga and Chickamauga Railway Company
RRVW — Red River Valley and Western Railroad
NCIR — New Castle Industrial Railroad
LW — Louisville and Wadley Railway Company
TDMA — Time Division Multiple Access
EIA — Environmental impact assessment (international)
OCTL — Oil Creek and Titusville Lines, Inc.
STR — Shawnee Terminal Railway Company
CHR — Chestnut Ridge Railway Company
APNC — Appanoose County Community Railroad
ITE — Institute of Transportation Engineers
MH — Mount Hood Railroad
PW — Providence and Worcester Railroad
RARW — Rarus Railway Company
OLEMI — Overhead Line Equipment Master Index
RCD — Residual Current Device
BB — Buckingham Branch Railroad
SLWC — Stillwater Central Railroad
CGT — Capital Gains Tax
NCR — Nonconformance Report
CIRR — Chattahoochee Industrial Railroad
PRR — Pennsylvania Railroad
ASRY — Ashland Railway
OTVR — Otter Tail Valley Railroad Company
CALA — Carolina Southern Railroad
APA — Apache Railway Company
TCWR — Twin Cities and Western Railroad
HAZCHEM — Hazardous Chemical
SCRF — South Carolina Central Railroad
WRRC — Western Rail Road Company
BPRR — Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad Inc.
NVQ — National Vocational Qualification
DMM — Dansville and Mount Morris Railroad Company
AVP — Assistant Vice President
FAST — Federation Against Software Theft
ECU — European Currency Unit
MNN — Minnesota Northern Railroad Incorporated
MM — Money Market
PCN — Point Comfort and Northern Railway
HSE — Health & Safety Executive Officer
NERR — Nashville and Eastern Railroad
SW — Southwestern Railroad Company
NDT — Nondestructive Test
NYC — New York Central Railroad
BTP — British Transport Police
ALAB — Alabama Railroad
CAGY — Columbus and Greenville Railway Company
GBP — Great British Pound
VRE — Virginia Railway Express
KJR — Kiski Junction Railroad

LSRC — Lake State Railway Company
WCOR — Wellsboro and Corning Railroad Company
RIDDOR'95 — Reporting of Injuries, Disease and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995
UMP — Upper Merion and Plymouth Railroad
PBR — Patapsco and Back Rivers Railroad
CMPA — Madison railroad
CTRR — Cloquet Terminal Railroad
BP — Business Plan
CLC — Columbia and Cowlitz Railway Company
KJRY — Keokuk Junction Railway
LCR — Lake County Railroad
CFNR — California Northern Railroad
FRS — Financial Reporting Standard
CBRY — Copper Basin Railway
SAPT — Savannah Port Terminal Railroad Incorporated
SOCO — Scene Of Crime Officer
CNZR — Central New England Railroad
KCS — Kansas City Southern Railway
ISRS — International Safety Rating System
ETH — Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule
IC — Illinois Central Railroad
BOP — Border Pacific Railroad Company
LOP — Loss of Power
ETA — Expected Time of Arrival
EXPOTEL — hotel accommodation and conference booking agency
CC — Chicago Central and Pacific Railroad Company
BBOH — Bloomingburg Ohio
GTO — Gate Turn-Off thyristor
MRL — Montana Rail Link
APM — Assistant Project Manager
AZCR — Arizona Central Railroad
SM — St. Mary's Railroad
NVRR — NAPA Valley Railroad Company
WNFR — Kanawha Rail Corporation
CMSL — Cape May Seashore Lines
AFC — Approved For Construction
M&E — Mechanical & Electrical
SCHLID — SCHedule IDentity
MPLI — Minnesota Prairie Line Incorporated
EPROM — Electrically Programmable Read Only Memory
P&M — Plant & Machinery
ABL — Alameda Belt Line
JC — Junction
CLP — Clarendon and Pittsford Railroad
PACT — PAved Concrete Track
URR — Union Railroad
CW — Colorado and Wyoming railway
PVS — Pecos Valley Southern Railway Company
SMV — Santa Maria Valley Railroad Company
WATC — Washington Terminal Company

SCTR — South Central Tennessee Railroad
BLR — Blacklands railroad
EIB — European Investment Bank
SRC — Strasburg Railroad
KRR — Kiamichi Railroad
PRY — Pioneer Industrial railway
DCRR — Dubois County Railroad
AMP — Asset Management Plan
NS — Norfolk Southern Railway
MTBHE — Mean Time Between Hazardous Events
CCRR — Claremont Concord Railroad
ISRR — Indiana Southern Railroad
CSCD — Cascade and Columbia River Railroad Company
CCRA — Camp Chase Industrial Railroad
CTR — Clinton Terminal Railroad Company
TSE — Texas South-Eastern Railroad Company
KT — Kentucky and Tennessee Railway Company
ATO — Automatic Train Operation
AT — Auto Transformer
PTE — Passenger Transport Executive
NAUG — Naugatuck Railroad Company
NCVA — North Carolina and Virginia Railroad
CPD — Continuous Professional Development
TMS — Traffic Management System
NMGR — New Mexico Gateway Railroad
BRASS — British Railways Additional Superannuation Scheme
NYOG — New York and Ogdensburg Railway Company Incorporated
SBVR — South Branch Valley Rail Road
CTN — Canton Railroad Company
CBGR — Council Bluffs Railway
TVRR — Tulare Valley Railroad Company
NFF — No Fault Found
SCFE — South Central Florida Express Incorporated
HA — Highways Agency
POTB — Port of Tillamook Bay Railroad
YARR — Youngstown and Austintown Railroad
FTA — Freight Transport Association
CBRW — Columbia Basin Railroad
PTW — Permit to Work (UK)
SLC — San Luis Central Railroad Company
MET — Modesto and Empire Traction Company
FRS — Functional Requirements Specifications
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
CPDR — Carolina Piedmont Railroad
PNB — Personal Needs Break
MCER — Massachusetts Central Railroad
NCRC — Nebraska Central Railroad
DME — Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad Company
LT — Lake Terminal Railroad Company
OMID — Ontario Midland Railroad Corporation

KBSR — Kankakee Beaverville and Southern Railroad Company
MDDE — Maryland and Delaware Railroad
BP — British Petroleum
NR — Network Rail
HVAC — Heating, Ventilating, And Air Conditioning
WSOR — WISCONSIN & SOUTHERN
NYGL — New York and Greenwood Lake Railway
RSS — Rockdale, Sandow & Southern Railroad
TNA — Training Needs Analysis. The TNA term is most commonly given to the process of identifying and planning personal/skills development for an individual, group, or entire workforce. This can be the responsibility of a supervisor, group leader, senior manager
TBRY — Thermal Belt Railway
GN — Great Northern Railway
POVA — Pend Oreille Valley Railroad
SLRG — San Luis and Rio Grande railroad
USN — United States Navy
COP — City of Prineville Railway
QRR — Quincy Railroad Company
WTNN — West Tennessee Railroad
YVRR — Yadkin Valley Railroad
PNW — Prescott and Northwestern Railroad
FTA — Federal Transit Administration
GE — Great Eastern
MNNR — Minnesota Commercial Railway
ITT — Invitation To Tender
ARC — Alexander Railroad
SMA — San Manuel Arizona Railroad Company
DD&I — Design Development and Implementation
EC — Excellent Condition
TSU — Tulsa-Sapulpa Union Railway
YW — Yreka Western Railroad Company
NSHR — North Shore Railroad
PNWR — Portland and Western Railroad Incorporated
SBRR — Stourbridge Railroad Company
PSN — Packet Switched Network
NKCR — Nebraska, Kansas & Colorado RailNet
SLR — St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad Company
VTR — Vermont Railway
MDS — Meridian Southern Railway
NRI — Nebkota Railway Incorporated
PMT — Project Management Team
PSTN — Public Switched Telecommunications Network
SP — Southern Pacific Railroad
CT — Columbia Terminal
PDFH — Passenger Demand Forecasting Handbook
RVPR — Riverport railroad
COEH — Conecuh Valley Railroad
STMA — St. Maries River Railroad Company
ATPM — Automatic Train Protection Manual
WP — Western Pacific
RPRC — Richmond Pacific Railroad Corporation
NBER — Nittany and Bald Eagle Railroad Company

D&I — Design and Implementation
DETR — Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
TSRR — Tennessee Southern Railroad
NENE — Nebraska Northeastern Railway
TBE — To Be Evaluated
SHARON — Sharon Steel
LVRR — Lycoming Valley Railroad
SAN — Sandersville Railroad
TR — Tomahawk Railway
ATC — Automatic Train Control
JDHX — JD Heiskell
MJ — Manufacturers Junction Railway Company
SGLR — Seminole Gulf Railway
WSR — Warren and Saline River Railroad
TMP — Traffic Management Plan
DART — Dallas Area Rapid Transit
DC — Delray Connecting Railroad Company
RVSC — Rio Valley Switching Company
DD — Direct Debit
IC — Intercity
OD — Outside Diameter
SIMBIDS — SIMplified BI–Directional Signalling
RTA — Road Traffic Accident (British)
WBCR — Wabash Central railroad
NYCH — New York Cross Harbor Railroad Terminal Corporation
CPS — Crown Prosecution Service (UK criminal justice system)
PICK — Pickens railway
MMID — Maryland Midland Railway
UTAH — Utah Railway
DSS — Department of Social Security
VR — Valdosta Railway
MDF — Medium Density Fibreboard
SLUT — South Lake Union Trolley
YRC — York Railway
PTR — Port Terminal Railroad of South Carolina
MP — Milepost
FTVM — FerroValle
WPRR — Willamette and Pacific Railroad
SS — Sand Springs Railway Company
NKP — Nickel Plate Road
TO — Technical Officer
MSCI — Mississippi Central Railroad Company
OUCH — Ouachita Railroad
FP — Footpath
MCR — McCloud Railway Company
MRS — Manufacturers Railway
OHCR — Ohio Central Railroad
SMIS — Safety Management Information System
CTRL — Channel Tunnel Rail Link
ILWS — Inductive Loop Warning System

GP — Georgia-Pacific
ETM — Electric Track Maintenance
RR — Railroad
ISG — International Steel Group
CP — Canadian Pacific Railway
LEC — London Electricity Contracting Limited
SRA — Strategic Rail Authority
LPO — Local Process Owner
PROM — Programmable Read Only Memory (chip)
PLC — Public limited company
MSTR — Massena Terminal Railroad Company
FSG — Financial Statement Generator
FJLC — Fabrica de Jabon la Corona
CV — Central Vermont Railway
TNHR — Three Notch railroad
HEP — Head-End Power
LVDT — Linear Variable Differential Transformer
MP — Missouri Pacific Railroad
OTDR — Optical Time Domain Reflectometer
DO — Driver Only
WSRY — Winamac Southern railway
PW — Permanent Way
IMC2 — 2nd generation Infrastructure Maintenance Contract
RJCN — R.J. Corman Railroad Company/ Allentown Lines Incorporated
REFOS — Running Edge to Face Of Structure
RRI — Route Relay Interlocking
TBW — Temporary Block Working
SRN — Sabine River and Northern
ECO — Electrical Control Operator
VRRC — Vandalia Railroad
FOC — Fibre Optic Cable
FOC — Free Of Charge. Widely used acronym promising a good deal, however see TANSTAAFL.
RJCL — R.J. Corman Railroad Company/ Cleveland line
TOC — Train Operating Company
RJCM — R.J. Corman Railroad Company/ Memphis Line
BS — British Standard
TCS — Traffic Control System
H&S — Health and Safety
SWT — South West Trains
AIP — Approval in Principle
IHB — Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad
MEBO — Management and Employee Buy Out
CB — Central Battery
AEA — Atomic Energy Authority
SSI — Solid State Interlocking
SSR — Super Saver Return
RJCW — R.J. Corman Railroad Company/ Western Ohio Line
CR — Conrail
PTA — Passenger Transport Authority
CSAO — Conrail Shared Assets Operation

NER — North Eastern Railway
FRED — Financial Reporting Exposure Draft
PDMX — Programmable Digital Multiplexer
KE — Kinematic Envelope
COSS — Controller of Site Safety
OEL — Occupational Exposure Limit
GER — Great Eastern Railway
DQM — Data Quality Manager
CPC — Circuit Protective Conductor
SPM — Senior Project Manager
JTC — Jointless Track Circuit
FDDI — Fibre Distributed Data Interface
OPEX — Operating Expenditure
PTI — Positive Train Identification
AFC — Anticipated Final Cost
CAT — Central Arkansas Transit
CDM — Construction Design and Management
OE — Oregon Electric Railway Company
BSC — Base Station Controller
COCP — Code of Construction Practice
GMPTE — Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive
IORY — Indiana & Ohio Railway
RTS — Rapid Transit Systems
SYPTE — South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive
CAIX — CAI Rail Inc.
ESMS — Engineering Safety Management System
SLU — Standard Length Unit
FFT — Functional Fault Tree
SCXY — St. Croix Valley Railroad Company
PA — Public Addresses
QX — Qualifying eXceptions
MILW — Milwaukee Road
HMCR — Huntsville and Madison County Railroad Authority
ELHS — Erie Lackawanna Historical Society
PWM — Pulse width modulation
REN — Ringer Equivalence Number
BSP — Bulk Supply Point
CRP — Central Railroad of Pennsylvania
CCA — Current Cost Accounting
OHL — OverHead Line
A&GW — Atlantic and Great Western Railroad
LJU — Line Jack Unit
CD ROM — Compact Disc Read-Only Memory
FR — Feasibility Report
GMPTA — Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Authority
QS — quantity surveyor
DVT — Driving Van Trailer
CRR OF NJ — Central Railroad of New Jersey
URFDO — Ultrasonic Rail Flaw Detector Operator
BH–RAIL — Bull Head RAIL Section

