TRACK STUFF
Measures 56-1/2".
What is standard track gage?
Used to drive spikes into wood ties.
What is a spike maul?
Rail, ties, ballast, clips, anchors, spikes.
What is track?
Amtrak's TRNT for ballasted track outside of tunnels.
What is 100 degrees Fahrenheit?
Number of states Amtrak operates through.
What is 46?
Rails that move side to side to allow train wheels to switch from one track to another.
What are switch points?
Provides 750 volts of DC current to power a train.
What is the third rail?
"Cut me some _____!"
What is slack?
What are reference marks?
Year Amtrak began operating.
What is 1971?
Creates track circuits and prevents the flow of electrical current in