RJCP — R.J. Corman Railroad Company/ Pennsylvan
DBFO — Design Build Finance Operate
TCS — Train Control System
RJCC — R.J. Corman Railroad/Kentucky Lines
ACT — Advanced Corporation Tax
GWRR — Great Walton Railroad Incorporation
VRG — Virgin Rail Group
GSM–R — Global System for Mobile communications for Railways
PRT — Philadelphia Rapid Transit
EZP — Electro–Zinc Plating
ALQS — Aliquippa and Southern Railroad Company
RE — Resident Engineer
BNS — Birmingham New Street
SPT — Signal Post Telephone
NJNY — New Jersey and New York Railroad
VT — Virgin Trains
MVB — Multifunctional Vehicle Bus
DPI — Dye Penetrant Inspection
AWS — Automatic Warning System
CAHA — Claims Allocation and Handling Agreement
LO-LO — Lift on, lift off,
LSB — Local Sensor Bus
MTBFF — Mean Time Between Functional Failures
LS — Luzerne and Susquehanna Railway
GIJ — Glued Insulated rail Joint
HN — Hutchinson and Northern Railway Company
NSE — Network Southeast
LMLX — Livingston Mountain Locomotive Works
FSH — Full Screen Height
SOU — Southern Oregon University
LFCD — Linea Coahuila Durango SA de CV
ROSCO — Rolling Stock Leasing Company
HMFI — Her Majesty's Factory Inspectorate
HTT — Harsco Track Technologies
HBT — HOUSTON BELT & TERMINAL
ETT — Employee Timetable
MPI — Motive Power Industries
VIAMONT — Viamont
RO-RO — Roll On-roll Off
CBQ — CHICAGO BURLINGTON & QUINCY
HCA — Historic Cost Accounting
AHBLC — Automatic Half Barrier Level Crossing
TPW — TOLEDO PEORIA & WESTERN
EOA — End of Authority
NMRX — New Mexico Department of Transportation-New Mexico Rail Runner Express
ORC — Order of Railroad Conductors
CCLX — Crystal Car Lines
SHA — Safety Hazard Analysis
EAC — Extended Arm Contract
ECS — Empty Coaching Stock

PTO — Public Telecommunications Operator
OCS — Overhead Catenary System
CIW — CHICAGO & ILLINOIS WESTERN
DSRC — DAKOTA SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY
TSR — Temporary Speed Restriction
AAX — Agrico Chemical Company
AM — Arkansas and Missouri
PAMX — PrivAte Manual branch eXchange
SIN — Special Inspection Notice
QAM — Quality Assurance Manager
NRSC — Network Rail railway Safety Case
MTTRS — Mean Time to Restore Service
LDDC — London Docklands Development Corporation (UK)
ETRB — Electronic Train Register Book
CIP — Core Investment Program
SSSI — Site of Special Scientific Interest
ADN — Ashley, Drew & Northern
OOG — Out of Gauge
CMNW — CHICAGO MISSOURI & WESTERN
CET — Controlled Emission Toilet
PRDC — Princess Royal Distribution Centre
E&P — Electrification and Plant
SLR — ST. LAWRENCE & ATLANTIC
F/B — Foot Bridge
RAMS — Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Safety
AF — Alabama & Florida Railway Company
FWD — FORT WORTH & DENVER
WICT — WISCONSIN & CALUMET
CRE — Contractor's Responsible Engineer
SRS — Sperry Rail Service
SNCB — Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Belges
ST — Springfield Terminal Railway Company
PCV — Petty Cash Voucher
SLRR — St. Lawrence & Raquette River Railroad
ETH INDEX — Electric Trains Heating Capacity
PICOP — Person In Charge Of Possession
ABA — Air Brake Association
CIC — CEDAR RAPIDS & IOWA CITY
SIGWEN — Signalling Equipment Workshop Engineering Notice
FRP — Field Reporting Procedures
HABD — Hot Axle Box Detector
ESSD — Electrostatic Sensitive Device
DTI — Detroit, Toledo, & Ironton
TCI — Track Circuit Interrupter
LMA — Limit of Movement Authority
TVRM — Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum
AEAT RAIL — The Former British Rail Research
CRI — CHICAGO RIVER & INDIANA
CS — COLORADO & SOUTHERN
JDNX — J & M Locomotive Inc.

PRI — Preliminary Routing Indicator
AWP — ATLANTA & WEST POINT)
SWGX — Southwest Georgia Railroad Excursion Authority/Sam Shortline Excursion Train
AEAT — AEA Technology PLC
RETB — Radio Electronic Token Block
THB — TORONTO HAMILTON & BUFFALO
NJT — New Jersey Transit
BO — BALTIMORE & OHIO)
SCAX — Southern California Regional Rail Authority
PGE — Pacific Great Eastern Railway
LV — Lehigh Valley Railroad
ID&T — Implementation, Development and Training
GMO — Gulf Mobile and Ohio
WLL — West London Line
MYC — Multi-Year Coverage
WABCO — Westinghouse Air Brake Company
OCC — Occupied
COS — Client Operating System
MPI — Magnetic Particle Inspection
CITDS — Construction Industry Tax Deduction Scheme
WMPTA — West Midlands Passenger Transport Authority
RSP — Rail Settlement Plan
CAD — Cadiz Railroad
TBTC — Transmission-Based Train Control
COER — CRAB ORCHARD & EGYPTIAN
SBK — South Brooklyn Railway Company
MNS — Minneapolis Northfield & Southern
LOA — Limit of Authority
TCAID — Track Circuit Actuator Interference Detector
CSS — CHICAGO SOUTH SHORE & SOUTH BEND
GCSX — Granite City Steel Co
BTA — British Transport Advertising
RIFAA — Rail Industry First Aid Association
JS2 — advanced signalling cable jointing and testing
TSC — Train Service Code
BH — Bath & Hammondsport Railroad Company
AAR — American Association of Railroads
TOOS — Taken Out of Service
FDDM — FORT DODGE DES MOINES & SOUTHERN
PPG — Planning Policy Guidance notes
NTO — National Training Organisation
SCUK — Signalling Controls Uk Ltd
AVGX — Avon Grain
CRT — Critical Rail Temperature
NBV — Net Book Value
ISO — International Standards Organisation
PIO — Police Incident Officer
FNOR — Florida Northern Railroad
CEI — CHICAGO & EASTERN ILLINOIS
LRV — Light-Rail Vehicle

CIS — Customer Information System
GU — Grafton and Upton Railroad Company
TFVM — Terminal Ferroviaria Del Velle De Mexico Sa De Cv
GMTX — GATX Rail Locomotive Group
C&O — Chesapeake and Ohio railroad
BCHX — Bosques De Chihuahua
KX — Kings Cross
NY&E — New York and Erie Railroad
AB — Additions and Betterments
OSGR — Ordnance Survey Grid Reference
AGW — Atlantic and Great Western railroad
CRUCC — Central Rail Users Consultative Committee
ABB — Akron-Barberton Belt railroad
S&SD — Systems and Safety Department
OPU — Operational Planning Unit
ABB — Akron and Barberton Belt Railroad Company
BKRR — Batten Kill Railroad
ENGLEWOOD — Englewood Railway
RFD — Rail Freight Distribution
SRNJ — Southern Railroad Company of New Jersey
PLGS — Position Light Ground Signal
BLW — Baldwin Locomotive Works
LC — LANCASTER & CHESTER
HTS — High Tensile Steel
EPRY — East Penn Railway
PLJI — Position Light Junction Indicator
EE&CS — Electrical Engineering & Control Systems
SIRT — STATEN ISLAND RAPID TRANSIT
ANBX — Anbel Corporation
KIWIRAIL — Kiwi Rail
DNC — Declared Non–Compliance
LEB — London Electricity Board
DL&W — Delaware, Lackawanna and Western railroad
SSOR — Sisseton Southern Railway Company
SP&SN — Single Phase and Switched Neutral
ACTO — Association of Charter Train Operators
GLW — Gross Laden Weight
SGVY — Saginaw Valley Railway Company Incorpora
BGCM — Bg & Cm Railroad
APTIS — All Purpose Ticket Issuing System
SPCC — Southern Peru Copper Corporation
FHIX — Fruit Growers Express
DPL — Down Passenger Loop
NRES — National Rail Enquiry Service
ABCL — Automatic Barrier level Crossing Locally monitored by train crew
AC — Algoma Central Railway
SSN–FTA — Subsystem Fault Tree Analysis
RAFS — Rail Freight Billing System
PMUX — Panel Multiplexer
MEAV — Modern Equivalent Asset Value

NORTA — New Orleans Regional Transit Authority
CPMT — Central Project Management Team
GBW — Green Bay & Western Railroad
ATS — Automatic Train Supervision (for rail signaling systems)
EFL — External Financing Limit
OLE — Overhead Line Equipment
ECRO — Electrical Control Room Operator
PI — Paducah & Illinois Railroad
UTX — Under Track Crossing
HMRI — Her Majesty's Railway Inspectorate
BM — BOSTON & MAINE
B&O — Baltimore and Ohio railroad
JLE — Jubilee Line Extension
AEM — Area Environmental Manager
ROSIN — Railway Open System Interconnection Network
FWWR — Fort Worth and Western Railroad
GCSR — Gulf, Colorado, and San Saba Railway
QRP — Quarterly Reporting Pack
W/S — Work Station
ASLEF — Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen
WMPTE — West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive
ACWP — AccuracyActual Cost of Work Performed
USAF — U.S. Air Force
RITC — Railway Industry Training Council
ATS — Aviation Technical Services (SPAWAR, US Navy)
REB — Relocatable Equipment Building
ALG — Association of London Government
WESTRACE — Westinghouse Radio Advance Control Equipment
RITS — Rail Infrastructure Transport System
TP&SN — Three Phase and Switched Neutral
CPMG — Company Performance Management Group
FCP — Ferrocarril del Pacifico
LRWN — LITTLE ROCK & WESTERN
LMD — Light Maintenance Depot
DSL — Denver & Salt Lake
CIÉ — Corás Iompair Éireann
WYPTE — West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive
CCI — Confirmation of Client's Instruction
MTRT — Matisa Track Recording Trolley
D&H — Delaware and Hudson railroad
FMEA — Failure Mode and Effect Analysis
RAYO — Rayonier
RIC — Regolamento Internazionale Carrozze
GRIP — Guide to Railway Investment Projects
CWR — CWR Incorporated
PLMX — CIT Group/Capital Finance, Inc
AEPX — American Electric Power Service
PTC — Philadelphia Transportation Company
GWT — Great Western Trains
RTHQ — RailTrack HeadquartersRailCons

IRSE — Institution of Railway Signal Engineers
IERS — International Environmental Rating System
IMECHE — Institution of Mechanical Engineers
URFD — Ultrasonic Rail Flaw Detection
EJR — East Jersey Railroad and Terminal
SN — Sacramento Northern Railway
TRTS — Train Ready To Start indicator
NHCR — New Hampshire Central Railroad
JSRC — Jackson and Southern Railroad Company
DNE — Duluth and Northeastern Railroad Company
PJR — Port Jersey Railroad
CTR3 — Channel Tunnel Route 3
LHR — Lehigh and Hudson River Railway
D&D — Design & Development
ATOC — Association of Train Operating Companies
CDNP — Cheques Drawn Not Presented
PDRR — Pee Dee River RR
FIO — For Information Only
LNER — London and North Eastern Railway
SPI — Safety Performance Indicator
ACIO — Assistant Chief Inspecting Officer
GTR — Great River Railroad
GP — General Purpose
RWY — Railway
EIRC — Eastern Illinois Railroad Company
ACL — Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
FDP — Ferrocarril de Panama
MAA — Magma Arizona Railroad Company
BTOG — British Transport Officers Guild
AMTK — Amtrak
EARY — Eastern Alabama Railway
EG — Executive Grade: old style executive job grading system
ETL — Essex Terminal Railway Company
EN — ESQUIMALT & NANAIMO
SWOT — Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats analysis
KOT — Kentucky-Ohio Transportation Co
S&SD — Railtrack's Safety and Standards Directorate
OMLX — OmniTRAX Leasing Limited
SLW — Single Line Working
LXOH — Knoxville & Holston River Railroad
IECC — Integrated Electronic Control Centre
BMS — Berlin Mills Railway
EV — Everett Railroad
W&N — Wharton and Northern railroad
WSP — Wheel Slip Protection
WYPTA — West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Authority
RPPS — Rail Passenger Partnership Scheme
ETCS — European Train Control System
IDMS — Integrated Document Management System
DOE — Department of the Environment (Canada)

FDC — Financial Data Control
DCA — Data Concentrator Appreciation
CGW — Chicago Great Western Railway
DH — Delaware and Hudson Railroad
QCM — Chemin de fer Cartier
EM — Edgemoor & Manetta Railway
WLE — Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway Company
POMG — Police Incident Office
INLORS — INner London Orbital Route Strategy
OHNS — OverHead Line Neutral Section
OCL — Operational Communications Link
SPAD — Signal Passed At Danger
GNWR — Genesee and Wyoming Railroad Company
SMTH — Signal Maintenance Tester's Handbook
FB — Flat Bottom Rail
ARTP — Association of Rail Training Providers
PIDS — Passenger Information Display System
EBS — Emergency Bypass Switch
SDNX — Coaster
VFN — Valuation Field Notes
GA — Georgia Railroad
EOTD — End of Train Device
ACCOLC — Access Overload Control
OCTR — Octoraro Railway Incorporated
UTLX — Union Tank Car Company
DCTA — Denton County Transportation Authority
TPWS–E — Train Protection and Warning System based on Euro–balise technology
CCT — Central California Traction Company
SMG — Systems Management Group
TE — Tacoma Eastern Railway Company
CSR — Cab Secure Radio
CGIX — Collingwood
MFCC — M. F. Coffman Collection
WTT — Working Time Table
AHBC — Automatic Half Barrier Crossing
CSN — Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional
LC — Level Crossing
FNW — First North Western
DEP — Designated Earth Point
WAB — Wabash Railroad
ECTB — East Chattanooga Belt Railway Company
ZOC — Zone Operational Control
CUOH — Columbus and Ohio River Railroad Company
DB — Deutsche Bahn
LVRM — Lehigh Valley Rail Management
RSSB — Rail Safety and Standards Board
PABS — Passenger track Access Billing System
BCWS — Budgeted Cost of Work Scheduled
LCAMS — Low Carbon Austenitic Manganese Steel
TRS — Train Ready to Start

BMWE — Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees
AGILIS — agilis Verkehrsgesellschaft
TIIS — Train Infrastructure Interface Specification
HFDG — Human Factors Development Group
G&SW — Glasgow and South West line
TOWS — Train Operated Warning System
DRIR — Denver Rock Island Railroad
FCA — Ferrovia Centro Atlantica
PIXC — Passengers in Excess of Capacity
AMU — Access Management Unit
EFRX — Eastside Freight Railroad
CRI&P — Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railroad
LOSX — Locomotive Specialists, Inc.
NEG — National Express Group
TMD — Traction Maintenance Depot
RGSP — Railway Group Safety Plan
ARPS — Association of Railway Preservation Societies
CRR — Competition and Regulatory Reviews
OTW — One Train Working
IMR — Interlocking Machine Room
WABL — Wabush Lake railway
SRT — Sectional Running Time
ACI — Allied Continental Intermodal
CIM — Chicago & Illinois Midland
RHA — Road Haulage Association
CGRX — Consolidated Grain and Barge Company
SWELTRAC — South West London Transport Conference
MSP — Measured Shovel Packing
RIC — Rail Incident Commander
DH — Delaware and Hudson
CD — Ceske Drahy
IA — Implementation Authority
FGER — Fruit Growers Express Company
WOHO — Wabash and Ohio Railroad
NFPA — National Fire Prevention Association
AB — Akron and Barberton Cluster Railway Company
MCRR — Monongahela Connecting RR Company
CIRY — Central Illinois Railroad Company
VLIX — Vintage Locomotives Inc
EN — Euro Norm
UIC — Union Internationale des Chemin
PIP — Property Investment Panel
NPBL — Norfolk and Portsmouth Belt Line
GNRR — Georgia Northeastern Railroad
BLE — Bessemer and Lake Erie
PAL — Paducah and Louisville
BCC — Banking Control Account
ROW — Renewal Of Way
P&E — Plant and Equipment
PON — Periodical Operating Notice

CENTRO — Marketing name of West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive
CCU — Core Control Unit
GSPP — General Specification for Possession Planning
FCCM — Compania de Ferrocarriles Chiapas Mayab, SA de CV
RIPM — Railtrack Investment Prioritisation Model
SWRX — Southwind Shortline Railroad Co
GTRA — Golden Triangle Railroad
ESI — electricity supply industry
CERT — City of Edinburgh Rapid Transport
FTRL — Foster Townsend Rail Logistics
RLE — Rail Link Engineering
BAR — Bangor and Aroostook
KWT — Kwt Railway, Inc.
BRSA — British Rail Staff Association
APRR — Albany Port Railroad
R/G — level crossing with miniature Red & Green warning lights
NBEC — New Brunswick East Coast Railway Company Incorporated
PSB — Power Signal Box
CG — Central of Georgia Railway
ATR — Automatic Train Regulation
BTCO — Boston Terminal Company
DGL — Down Goods Loop
BEEM — Beech Mountain Railroad Corporation
AP TDM — Accounts Payable Electronics, Time Division Multiplex
MPRX — Motive Power & Equipment Solutions, Inc.
ETE — Electrical Traction Engineers
CRS — Computerised Reservation System
ICG — Illinois Central Gulf
RUCC — Rail Users' Consultative Committee
ESLJ — East St. Louis Junction Railroad
FEC — Florida East Coast
IR — Ingersoll-Rand Company
AWS — Auxiliary Wayside System
ECML — East Coast Main Line
AVR — Allegheny Valley Railroad
USRA — United States Railway Association
LHR — Lehigh and Hudson River
SSHA — Subsystem Hazard Analysis
FWCR — Florida West Coast Railroad Incorporated
EACH — East Camden and Highland Railroad
CE — Contract Engineer
SFO — Senior Fire Officer
TSWR — Toppenish, Simcoe & Western Railroad
MML — Midland Main Line
NEKM — Northeast Kansas & Missouri
AKS — AK Steel Holding Corporation
ABC — Automatic Ballast Cleaner
MNCR — Metro North Commuter Railway
TRU — Track Recording Unit
NECR — New England Central Railway

AFRR — Amador Foothills Railroad
CI — Contract Instruction
TPH — Trains per Hour
CBS — Contract Breakdown Structure
LRM — Layout Risk Model
KSRY — Kosciusko and Southwestern Railway
TGV — Train a Grande Vitesse
LLPA — Long Lead Public Address
EPD — Engineering and Production Directorate
WJRR — West Jersey Railroad
CCF — Control Centre of the Future
SWTH — Signalling Works Testing Handbook
ADD — Automatic Dropping Device
TTC — Toronto Transit Corporation
CORP — Central Oregon & Pacific Railroad
CO — Chesapeake and Ohio railroad
QC — Quebec Central
AVL — Aroostook Valley Railroad Company
APD — Albany Port District
POHC — Pittsburgh & Ohio Central
LWVX — Lake Shore Railway Association Inc.
TCT — Texas City Terminal Railway Company
ATLT — Austin Todd and Ladd Railroad Company
BRIS — British Rail Infrastructure Services
BM — Boston and Maine Railroad Corporation
POA — Payment On Account
WR SSTD — Western Region Solid State Train Describer
HIRR — Hainesport Industrial Railroad
LTEX — Larry's Truck Electric
BBRR — Balfour Beatty Rail Renewals
COI — Confirmation Of verbal Instruction
DEMU — Diesel-Electric Multiple Unit
VECX — VeraSun Energy
MC1 — Maine Coast
NP — Northern Pacific Railway
TSBY — Great Lakes Central Railroad
MCSA — Moscow, Camden, and San Augustine Railroad
SLGW — Salt Lake, Garfield, and Western Railway Company
COMPASS — COMbined Performance And Safety System
EWS — English Welsh and Scottish railway
FTRX — Foster Townsend Rail Logistics
FF — File Folder
MDOT — Maryland DOT
OHLE — Overhead Line Equipment
HQ — Head Quarters
FCM — Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Mexico
EUROSPIN — European Seamless Passenger Information Network
QNSL — Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway
LIFT — London International Freight Terminal
NPR — Northern Plains Railroad Incorporated

NH — New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
DOO(P) — Driver Only Operation Passenger
DLR — Docklands Light Railway
MOS — Motor Operated Switch
LCM — Lake Champlain and Moriah
CRIX — Citicorp Railmark, Inc.
ICDB — Industry Capacity DataBase
EUKL — Eurostar (UK) Ltd
MZSA — Midland Zone Sponsors Agent
WYCO — Wyoming and Colorado Railroad
OCRR — Ottawa Central Railway
RCF — Rolling Contact Fatigue
CRR — Clinchfield Railroad
CTL — Combined Transport Limited
BCG — Buffalo Creek & Gauley Railroad
AFLR — Alabama & Florida RR
DVR — Devco Railway Cape Breton Development Corporation now Sydney Coal Railway
AVACS — Aire VAlley Control System
GCW — Garden City Western Railway Company
MQT — Marquette Rail
JEFW — Jefferson Warrior Railroad Company
MHSW — Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations 1992
CEDG — Civil Engineering Design Group
COBA — Cost Benefit Analysis
AB — Absolute Block
ALL — America Latina Logistica
LLPX — Locomotive Leasing Partners
EPB — Electro Pneumatic Brake
LRCX — Livingston Rebuild Center
RMPD — Route Modernisation Product Delivery
NTBEP — Not to Be Exceeded Price
RIDRR — Railway Industry Dispute Resolution Rules
CSAC — Candidate Special Area of Conservation
ICMU — Interference Current Monitoring Unit
ILSX — Independent Locomotive Service
NPMEA — National Planning Manager, Engineering Access
HSDR — High Speed Data Ring
OROR — Outside Rules Of the Route
HOBC — High Output Ballast Cleaner
SOO — Soo Line Railroad
OKAN — Okanagan Valley Railway Company
EFC — Estrada de Ferro Carajas
RSL — Rolling Stock Library
HAZOP — HAZard OPerability study
KSW — Kansas Southwestern Railway
BS&TE — Business Signal & Telecommunications Engineer
CPTM — Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos
FMES — Fixed and Mobile Equipment Supply
ZFC — Zone Freight Controller
DPPP — Draft Period Possession Plan

SSIC — Solid State Interlocking Controller
GNRTS — Greater Nottingham Rapid Transit System
BCR — Bay Coast Railroad
BRT — British Rail Telecommunications
MCTA — Minnesota Central Railroad Company
SSIHA — SubSystem Interface Hazard Analysis
ZIAR — Zone Infrastructure Asset Register
ACJR — Ashtabula Carson Jefferson Railroad Company
RRNE — Regional Railways North East
CPEF — Companhia Paulista de Estradas de Ferro
YST — Youngstown Sheet and Tube
AERC — Albany and Eastern Railroad Company
CESM — Civil Engineering Safety Manual
BABT — British Approved Board for Telecommunications
KDC — key distribution centre
VBR — Virginia Blue Ridge Railway
NDA — Not Described Alarm
ROAD — Railway jargon for railway line
BDLX — Big Dog Lines
ECBR — East Cooper and Berkeley Railroad Company
OJEC — Official Journal of the European Community
EC4T — Electric Current for Traction
DLCX — Diesel Locomotive Co LLC
LI — Long Island Rail Road Company
JN — Junction
RPM — Route Performance Manager
DMIR — Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range
MTR — Mass Transit Railway
PC — Penn Central railroad
SNCF — Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Français
CV — CENTRAL VERMONT PUBLIC SERVICE CORP.
WRA — Western Railway of Alabama
KW — Keota & Washington RR
CMGN — Central Michigan RR
VOL. — volume
GANO — Georgia Northern Railway Company
PDAC — Performance Data Accuracy Code
EFRTC — European Federation of Railway Trackwork Contractors
PEARS — Paladin data Extract And Recording System
VPF — Value of Preventing a Fatality criterion
FE — Foundation Electronics
LEN — Lake Erie and Northern Railway Company
ER — Erie Railroad
TZPR — Tazewell and Peoria Railroad
TGV — Train à Grande Vitesse
WTB — Wire Train Bus
DETP — Detailed Engineering Train Plan
DO — Delaware Otsego
TD–D — Data Course (Training)
DOO(NP) — Driver Only Operation Non Passenger

FXE — Ferromex
LUL — London Underground Ltd
NCC — National Control Centre
DPA — Delegated Procurement Authority
BP — Brake Pipe
CTRW — Carlton Trail Railway Company
CNUR — C and NC Railroad Corporation
GECX — General Electric Company
MNCW — Metro-North Commuter Railroad
FA — Fixed Assets
IP — Investment Proposal
CPCX — Chevron Phillips Chemical Company
GBRY — Gettysburg Railway
JTCO — Jacksonville Terminal Company
B&M — Boston & Maine Railroad
NUCX — Nucor Steel Crawfordsville
PT&R — Promotion Transfer and Redundancy
GAAB — Georgia and Alabama Division South Carolina Central Railroad
ZWSX — Zanesville & Western
RPI — Revenue Protection Inspector
SPWEE — Safety Procedures for Working on Electrical Equipment
BRR — British Rail Research
OCR — Ottawa Central Railway
LPN — Longview, Portland & Northern
DESX — DIESEL ELECTRIC SERVICES
BLOL — Bloomer Shippers Connecting Railroad Co.
PVRR — Pioneer Valley Railroad Company Incorporated
CARX — Caliber Auto Transfer
SSR — Railway Service Contractors
SOR — Southern Ontario Railway
RSC — Railway Safety Case
BFC — Bellefonte Central Railroad
LAWS — Low Adhesion Warning System
GNER — Great North Eastern Railway
FRDN — H and S Railroad Company Incorporated
PPM — Planned Preventative Maintenance
CA — Chesapeake & Albemarle
DAPP — Draft Annual Possession Plan
LNAL — Louisville New Albany and Corydon Railroad
CLCO — Claremont & Concord
CSL — Chicago Short Line Railway Company
SBD — Seaboard System Railroad
ETD — National Extension Trunk Dialling
GCFX — Alstom Canada Transport
FGLK — Finger Lakes Railway
ADRC — Access Dispute Resolution Committee
EM — Environmental Manager
CEFX — CIT Group/Capital Finance, Inc
SCL — Seaboard Coast Line Railroad
BBRM — Balfour Beatty Rail Maintenance Limited

KNRY — Korean National Railways
PWI — Permanent Way Institution
GRYR — Grenada Railway
FGMR — Fruit Growers Express Company
AKM — American Kraft Mills
BBRPL — Balfour Beatty Rail Projects Limited
TKEN — Tennken Railroad Company Incorporated
RSF — Right Side Failure
CEDAC — Civil Engineering Design And Construction
TIT — Texas International Terminals
BST — Basic Signalling Technology
PFPI — Process for Performance Improvement
ANY — Athabasca Northern Railway
CMO — Chicago, St Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha
CTC — Centralised Traffic Control
RUT — Vermont Railway Incorporated
JKL — J.K. Line Incorporated
BB — Buildings and Bridges
PWSX — Power Source Supply Inc
NY&NJ — New Jersey and New York railroad
AMWX — AMERICA MOTIVE POWER, INC
MNA — Missouri & Northern Arkansas
APT — Advanced Passenger Train
DCIO — Deputy Chief Inspecting Officer
ITPM — IT Process Model
PNR — Panhandle Northern Railroad Company
GUV — General Utility Van
FNTX — Ferronet Sa De Cv
RLHH — Southern Ontario Railway
NYNH&H — New York, New Haven and Hartford railway
ECR — Euro Cargo Rail
APP — Annual Possession Plan
CRG — Commercial Review Group
EAWA — Electricity at Work Act
MB — Level crossing with Manually lifting Barriers
KNOR — Klamath Northern Railway
BXN — Bauxite and Northern Railway Company
RBRX — RB Railway Group
TN — Texas and Northern Railway Company
RPI — Revenue Protection Officer
VSO — Valdosta Southern Railroad
GMR — Georgia Midland Railroad
MNRR — Modoc Northern Railroad Company
WTLR — West Texas and Lubbock Railroad Company
NSL — St. Lawrence and Raquette River Railroad
EPTC — East Portland Traction
T/T — Telephone and Telegraph
MAFF — Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries & Food
HE — Hollis and Eastern Railroad Company
OURD — Ogden Union Railway and Depot Company

CER — Change En Route
CAG — Contract Approval Group
MSTL — Minneapolis & St. Louis
SIGTAN — SIGnalling equipment Technical Advice Notice
GSF — Georgia Southern and Florida Railway Company
ETR — Electronic Train Recording
ADG — Area Delivery Group
CFMG — Chemin de Fer de LA Matapedia et du Golfe Inc.
MKT — Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad
TRB — Transportation Research Board
CRA — Call Routing Apparatus
WAR — Warrenton Railroad Company
ADMX — ADM Transportation Company
SLQ — St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad
BRI — British Rail International
GW — Great Western Bank
FTS — Failure to Stop
EWD — Each Week Day
RT — River Terminal Railway Company
NRLS — Network Rail Line Standards
KCT — Kansas City Terminal Railway
AGVX — Ag Valley Co-op
ITC — Illinois Terminal Railroad
JSOP — Joint Signing on Point
PSR — Passenger Service Requirement
LRS — Laurinburg and Southern
PNRX — Pittsburgh Naval Reactors Office
CDMA — Collision Detection Multiple Access
VULX — Vulcan Materials Company
CNL — Columbia Newberry and Laurens
JCAC — Johnson County Airport Commission
OPE — Oregon Pacific and Eastern
LFB — London Fire Brigade
UPWSF — UnProtected Wrong Side Failure
SSIDWS — Solid State Interlocking Design WorkstationS
PRYL — Port Royal Railroad
NBSR — New Brunswick Southern Railway Company
NEZP — Nezperce Railroad
NBX — Not Boxed
TMBL — Tacoma Municipal Belt Line Railway
TSNR — Tyson Railroad Incorporated
RE&TD — Real Estate and Tax Department
GENIUS — GEmini for Non Integrating Unit Stock
ACRC — Andalusia & Conecuh Railroad Company
JCT — Joint Construction Trades
ICAEW — Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales
PSAP — Puget Sound and Pacific Railroad Company
FWRY — Fillmore Western Railway Company
MDRY — Midland Railway Historical Association
SSIDES — Solid State Interlocking Design

HSTRC — High Speed Track Recording Coach
TMD — Train Mass Detectors
FRVR — Fox River Valley Railroad
WSS — Winston-Salem Southbound Railway Company
RUPP — Road Used As A Public Path
UPY — Union Pacific Yard
CUVA — ISG Cleveland Works Railway Company
DAB — Departmental Advice Blue
PTRR — Port Townsend Railroad Incorporated
ZCAM — Zonal Corporate Affairs Manager
IORPS — Integrated Operational Railway Planning System
RPCX — Railroad Passenger Car Numbering Bureau
DV — Delaware Valley Railway Company
ESM — Engineering Safety Management
BEDT — Brooklyn East District Terminal
RIA — Railway Industry Association
MTCO — Macon Terminal Company
NPS — National Payroll System
TOU — Train Operating Unit
JE — Joppa and Eastern Railroad Company
FIBU — FIfty hertz Booster Unit
TDA — TRUST Delay Attribution
FDDB — Fibre Distributed Database
MSEX — Tour Alaska Inc.Dba Princess Tour
RCM(2) — Remote Condition Monitoring
TORUS — Transport Operations Rapid Update System
JXPT — Jaxport Treminal
ATIX — Alstom Transportation Incorporated
SI — Spokane International Railroad Company
RGS — Railway Group Standard
NJDOT — New Jersey Department of Transportation
EJS — East Jordan & Southern Railroad
TRACA — Track Condition Assessment
WGNS — Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad Inc
LIRR — Long Island Railroad
MPEX — Motive Power Industries
SRCL — Southern Rails Cooperative
DPC — Data Protocol Converter
LOS — Limit Of Shunt indicator
CDM — Control Duty Manager
MKNR — Mackenzie Northern Railway
BRIMS — British Rail Incident Monitoring System
BH — Bath and Hammondsport Railroad
SAA — Station Access Agreement
SDIV — San Diego and Imperial Valley Railroad
LGV — Ligne Grande Vitesse
AOCR — Automatic Open level Crossing Remotely monitored
FIRR — Flats Industrial Railroad
OHK — Kruse Grain
HGK — Hafen und Gueterverkehr Koeln

SIN — Special Instruction Notice
MWLX — Midwest Locomotive Works
GC — Georgia Central Railway
VSRR — Virginia Southern Railroad
PROCSYS — Procurement Control
CCPN — Corpus Christi Terminal Railroad
BMRR — Beech Mountain Railroad
TCN — Train Communications Network
SSLV — Southern San Luis Valley Railroad
LN — Louisville and Nashville
ESNA — Eureka Springs and North Arkansas
DMU — Diesel Multiple Unit
TIR — Transports Internationaux Routiers
P — Programme
ROTR — Rules of the Route
WAGN — West Anglia Great Northern
E&G — Edinburgh to Glasgow line
LMSX — Locomotive Management Services
ACORP — Association of Community Rail Partnerships
MMC — Monopolies and Mergers Commission
CAMPS — Computer Assisted Maintenance Planning System
IVPS — Intermediate Voltage Power Supply
OPS — Outline Project Specification
SQE — Safety Quality and Environment
PHRR — Port Harbor Railroad
MSDR — Knoxville & Holston River Railroad
TNMR — Texas and New Mexico Railroad Company
PRL — Penn Eastern Rail Lines Incorporated
NAP — Narragansett Pier Railroad Company
SCW — Safety Critical Work
RESX — Rescar, Inc.
TIC — Technical Investigation Centre
NCB — nevada copper belt
WCML — West Coast Main Line
NRS — National Railway Supplies, Ltd.
CANX — CANAC International Incorporation
ELR — Engineers Line Reference
YAN — Yancy Railroad
FCRD — First Coast Railway
SMW — St Marys Railway West LLC
POV — Pittsburgh & Ohio Valley
NYSW — New York Susquehanna and Western
MDW — Minnesota Dakota and Western Railway Com
USAX — United States Army
SOPOR — Societe du Port Ferroviaire de Baie-Comeau Haute-Rive
CAMS — Cost Allocation Management System
DTMF — Dual Tone Multi-Frequency
RJIS — Rail Journey Information System
DCM — Duty Contracts Manager
FBMIS — Finance and Business Management Information System

REA — Railway Express Agency Corporation
EFCB — Estrada de Ferro Central do Brasil
L/H — Leasehold
HOP — Head Of Projects
RLGX — Rail Logix, LLC
NPM — National Procurement Manager
GOB — Gospel Oak to Barking line
EEC — East Erie Commercial Railroad
SSM — Safety Strategy Manager
LOAM — Lousiana Midland
MCF — Microfilm Roll
DIADS — Diagram Input And Distribution System
TO — Team Organiser
DAKR — Dakota Rail Incorporated
LAJ — Los Angeles Junction Railway
WPYR — White Pass & Yukon Route
NHVR — New Hope Valley Railroad
EUCG — End User Computing Group
ABP — Aberdeen & Briar Patch
LHRR — Longhorn Railroad
VIA — Via Rail Canada
SOT — SOUTH OMAHA TERMINAL RAILWAY COMPANY
KFR — Kettle Falls International railway
PRTD — Portland Traction
LPA — Local Procurement Agent
ZPAM — Zonal Public Affairs Manager
IAIS — Iowa Interstate Railroad
CT — Central Trains
CWC — Charleston and Western Carolina
APM — Area Production Manager
GSWR — Georgia Southwestern Railroad
STLH — St Lawrence and Hudson
ADR — regulations concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road
RHT — Railway Heritage Trust
CVRY — Caddo Valley Railroad Company
EL — Erie Lackawanna Railway
EFA — Estrada de Ferro Amapa
GWR — Great Western Railway Company
ALCO — American Locomotive Company
WEN — Weekly Engineering Notice
ROP — Rules of the Plan
GMRY — Great Miami and Scioto Railway
HW–POINT — Particular type of point with electricmotor drive
CVYR — Hargraves & McCrary, P.A.
EQAP — EQuipment APpreciation
SRY — Southern Railway of British Columbia
TDIX — Transdynamic Leasing
CDR — Cheap Day Return
MRP — Management Reporting Pack
FCMR — Fort Collins Municipal Railway

NFM — National Fare Manual
DBSO — Driving Brake Second Open
LWR — Long Welded Rail
CLSL — Columbia and Silver Creek Railroad
SSRB — Special Speed Restriction Board
DDI — Design Development and Implementation
EMD — Electro-Motive Division of General Motors
PRWX — Railway Entertainment Services Inc.
LUN — Ludington and Northern Railway
RSAB — Rolling Stock Acceptance Board
BRBS — British Rail Business Systems
DAKS — Dakota Short Line
PRSL — Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Lines
USRA — United States Railroad Administration
WYS — Wyandotte Southern Railroad Company
SSDC — Signalling Systems Direct Current
SFG — Societe du Chemin de Fer de la Gaspesie
EMLX — Electro-motive Leasing
API — Applications Interface
OLB — Omaha Lincoln and Beatrice Railway Company
PRIDE — Passenger Rail Information Display Equipment
PS — Pittsburg and Shawmut Railroad Company
TOE — Texas Oklahoma and Eastern RR Company
FRAME — Fault Reporting And Monitoring Equipment
NYLEW — New York, Lake Erie and Western railroad
HCRY — Huron Central Railway
GDI — Graphical Data Interface
AMS — Austenitic Manganese Steel
ARI — Alphanumeric Route Indicator
CCO — Clinchfield Railroad Company
GWML — Great Western Main Line
BPA — Business Planning Analysis
AHB — Automatic Half Barrier level crossing
ECR — Evaluation of Change Request
MLRI — Multi–Lamp Route Indicator
JTPX — Joseph Transportation, Inc.
IMC — Infrastructure Maintenance Company
QGRY — Quebec Gatineau Railway Incorporated
BHP — BHP Nevada Railroad Company
HOCM — Head of Contract Management
FRA — Fixed Rate Agreement
SILX — S&I LOCOMOTIVE SERVICES, INC.
CBQ — Chicago, Burlington, & Quincy Railroad
CWP — Chicago West Pullman and Southern
VPI — Vital Processor Interlocking
SJVR — San Joaquin Valley RR
ABC — Atlanta, Birmingham and Coast
MNBR — M and B Railroad LLC
EIRENE — European Integrated railways Radio Enhanced NEtwork
PM — Production Manager

TUPE — Transfer of Undertakings for Protection of Employment
PWRA — Private Wagon owners Registration Agreement
YB2 — Yellow Book issue 2
SOR — Standard Open Return
LNER — London North Eastern Railway
ROCK — Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
CRIP — Chicago Rock Island & Pacific
RSC — Railway Skills Council
JJRR — J and J Railroad
CHP — Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Mexico
DMCI — Des Moines & Central Iowa RR
TDS — Train Dispatcher Sheets
CSM — Commercial Services Manager
BCSR — Buckeye Central Scenic Railroad
AUG — Augusta Railroad
BRT — Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
CAE — Chicago Aurora and Elgin
BZP — Bright Zinc Plating
AZER — Arizona Eastern Railway Company
DALT — Dallas Terminal Railway
COT — Condition of Track
ICE — InterCity Express
DFL — Down Fast Line
TMR — Metropolitano Roca
ESPN — East Penn Railroad
OPM — Operational Planning Manager
FCEN — Florida Central Railroad
SSDK — Savannah State Docks Railroad Company
EHD — East Ham Depot
PEARLS — Personnel Enquiries and Administration Recording Local System
PHLX — Parrish & Heimbecker Limited
PH — Professional Head
OHRY — Owego and Harford Railway Incorporated
RNCX — North Carolina Dept Of Transportation
CCR — Corinth & Counce Railroad Company
FPL — Facing Point Lock
TQ — Technical Query
DVS — Delta Valley and Southern Railway Company
BSDA — Bi-State Development Agency
CPD — Capital Programmes Directorate
QC — Quebec Central Railway
SKOL — South Kansas and Oklahoma
MNVA — Minnesota Valley Transportation Company
WGCR — Wiregrass Central Railroad. Incorporated
EWS — English, Welsh & Scottish Railway Ltd
ASBPC — Adjacent SignalBox Protocol Converter
DRA — Driver Reminder Appliance
FUG — Freight Up Grade
VAB — Vehicle Acceptance Board
HS — H and S Railroad Company

EP — Electronic Principles
RMS — Risk Management System
CTR — cost time resource
SFLR — Shore Fast Line Incorporated
EVWR — Evansville Western Railroad Inc
SAL — Seaboard Air Line Railway
CO — Chesapeake & Ohio
GWR1 — Great Western
TSSU — Time Slot Sharing Unit
ZTE — Zone Telecommunications Engineer
PLBX — Palmetto Brick
NYD — New York Dock Railway
MRP — Monthly Reporting Pack
DKPX — Duke Power Company
CVL — CUYHOGA VALLEY LINE RAILROAD
ESR — Emergency Speed Restriction
IA — Investment Authority
TXNW — Texas North Western Railway Company
NYOW — New York, Ontario and Western Railway
SPTA — Strathclyde Passenger Transport Authority
EIP — Examination in Public
EIRR — Eastern Idaho Railroad Incorporated
MEP — Member of European Parliament
ZPUG — Zonal Possession User Group
FOU — Freight Operating Unit
NYI — No Year Indicated
BNC — British National Connector
LDG — List of Dangerous Goods
IAT — IOWA TRACTION RAILROAD CO
MS — Michigan Shore Railroad Incorporated
VOBC — Vehicle OnBoard Control
I/L — InterLocking
RSP — Roscoe Snyder and Pacific Railway
RTPI — Real Time Passenger Information system
OOU — Out of Use
RCH — Railway Convalescent Home
FLR — Fife Lake Railway
DODX — United States Department of Defense
FP — Flexibility Premium
AEFR — Aurora Elgin and Fox River Electric
BRG — Business Review Group
PCHR — Port Colborne Harbour Railway
NRM — National Railway Museum
EDW — El Dorado and Wesson Railway Company
NRA — National Rail Academy
TYBR — Tyburn Railroad Company
PLAX — PORT OF LOS ANGELES
CPLT — CAMINO, PLACERVILLE & LAKE TAHOE RAILROAD CO.
WVRC — WABASH VALLEY RAILROAD CO.
BT — Booster Transformer

DLW — Delaware Lackawanna and Western
VC — Virginia Central Railway
PCY — Pittsburgh Chartiers and Youghiogheny
TENS — Trans European Network Strategy
N&W — Norfolk and Western railway
WHPX — W.F. Hall Printing
QRA — Quantified Risk Analysis
ELGX — Trains Touristiques De Chaudiere-Appalaches
LLW — Lavacot Locomotive Works
NAR — Northern Alberta Railways
PBRTC — Permian Basin Regional Training Center
INRD — Indiana Railroad
RID — Regulations governing International carriage of Dangerous goods by rail
ERIE — Erie Railroad
NYLE — New York and Lake Erie Railroad Company
HESR — Huron and Eastern Railway Company
HSTR — High Speed Track Recording
DML — Down Main Line
ACY — Akron, Canton and Youngstown
AIP — Area Investment Panel
MTP — Mode of Travel Priority
PMI — Project Manager's Instruction
TPS — Traction Power Supply
CSA — Cross–Sectional Area
SWGR — Seagraves Whiteface and Lubbock Railroad
TS&I — Technical Services and Innovation
DLWR — Depew Lancaster and Western Railroad Com
RSSX — Rail Switching Service
ME — Morristown & Erie Railroad
CENELEC — European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation
ATB — Automatic Ticket Barrier
CEMR — Central Manitoba Railway Incorporated
TNM — Train Network Management
HTW — Hoosac Tunnel and Wilmington
BDM — Business Development Manual
AOK — Arkansas-Oklahoma Railroad
ORN — Overlay Radio Network
PAL — Property Action Line
APC — Automatic Power Control
SAM — Switch Activating Mechanism
PROMPT — PRiority On Managing Performance Trends
CCUO — Chicago-Chemung Railroad Corporation
GRIV — Gauley River Railroad LLC
NN — Northern Nevada Railroad Corporation
NRG — National Records Group
APPX — Appalachian Railcar Services
DMN — Duluth Missabe and Northern Railway
TEB — Telephone Enquiry Bureau
CKRY — Central Kansas Railway Incorporated
GFRR — Georgia and Florida RailNet

SNR — Sunflour Railroad Incorporated
GCRY — Grand Canyon Railway
VDP — Vertical Design Package
MNJ — Middletown & New Jersey Railroad
EDP — Electrification Distribution and Plant
MT — Mississippi and Tennessee RailNet Incorporated
FMID — Florida Midland Railroad Company Incorpo
R&R — Rationalisation and Resignalling
OPT — Orange Port Terminal Railway
NPPR — Nez Perce-Pomeroy RR Co
REPTA — Railway Employees Privilege Ticket Association
ORRX — Oregon Department Of Transportation
UFL — Up Fast Line
MOT — Marine Oil Transportation
BMRG — Blue Mountain and Reading
PCRC — Panama Canal Railway Company
NRNJ — Northern railroad of New Jersey
RT1B — Railtrack Track Renewal Contract
AEE — American European Express
HSTRT — High Speed Track Relaying Tin
VS — V and S Railway Incorporated
CQPA — Central Columbiana & Pennsylvania RR
AOCL — Automatic Open level Crossing Locally monitored by train crew
ABCX — Alabama Byproducts Corporation
LANO — Penn Eastern Rail Lines Incorporated
MR — McCloud Railway Company
ATCO — Association of Transport Co-ordinating Offices
NCOK — North Central Oklahoma Railway
LKRR — Little Kanawha River Rail Incorporated
COE — Colorado & Eastern
PUG — Passenger Up Grades
CHTS — Penn Eastern Rail Lines Incorporated
TBRX — Taylor Rail Group
MPD — Major Projects Division
AWE — Advance Warning Estimates
BR — British Railways
USSC — United States Sugar Corporation
PDM — Project Development Manager
INPR — Idaho Northern & Pacific Railroad
EVR — Early Voluntary Retirement
LCU — Local Control Unit
WHRC — Windsor and Hantsport Railway
ITCO — Intracoastal Terminal Co
VNCAB — Vehicle and Network Change Approvals Board
C2C — Acronym for London Tilbury and Southend lineRailCons
PROMISE — Planning and ResOurces MonItoring SystEm
EFE — Electrification Fixed Equipment
PRB — Personalised Rule Book
ELP — East London Partnership
O&I — Operations and Interface

TPO — Travelling Post Office
WRCC — Wyoming Railcar
BRTC — Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Sub-Collection
GRN — Greenville and Northern
KOG — Kansas, Oklahoma, & Gulf
CIL — Chicago Indianapolis and Louisville
RPL — Rail Property Limited
IMP — Industrial Metals Processing
NWSW — Northwestern Steel and Wire Co.
BOP — Booking On Point
WCTU — White City Terminal & Utility
B&H — Bath and Hammondsport railroad
RCL — Railway Claims Ltd
SIRR — Southern Industrial Railroad
MCA — Maywood Co-op Association
WHOE — Walking Horse & Eastern
GWRS — Great Western Railway Company
OTSX — On Track Rail Services
TOC — Test On Completion
BS SPEC — British Standards specification
NYA — New York and Atlantic Railroad
SPARESCO — Spare part company
TCF — Track Circuit Failure
NYLB — New York and Long Branch Railroad Company
RR — Railroad Reporting
TOPS — Total Operations Processing System
CPRR — Central Pacific Railroad
CPST — Central Project Sponsor's Team
IOCR — Indiana & Ohio Central Railroad
ELS — Escanaba and Lake Superior Railroad Comp
PLW — PL and W Railroad Incorporated
MIGN — Michigan Northern Railway
JVRR — Juniata Valley Railroad Company
TIC — Tester In Charge
NAPS — National Accounts Payable System
R/T — Right Time
OCW — Ocean City Western Railroad
RSABGP — RSAB Group which provides support to RSAB and projects
LV — LiVerpool Street
ATR — Automatic Train Reporting
GTW — Grand Trunk Western
ATTA — Automatic Track Top and Alignment
BLMR — Blue Mountain Railroad
SCT — Sioux City Terminal Railway
ABLX — American Refrigerator Transit Company
ATT — Advanced Tilting Train
SRP — Safety Review Panel
P3 — Primavera Project Planner
EMRY — Eastern Maine Railway Company
DTSL — Detroit & Toledo Shore Line

YVT — Yakim Valley Transportation Company
C&E — Chicago and Erie Railroad
POM — Possession Optimisation Manager
PUWER — Provision and Use of Workplace Equipment Regulations 1992
BR — Buffalo and Pittsburgh
TIC — Track Inspection Coach
TPLX — The Pacific Lumber Co
RRCI — Redmont Railway Company Incorporated
CPW — CHICAGO, PEORIA & WESTERN RAILROAD CO.
NEGS — New England Southern Railroad
SPADMIS — Signal Passed At Danger throughout Information System
RSBS — Railway Standard Building Specification
MEC — Maine Central Railroad
ER — Eesti Raudtee
QCR — Quebec Central Railway
BRP — Budget Reporting Pack
RIV — Regolamento Internazionale Vagoni
RRC — Respondek Railroad Corporation
PGC — Producers Grain Corporation
LSPD — Local Safety Policy Document
PJRL — Penn Jersey Rail Lines Incorporated
BHRR — Birmingham Terminal Railway
SEC — Southern Electric Company
PPU — Tazewell & Peoria Railroad
TT — Toledo Terminal
YSLR — Yolo Shortline Railroad Company
FTA — Fault Tree AnalysisUoS
LS — Lehigh and Susquehanna railroad
DRSX — DOT Rail Services
UTCX — Union Tank Car Company
E&P — Engineering and Production
GETY — Gettysburg Railroad
AF — Auxiliary Feeder
LT — London Transport
NZR — New Zealand Railways
ARS — Automatic Route Setting
DPPP — Disabled Peoples Protection Policy
SRP — System Review Panel
TRRY — Trillium railway
SOM — Somerset Railroad Corporation
FJG — Fonda Johnstown & Gloversville RR
FGE — First Great Eastern
LIRC — Louisville & Indiana
GERY — Georgia & Eastern
DPL — Down Platform Line
TTR — Talleyrand Terminal Railroad Company
L/S — Late Start
CSOR — Connecticut Southern Railroad
ES — Engineering Supervisor
RFFSA — Rede Ferroviária Federal SA

HRT — Hartwell RR
WC — Wisconsin Central Railway
JSE — Janesville & Southeastern
LTS — London, Tilbury and Southend Rail
HVI — High Voltage Impulse
DCP — Designated Competent Person
PCB — Petty Cash Book
RT1A — Railtrack Infrastructure Maintenance Contract
LWRT — Long Welded Rail Train
AD&R — Asset Development and Renewal
ITS — Infrastructure Testing Services
ETRY — Eastern TN Railway
CPMY — Coopersville & Marne Railway
PNRR — Pennsylvania Northeastern
PAM — Product Acceptance Manager
EI — Electrical Installation
JKWI — Johnsonburg, Kane, Warren and Irvine Railroad
DAIR — D and I Railroad Company
NYNHH — New York, New Haven and Hartford railway
TXGN — Texas Gonzales and Northern Railway Comp
EAZIAL — Easy Access Zonal Infrastructure Asset Log
SWIFT — Structured What If Technique
TTC — Toronto Transit Comission
CHS — Charlotte Southern Railroad
BMIS — Business Management Information System
CWL — Cornwall Railroad
SPC — Senior Production Controller
TXL — TX Logistik AG Germany
HLGX — Helm Financial Corporation
NRES — National Railway Enquires
IMU — Infrastructure Maintenance Unit
KRT — Kanawah River Terminals
IMRL — I&M Rail Link
MAEG — Maersk Sealand
TNER — Texas Northeastern Division Mid-Michigan
DQE — De Queen and Eastern Railroad Incorporat
RSTL — Rail Staff Travel Ltd
NPC — NORTH PACIFIC COAST
TUPE — Transfer of Undertakings
OCE — Oregon California & Eastern
DGI — Dangerous Goods Incident
SRP — Statutory Reporting Pack
PLS — Position Light Signal
SEMTA — South East Michigan Trans Auth
WCRC — Washington Central Railroad Corporation
AC&Y — Akron, Canton and Youngstown railroad
SPT — Strathclyde Passenger Transport
IBT — International Bridge and Terminal Company
TPPP — Transport Policies and Programme Package
IMACS — Inventory Management Accounting and Control System

HLCX — Helm Financial
PRSX — Progress Rail Services Corporation
MUNI — San Francisco Municipal Railway
NWR — Normal Working Resumed
DPC — Development Planning Centre
GEOGIS — GEOGraphic Information System
TP — Temporary Placement
RA — Reporting Accountant
NPCCS — Non Passenger Carrying Coaching Stock
CWM — Carriage Washing Machine
SRPTA — Technical Advisor nominated by SRP Secretariat
SFEX — New Brunswick East Coast Railway
MATT — Mattagami Railroad
GTRM — GT Railway Maintenance
TRU — Infrastructure track Renewal Unit
SC — Signalling Centre
IN — Indiana Northeastern Railroad
MDC — Management Driven Change
CPA — COUDERSPORT & PORT ALLEGHENY RAILROAD
ER — Employer's Representative
NOLR — New Orleans Lower Coast Railroad Incorporation
CIND — Central RR of Indiana
GASX — Gerdau Ameristeel
MIRS — Mare Island Rail Service
RR — Raritan River
ATT — Active Tilting Train
WFE — Western Fruit Express
BPA — Business Planning Accountant
RRW — Rockton Rion & Western
LEFC — Lake Erie, Franklin & Claron
CTML — Cairo Terminal Railroad Company
FEPASA — Ferrovias Paulistas SA
WTF — Wrong side Telecommunications Failure
TAC — Telecomms Appreciation Course
NIWX — Northern Illinois and Wisconsin Railway
FLT — Freight Liner Terminal
SMIC — Site Manager's Information Compendium
VCRR — Ventura County Railroad Company
DJRR — Decatur Junction
WAMX — Webb Asset Management
L&S — Lehigh and Susquehanna railroad
VWL — Vancouver Wharves Limited
NE — National Express
CWRO — Cleveland Works Rail Operations
ISAR — Information Systems Activity Request
DCI — Des Moines & Central Iowa RR
OTM — On–Track Machine
IANW — Iowa Northwestern Railroad
KCPS — Kansas City Public Service
RIAC — Railway Industry Advisory Committee

DCON — Detroit Connecting Railroad Company
CRC — Class Representative Committee
MMRR — Mid-Michigan Railroad Incorporated
IMRR — Illinois Midland Railroad
PM — Pere Marquette Railway
CNRX — Canadian Northern Railway LLC
JRWX — Johnson Rail Services
ETHERNET — Computer cabling system
F/H — FreeHold
SCM — Senior Contracts Manager
PREX — Pioneer Rail Equipment
PSRG — Project Strategy Review Group
VSR — Valley & Siletz RR
AWW — Algiers Winslow and Western Railway
PSO — Public Service Obligation
BCA — Business Critical Application
ORR — Office of the Railway Regulator
USRC — U.S. Rail Corporation-Jackson Division
ENR — E and N Railway Company Limited
WCTR — WCTU Company White City Terminal Railway
T&H — Tottenham & Hampstead
LINC — Lewis and Clark Railway Company
RIL — Railtrack Insurance Limited
WKRL — Western Kentucky Railroad
BRPX — Blue Ridge Paper
C/E — Country End
RMRX — Great Canadian Railtours Co Ltd
DMSS — Development Manager, Signalling Strategy
ACWR — Aberdeen, Carolina & Western Rwy
FGW — First Great Western
NCPR — North Carolina Ports Railway
OTMR — On Train Monitoring Recorder
VCB — Vacuum Circuit Breaker
EMGTPA — Equivalent MillionGross Tonnes Per Annum
AMTL — Agence métropolitaine de transport
WWR — Washington Western
SNCT — Seattle & North Coast R.R. Co.
ILW — Illinois Western Railroad
SINAC — Special Inspection Notice Action Complete
SPCX — Qwest Communications Corporation
TWS — Tax Work Sheets
ORR — Office of the Rail Regulator
ONCT — Ontario Central Railroad Corporation
TRB — Train Recording Book
WE — Wheeling and Lake Erie
ORHC — Orrville Railway Historical Society
UEL — Up Electric Lane
TRUST — Train RUnning Systems on TOPS
TTI — Transkentucky Transportation
GF — Ground Frame

DMMU — Diesel Mechanical Multiple Unit
WCRM — West Coast Route Modernisation
RRNW — Regional Railways North West
EROS — Emergency Restriction Of Speed
ERES — Erie Western
HRRC — Housatonic Railroad Company
IMPS — Investment Monitoring and Planning System
MON — Monon Route
CHGX — Chicago Gravel
LIRX — Lapeer Industrial Railway
WTLC — West Texas & Lubbock Railroad Co Inc.
YB — Youngstown Belt Railroad Company
TL — Through Line
OLO — Ontario LOrignal Railway Incorporated
GIS — Graphical Information System
ISG — Infrastructure Support Group
CDOT — Conneticut Department of Transportation
TEXC — Texas Central Railroad Company
DCP — Document Control Point
GL — Goods Line
ACTC — Atlantic City Transit Company
EAZ — East Anglia Zone
GTD — Group Tax Department
WTCX — Weyerhauser
BMH — Beaufort and Morehead Railroad Co
EXCO — Railtrack Line Executive Committee
UGL — Up Goods Line
DB — Deutsche Bundesbahn, German State Railways
LMS — London, Midland & Scottish railway
NLR — North London Railways
GEXR — Goderich & Exeter
SWP — Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad
TIRE — Ticketing Incentive REgime
HOG — Heart of Georgia Railroad
IHIR — Indian Hill & Iron Range
KCCS — Kansas City Clinton & Springfield
ETH — Electric Train Heating
CTR1 — Channel Tunnel Route 1
BNML — Burlington Northern Manitoba Limited
TAA — Track Access Agreement
CRT — Construction Round Table
DDA — Design and Development Authority
KGBW — Kewaunee Green Bay and Western
WT — Wrightsville & Tennille
ECC — English China Clays
CHIP — Chemicals Hazard Information and Packaging regulations
CBRM — Chillicothe-Brunswick Rail Maintenance Authority
BDTL — Ballard Terminal Railroad Company
FDEC — Ferrocariles de Cuba
MSRC — Kansas City Southern Railway

SSAP — Statement of Standard Accounting Practice
ALKX — Airlake Terminal Railway Co.
TRE — Track Recording Engineer
GLC — Great Lakes Central Railroad
PWS — Permanent Way Supervisor
HSM — Hand Signal Man
ROTP — Rules of the Plan
PICP — Pollution Incident Control Plan
CD — Close Doors platform indicator
OPUG — Other Passenger Upgrades
LTA — Lost Time Accidents
CATX — General American Marks Company
TBS — Transmission Based Signalling
MCB — Manually Controlled Barrier
TWA — Transport and Works Act
OPR — Oregon Pacific Railroad
DDN — Dispatcher's Daily Notes
GMSR — Kansas City Southern Railway
MGR — Merry–Go–Round
JMHX — J. M. Huber Corporation
PWMA — Permanent Way Maintenance Assistant
FRVT — Fore River Transportation Corporation
CWCY — Caldwell Country Railroad
MARC — Maryland Transit Administration
NYOW — New York, Ontario & Western
GATX — General American Marks Company
ALM — Arkansas Louisiana and Mississippi Railr
IRRS — International Rail Road Systems, Inc.
PLYX — US Plywood
TCA — Track Circuit Actuator
NYPSC — New York State Public Services Commission
VSTP — Very Short Term Plan
TCI — Transportation Consultants International
CEGB — Central Electrictricity Generating Board
MEF — Modern Equivalent Form
ACM — Area Consents Manager
CMR — Indiana Rail Road Company
RDG — Reading Railroad
SFO — Station Facility Owner
SMRR — Sisseton Milbank Railroad Incorporated
CSP — Camas Prairie RailNet Incorporated
XC — Cross-Country
CRTA — Cleveland Rapid Transit
WHRC — Windsor and Hantsport Railway Company
FSRR — FerroSur
BCS — Better Chemical Solutions
SINMON — Special Inspection Notice MONitor
DOO — Driver Only Operation
RRRR — Raritan River railroad
RMRR — Rocky Mountain Railcar and Railroad Incorporated

ROM — Regional Operating Manager
QNSL — Quebec, North Shore and Labrador
OSRR — Ohio Southern Railroad Incorporated
MISS — Mississippian Railway Cooperative Incorporated
BRUTE — British Railways Universal Trolley Equipment
BSN — Bridge Strike Nominee
WMP — Waste Management Plan
SJT — St Joseph Terminal
NWP — Northwestern Pacific Railroad Company
HOFE — Head Of Engineering
CM — Contracts Manager
IFC — Infrastructure Fault Control
CCRX — Cape Cod Railroad
DG — Dangerous Goods
SDR — Simplified Direct Reporting
HCRC — Hillsdale County Ry. Co., Inc.
STN — Special Traffic Notice
BSPG — Business Systems Policy Groupy
RCPE — Rapid City Pierre & Eastern Railroad
WBE — Wilkes-Barre and Eastern railroad
TCRY — Tri-City Railroad Company
NHRR — New Hope and Ivyland Rail Road
HBL — Harbor Belt Line
DAC — Depot Access Conditions
COWD — Cost Of Work to Date
WYT — Wyandotte Terminal Railroad Company
LPS — Local Policy Statement
SRP — Station Regeneration Programme
LRPC — London Regional Passengers Committee
RAP — Remedial Action Project
ICC — Infrastructure Control Centre
STE — Stockton Terminal and Eastern RR
FEVR — Fremont & Elkhorn Valley Railroad
NRNA — National Radio Network Appreciation
SCI — Standard Contract Interpretation
NBA — National radio network
TCM — Time Cycle Maintenance
NBN — Nicolet, Badger & Northern
SVI — Southern Railway of Vancouver Island
SIPS — Supplier Performance Monitoring System
TTP — Time Table Processor
IS — Intermediate Signalling
SPADRAM — SPAD Reduction & Mitigation
CHW — Chesapeake Western Railway
MCB — Miniature Circuit Breaker
WVR — Willamette Valley Railway
CHH — Cheswick and Harmar
LRR — Little River Railroad
GSP — Ground Switch Panel
AHQ — British Transport Police Area Headquarters

WARP — West Coast Advanced Recovery Reliability Programme
TORR — Train Operated Route Release
SFS — Santa Fe Southern Railway
NCSL — Nashville Chattanooga & St Louis
SWKR — San Pedro and Southwestern Railway Compa
EPA — Engineering Publications Assistant
NTP — North Trans–Pennine route
CADRS — CAD Railways Services
KPR — Kelowna Pacific Railway Limited
DMVW — Dakota Missouri Valley and Western Railr
OLEAR — Overhead Line Equipment Asset Register
AVB — Automatic Vacuum Brake
BPM — Business Process Manual
WNYP — Western New York and Pennsylvania
TMS — Metropolitano San Martin
IGMX — Integrated Grain & Milling
SPUD — St. Paul Union Depot Company
SSO — Special Stop Order
TRC — Infrastructure track Renewal Company
MSL — Level crossing with Miniature Stop Lights
UAA — University of Akron Archives
CVR — Cimarron Valley Railroad L.C.
KTS — Kenosha Trolley
PIZ — Pfizer
NTR — Mississippi Central Railroad Company
PE — Peoria & Eastern
PHIS — Performance Historical Information System
CBCT — Communications Based Train Control
ESHR — Eastern Shore Railroad
MGRI — MG Rail Incorporated
LSTT — Lake Superior Terminal Transfer
BRS — Business Route Section
CA — Commercial Assistant
IHRC — Indiana Hi Rail Corporation
DAPF — Document Amendment Proposal Form
ACE — Area Civil Engineer
PLRA — Private Locomotive Registration Agreement
LVRC — Lamoille Valley Railroad
CM — Central Montana Rail Incorporated
CHALET — Casualties, Hazards, Access, Location, Emergency services and Time
MBTA — Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority
VLR — Visitors Location Register
LSMS — Lake Shore Michigan Southern Railroad
RTMZ — RailTrack Midlands ZoneRailCons
PW — Parallel Wing
MTR — Montour RR
GWZ — Great Western Zone
AN — Apalachicola Northern Railroad
FPE — Fairport, Painesville & Eastern R.R. Co
YKR — York Railway

EMU — Electric Multiple Unit
MOC — Missouri Central Railroad Company
DIS — Flexible DIsplay System
FORI — Fibre Optic Route Indicator
HA — Hanson Aggregates
LB — Line Blocked
SLOA — Steam Locomotive Operators Association
OLYR — Olympic Railroad Company
IANR — Iowa Northern Ry
GRR — Georgetown Railroad Company
RFP — Richmond Fredericksburg and Potomac
RTD — Regional Transportation District
RCE — Regional Civil Engineer
WAER — Wabash Erie
STP — Short Term Planning
ALT — AIRLAKE TERMINAL RAILWAY COMPANY
TRT — Tshiuetin Rail Transportation
SSSH — Surrey Sussex & Southhampton
RI — Relay Interlocking
WGR — Willamette Valley Railway Company
UGL — Up Goods Loop
WTRM — Warren and Trumbull Railroad Company
PETS — Public Emergency Telephone System
WB&E — Wilkes-Barre and Eastern railroad
PSCX — Public Service Of Colorado
ZIP — Zone Investment Panel
GWWE — Gateway Eastern Railway Company
MRT — Minimum Rail Temperature
PIRY — Pioneer Industrial Railway
RRIP — Route Relay Interlocking Processor
SAS — South African Railways
AWB — Advance Warning Board
AGLF — Knoxville and Holston River Railroad
CPPP — Confirmed Period Possession Plan
NRA — National Rivers Authority
ARRC — Advanced Railway Research Centre
TXR — Texas Rock Crusher Railway Company
TOC — Toledo & Ohio Central
FC — Fulton County Railroad Incorporated
RICA — Regional Independent Commercial Auditor
HL — Home Location
TT — Timetable, Public
NICD — Northern-Indiana Commuter Transportation
RLK — RailAmerica Ottawa Valley Railway
L&B — Land and Buildings
ROA — Right On Arrival
PIE — Performance Improvement Executive
SBB — Swiss Railways
ATN — Alabama & Tennessee River Railway Llc
CSC — Contractor's Safety Case

PSR — Permanent Speed Restriction
MVT — Mt Vernon Terminal
UWC — User Worked Crossing
TNO — Texas & New Orleans
NFTA — Niagara Frontier Transit Authority
MHMR — Mount Hope Mineral railroad
GPR — General Purpose Relief
DTRR — Detroit Terminal Railroad
TOL — Train On Line
VLI — Valor da Logistica Integrada
ECR — Electrical Control Room
BA — Baltimore & Annapolis
JPBX — Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board
PADS — Parts And Drawing System
MWRR — Montana Western Railway Company Incorporated
TD — Train Describer
MDLE — Mount Dora & Lake Eustis Railway
CCH — Cape Cod & Hyannis
EMS — Environmental Management Statement
GITM — Golden Isle Terminal RR
TQSUM — Track Quality SUMmary
HSW — Helena Southwestern Railroad
IRN — Ironton RR
LB — Loose Bound
AUAR — Austin Area Terminal Railway
LNE — Lehigh and New England Railroad, Conrail
RSNR — Red Springs & Northern
TPC — Train Performance Calculator
ACEX — Altamont Commuter Express
SA — Savannah & Atlanta
SLSF — Saint Louis-San Francisco
CSR — Camden & Southern Railroad Inc
MKC — McKeesport Connecting Railroad Company
NRM — Nominated Responsible Manager
APLAN — track Access PLANning system
NATM — New Austrian Tunnelling Method
MML — Minimum Monetary Limit
HB — Hampton and Branchville Railroad
FTR — Florida Tri-Rail
TLC — Telephone protection only Level Crossing
ONER — Ontario Northeastern RR
NOP — New Orleans Public Service
CGR — CG Railway, Inc
WILD — Wheel Impact Load Detector
CISD — Golden Isles Terminal Railroad
LBR — Lowville and Beaver River Railroad Company
GLCD — Great Lakes Coal & Docks
NSM — North Shore Mining
PSR — Public Service Requirement
MICC — Management Information Communications Centre

BAYL — Bay Line, LLC
EAM — Engineering Access Manager
YN — Youngstown and Northern
INOH — Indiana and Ohio Railroad Incorporated
GRWR — Great Walton Railroad
SH — Steelton and Highspire Railroad Company
PSPP — Particular Specification for Possession Planning
WIMX — Wimpey Minerals USA, Inc.
BAP — Butte Anaconda & Pacific
FFG — Freight Facilities Grant
BRAN — Brandon Rail
AREA — American Rail Engineers and Maintenance Association
TD–T — Transmission Course (Training)
SDS — Signalman's Display System
CWRY — Commonwealth Railway Inc.
FN — Fault Number
VXC — Virgin CrossCountry
NYE — New York and Erie railroad
OHPA — Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad Company
SIXX — 636 Leasing
ARA — Arcade and Attica Railroad Corporation
NEOUCOM — Northeastern Ohio University Colleges of Medicine
WA — Washington & Atlanta Railroad
HRS — Holidaysburg and Roaring Spring Railroad Company
PIPS — Packaging and Investment Planning System
PPTC — Powered Plant Training - Chainsaw
LC — Line Clear
CWI — Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad
WARM — West Anglia Route Modernisation
CTC — Centralized Track Control
SMFD — Systems Management Framework Design
CARW — Carolina Western Railroad
ETRM — Engineering Train Routing Map
PBNE — Philadelphia Bethlehem and New England R
MNC — Missouri North Central RR
ICC — International Convention Centre
CNYK — Central New York Locomotive Company
WPSC — Wheeling Pittsburg Steel
MPM — Multi Processor Module
REG — Railtrack Executive Group
EJE — Elgin Joliet and Eastern
NSC — National Supply Contract
NDN — National Data Communications Network
MJRX — Railway Service Contractors Inc
HEX — Heathrow EXpress
PCTE — Profit Centre Telecommunications Engineer
SSW — St. Louis Southwestern
CAPE — Train Cancelled
DTS — Dynamic Track Stabiliser
GOL — Government Office for London

GEGX — GE Gas Turbine
NMC — Network Management Centre
DART — Digital Advanced Radio for Trains
CPD — Cleveland Plain Dealer
CAPS — Colchester Area Power Supplies
CCCR — Cape Cod Central Railroad
DFT — DART Fixed Terminal
IRJ — Insulated Rail Joint
CH — CHiltern Railway Company
NMCSA — Network Management Centres Sponsor's Agent
NCRY — Northern Central Railway
RTLS — Road Traffic Lights
TRRA — Terminal RR of St Louis
PPM — Panel Processor Module
SPSR — San Pedro & Southwestern Railway Co
NPTR — Northwood Pulp and Timber, Ltd.
DIRFT — Daventry International RailFreight Terminal
FNM — Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Mexico
LXVR — Luxapalia Valley
HOPO — Head Of Projects Organisation
LASB — Lackawaxen and Stourbridge Railroad
ASDA — Asbestos & Danville
NYABC — New York Air Brake Company
COPA — Control of Pollution Act 1974
TWO — Transport & Works Order
DFO — Depot Facility Owner
GMDX — General Motors Diesel Canada
BDRV — Belvidere & Delaware Railroad
ICM — Internal Communications Manager
CTRU — Central Track Renewals Unit
PRIDE — Possession Resource Information DatabasE
MTNR — Mississippi Tennessee Railroad LLC
MSN — Meeker Southern Railroad
SVP — Safety Verification Plan
PAT — Performance Action Tracking
FIRM — Fares Increases Regulation Mechanism
CI — Cambria and Indiana Railroad Company
NSRC — North Stratford RR
RIG — Railway Industry Group
PER — Portable Equipment Room
RD — GEC time division multiplex, type RD
BPR — Business Policy Review
NTRY — Nimishillen and Tuscarawas Railway Company
RHYX — Macquarie Rail Inc
UO — Union Railway of Oregon
RM — Route Modernisation
CFE — Chicago, Fort Wayne and Eastern
NYO&W — New York, Ontario and Western railway
MSO — Michigan Southern Railway
WON — Weekly Operating Notice

CACV — Cooperstown and Charlotte Valley Railroad
CWR — Continuously Welded Rail
BMS — Basic Mechanical Signalling
TXOR — Texas and Oklahoma Railroad Company
USS — U.S. Steel
MRIX — Missouri North Centra RR
MWRX — Midwest Rail Holdings Incorporated
NPT — Portland Terminal R.R. Company
NTN — National Teleprinter Network
BAWX — Babcox & Wilcox
TMERL — The Milwaukee Electric Railway
JCN — Job Cost NumberN
NSS — Newburgh and South Shore Ry. Co.
GFR — Grand Forks Railway Company
DCLR — Delaware Coast Line RR Co
RJCR — RJ Corman
MIDH — Middletown and Hummelstown RR Company
TVM — Transmission Voice Machine, French ATP system
IAMS — Integrated Asset Management System
CHTT — Chicago Heights Terminal Transfer Railroad
RIZ — Rock Island
DT1 — Detroit Terminal
PHD — Port Huron and Detroit Railroad Company
S&C — Settle and Carlisle
IDT — Implementation, Development and Training
NREX — National Railway Equipment
MVRY — Mahoning Valley Ry
TPWSSA — Train Protection Warning System Sponsor's Agent
SW&W — South Wales and West
WTRY — Wilmington Terminal Railroad Incorporated
SCU — Signalling Compatibility Unit
NYS&W — New York, Susquehanna and Western railroad
SMRS — Springfield (MO) Railway Services
UB — UnderBridge
BTC — Birmingham Terminal
CNW — Chicago and Northwestern
WSF — Wrong Side Failure
CB&Q — Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroad
RTG — RailTrack Group PLCRailCons
BER — Big Eagle Rail
WSL — Westinghouse Signals Ltd
AFD — Automatic Fire Detection
STRT — Stewartstown Railroad Company
CCC — Cowlitz, Chehalis, and Cascade Railway
TAG — Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia
RICP — Rail Incident Control Post
NOGC — New Orleans & Gulf Coast
DOP — Driver Only Passenger
LRWY — Lehigh Railway
YA — Youngstown & Austintown RR

HOPP — Head Of Property Projects
ALY — Allegheny and Eastern Railroad Incorpora
SMOS — Structure Mounted Outdoor Switchgear
TCB — Track Circuit Block
ETB — Electronic Token Block
CE — Chicago and Erie railroad
AIM — Asset Information Manager
CLIF — Cliffside Railroad
UWSF — Unprotected Wrong Side Failure
GPL — Ground Position Light
OLC — Occupation Level Crossing
PIR — Pittsburgh Industrial Railroad Incorpora
LE — Light Engine
W/M — Watt per Metre
TOHD — Tops Operations Help Desk
SCOT — Scotland
PRIMA — Professional Rail Industry Management Association
LMIC — Lake Michigan and Indiana Railroad
NOW — Northern Ohio & Western
SIP — Strike–In Point
DKS — Union Pacific Railroad Company
NY&GL — New York and Greenwood Lake railway
PLOD — Patrolman's Lookout Devicerailcons
LM — Litchfield and Madison
ROS — Restriction of Speed
DSRR — Delta Southern RR
TCOD — Track Circuit Operating Device
CHAPS — Clearing House Accounts Payable System
UWTF — Unprotected Wrongside Telecommunications Failure
TSH — Tshiuetin Rail Transportation Inc
MSRW — Mississippian Railway Cooperative Incorporated
SMN — Smoky Mountain Ry. Co
KO — Kansas & Oklahoma
KCSM — Kansas City Southern de Mexico
LGV — Ligne A Grande Vitesse
FNB — Ferronorte Brasil
DM — Detroit & Mackinac
FSR — Fort Smith Railroad Company
DGPS — Differential Global Positioning by Satellite
PCS&TE — Profit Centre Signal and Telecommunications Engineer
GO — Gulf & Ohio
NSTR — No Signaller Token Remote
TMO — Train crew Manually Operated
WWRC — Wilmington and Western Railroad
WVN — West Virginia Northern Railroad
HOS — Hoosier Southern Railroad
TSRD — Twin State Railroad Company
TINX — Trinity Railcar
PAM — Pittsburgh Allegheny and McKees Rocks Railroad Company
ENS — European Night Services

CAPP — Confirmed Annual Possession Plan
BCH — Southern Railway of British Columbia Limited
WARC — West Anglia Route Controller
BC — BARRE & CHELSEA RAILROAD
BITY — Penn Eastern Rail Lines Incorporated
EEB — Eastern Electricity BoardRailCons
MAS — Management Aspects of Supervision
CCYR — Colleton County Railroad
SICA — Signalling Infrastructure Condition Assessment
IMG — Infrastructure Materials Group
SEE — Systems Engineering Environment
SPA — Special Protected Area
NIAJ — Niagara Junction Railway
RBLX — Brent C Lewis
SETA — Signalling Eqipment Technical Agent
PTM — Permanent Timetable Manager
HVRR — Hocking Valley
FS — Feeder Station
RS — Roberval and Saguenay Railway Company
LS — Line Standard
SPSX — Progress Rail Services Corp
RSCI — Real Staff Cost Increase
SSG — Safety Strategy Group
CLNA — Carolina Coastal Railway Incorporated
PBRR — Pine Belt Southern Railroad Company
EROS — Efficiency by means of the Rationalisation Of Signal
PPTD — Powered Plant Training Disc Cutter And Class 9 Cutting Of Wheels
EFVM — Estrada de Ferro Vitoria-Minas
WCML RM — West Coast Main Line Route Modernisation
RES — Rail Express SystemsRailCons
T&V — Tresspass & Vandalism
FP — Fordyce & Princeton Railroad Company
SIN — Site Instruction Notice
NCYR — Nash County Railroad Corporation
EA — East Anglian
NAT — Not Applicable Timetable
TEU — Twenty Foot or Equivalent Unit
PDS — Project Definition Stage
MRCE — MRCE Dispolok GmbH
NJII — New Jersey, Indiana and Illinois Railroad
CYDX — Conrad Yelvington Distributors, Inc.
CHRR — Chesapeake Railroad Company
ETCX — Eastman Tennessee Corporation
LNE(Z) — London North Eastern (Zone)
PWCT — Philadelphia & West Chester Traction
WPSX — Wisconsin Public Service Corporation
GNBC — Grainbelt Corporation
GKLX — Gold Kist, Inc.
ASAB — Bay Line Railroad L.L.C
SEKR — Southeast Kansas Railroad Company

TESCO — Technical Support Company
STABS — Signalling and Telecommunications Area Budget System
ERTMS — European Railways Traffic Management System
HRLX — Housatonic Logistics Company LLC
CBNS — Cape Breton & Central Nova Scotia Ry
DCFB — Dodge City Ford and Bucklin Railroad Com
MTDX — Midwest Transportation & Development Cor
SME — Signalling Maintenance Engineer
ROR — Rules of the Route
OPO — One Person Operation
ATM — Amended Timetable Manager
IIC — International Intermodal Center
TFM — Trackside Functional Module
AEC — Atlantic and East Carolina Railway Compa
PACS — Public Affairs Correspondence System
MTW — Marinette Tomahawk & Western
SA — Signalling Assistant
RAR — Railtrack Asset Register
TESCO — TEchnical Service COmpany
LNAC — Chattahoochee Bay Railroad, LLC
FLAWS — a computer database of rail flaws
RISSC — Railway Industry Safety Strategy Comittee
TRIN — Trinidad Railway Incorporated
OS — Ontario Southland Railway Inc.
SB — Signal Box
REX — Railway Express Agency, Inc.
CWWR — Chehalis Western Railroad
ALS — Alton and Southern Railway
CBC — Carbon County Railway
ATSF — Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
CARR — Carrollton Railroad
CSC — Connex South Central
ELKR — Elk River Railroad Incorporated
GOT — GO Transit
OETR — Outline Engineering Train Requirements
AEWZ — Erie Western
IZ — Inter Zonal
SWA — Steel Wire Armoured
D&C — Design and Construction
EFRR — Effingham Railroad
MWL — Level crossing with Miniature red/green Warning Lights
SSX — Southern States Phosphate and Fertilizer Co.
LEF — Lake Erie Franklin and Clarion Railroad Company
OHIC — Ohi-Rail Corporation
RSAG — Railway Safety Advisory Group
FWL — Fort Wayne - Lima
UPL — Up Passenger Loop
PCA — Penn Central
PWV — Pittsburgh & West Virginia
R/T — RailTrack

BACS — Bank Automated System
LNW — Louisiana & Northwestern
JCN — JunCtioN
MOS — Mobile Operations Supervisor
DGNO — Dallas Garland & Northeastern
LRP — Local Reporting Pack
TRS — Train Reporting System
LCR — London and Continental Railways
HBRY — Hudson Bay Railway Company
SMART — Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Timebased
IN1 — Illinois Northern
CZRY — Carrizo Gorge Railway Inc.
WS — Ware Shoals RR
LTP — Local Transport Plans
AWG — Adhesion Working Group
DLM — Data Link Module
NRN — National Radio Network
ATA — Automatic Track Alignment
ICRK — Indian Creek Railroad Company
RAI — Right Away Indicator
H/S — Hand Signaller
IBJ — Insulated Block Joint
TRCX — Florida Tri-Rail
CIM — rules for international carriage of goods
SCRX — SOUTH CAROLINA PUBLIC RAILWAYS
IDS — Infrastructure Data Server
MMAX — Martin-Marietta Aggregates
RCI — Railtrack Controlled Infrastructure
LN — Leeds Northern
ZD — Zone Director
JS1 — basic signalling cable jointing and testing
TL2000 — ThamesLink 2000
RDMX — Ryder
O/B — Over Bridge
TSC — Track Section Cabin
LD — Light Diesel locomotive
RR — Regional Railways
ACM — Area Contracts Manager
CWEX — Midwest Generation, LLC
UTU — Ultrasonic Test Unit
BIRR — Bellingham International Railroad LLC
MGL — Multiple Groove Locking
ATAX — Arizona Transit Assembly
EPS — European Passenger Services
PTS — Personal Track Safety (railway)
LX — level crossing
ICE — Institute of Civil Engineers
WWV — Walla Walla Valley Railway
PESRCY — PassEnger Service Requirement Compliance Yardstick
KFR — Kettle Falls International Rwy

EFPL — Economical Facing Point Lock
PAF — Project Authority Form
SA — Sponsor's Agent
NJRC — New Jersey Rail Carrier, LLC.
SUAB — Southern Alabama RR
RDN — Railtrack Director's Nominee
GASC — Georgia, Ashburn, Sylvester & Camilla Ry
SMNR — Southern Manitoba Railway
NSKT — No Signaller Key Token
TPC — Trackside Processing Centre
RLCX — RELCO
NPW — Normal Place of Work
MRR — Mid-Atlantic Railroad
SVGX — Savage, Inc
VMVX — VMV Enterprises, Inc
NIR — National Incident Register
CSE — Connex South Eastern
BVL — Bound Valuation Ledger
NHL — National Helm Leasing
ARN — Alberta RailNet Incorporated
CRE — Conductor Rail Equipment
CDAC — Canadian American Railroad
NPO — National Process Owner
C&W — Carriage & Wagon
GWH — Great Western Holdings
DUT — Denver Union Terminal Railway Company
FFTX — Florida Fun Train
TCG — Tucson Cornelia and Gila Bend Railroad Company
HCYR — Horry County Railway
SV — Shenandoah Valley Railroad
RED — Railtrack Energy Database
RL — Relief Line
DT — Decatur Junction Railway Company
RE&TA — Real Estate and Tax Agent
CTA — Chicago Transit Authority
NLL — North London Line
CMD — Central Materials Depot
CCSC — Contractor Core Safety Case
PIMS — Programme Integrated Management System
CRLX — Conrail Leasing Co
SBGX — SCOULAR - BISHOP GRAIN CO.
IRRS — International Rail Road Systems Incorporated
RBMN — Reading Blue Mountain and Northern
SSISIM — Solid State Interlocking SIMulator
GWWR — Gateway Western Railway
CTR2 — Channel Tunnel Route 2
HPTD — High Point Thomasville and Denton Railroad
KWUX — Siemens Power Corporation
DFG — Del Fungo Giera Servizi Ferroviari Srl
STEP — Safety, Teamwork, Excellence, Professionalism

MNE — Manistee & North East
FIR — Flats Industrial Railroad Company
LITM — Local IT Manager
ASB — Adjacent SignalBox
DTS — Detroit & Toledo ShoreLine
TENN — Tennessee Railway Company
RIP — Railtrack Investment Panel
VCC — Virgin Cross Country
MGR — Merry Go Round
CNJ — Central Rail Road of New Jersey
TARDIS — TOPS Ancillary Retrospective Data Information Service
HM — Her Majesty
DTP — Department of TransportRailCons
PTRD — Portland Traction Co., Portland R.R. and Terminal Division
NYPANO — New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio railroad
ATC — Angel Train Contacts
CWPR — Company Weekly Performance Report
SPS — Spokane, Portland, and Seattle
AMR — Arcata And Mad River
AO — Appalachian and Ohio
VRR — Vaughan Railroad Company
SP — Single-Phase
ALRMS — Access Level crossing Risk Management System
LLX — Luria Brothers
TF — Tallulah Falls Ry. Co
MNL — Mountain Laurel Railroad
NNW — Nebraska Northwestern Railroad
FUS — Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Mexico
CNSM — CHICAGO NORTH SHORE & MILWAUKEE RWY
RM — railroad mark
TFM — Kansas City Southern De Mexico
PTT — Public Timetable
WM — Western Maryland Railroad
MC — Mass Coastal
TSSA — Transport Salaried Staffs' Association
TADS — Telecommunications Asset Database System
PLE — Pittsburgh & Lake Erie
SDIY — San Diego and Imperial Valley Railroad Company
CKSI — Carthage Knightstown and Shirley Railroad
CRG — Contracts Review Group
LCRC — Lenawee County Railroad
MRI — Motive Rail Industries
SSP — Signalling Supply Point
RCDO — Railway Crossing Diversion Order
WRHX — Creative Charters Inc
FC — Fair Condition
TC — Track Circuit
MB — Meridian & Bigbee
PVRX — Pook Valley Railroad
NHIR — New Hope & Ivyland

TK — Tuskegee R.R
TGM — Transport Gateway Metro
DRS — Direct Rail Services
PNCX — Precision National
WTCO — Western Transportation Company
LTA — London Transport Authority
TAG — Track Access Grant
DSSA — Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic
CMC — CMC Railroad Incorporated
IDC — Inter Disciplinary Check
WIP — Works In Progress
ACME — Acme Steel
LDRR — Louisiana and Delta Railroad Incorporated
SRYC — Sierra Railway Company of California
CBR — Coos Bay Rail Link
SOWC — Shows Occupied when Clear
BRB — British Railways Board
RLEX — Republic Locomotive
CIPS — Central Illinois Public Servicee
DR — Dardanelle and Russellville Railroad Inc
CWT — Chicago & West Towns
CHV — Chattahoochee Valley Ry
UPL — Up Platform Line
SCR — Sydney Coal Railway
RA — Route Availability
GWUG — Great Western UpGrade
PLUG — Pride Local User Group
MOW — Maintenance-Of-Way
RTFN — RailTrack Fault NumberRailCons
CILT — Centre for Independent Transport Research
PCSE(W) — Profit Centre Signal Engineer (Works)
AEEU — Amalgamated Electrical Engineering Union
AHB — Automatic Half Barriers
CNRY — Cincinnati Railway
CLCR — Cadillac & Lake City RR
NTR — National Track Renewals
OIMX — Oliver Iron Mining
SIPS — Standard Infrastructure Performance System
NEM — National Estimating Manager
GGS — Georgia Great Southern Division South Carolina Central Railro
PTM — Portland Terminal Company
CFW — Caney fork & Western
RMPX — RailCar Limited
MAW — Maumee and Western Railroad Corporation
PWSS — Permanent Way Section Supervisor
URL — Up Relief Line
CEEC — Coast Engine and Equipment Co
ARA — American Railway Association
AMP — Asset Maintenance Programme
MTL — Mersey Travel Ltd.

LDT — Long Distance Termination
SLIM — St Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern
SSTD — Solid State Train Describer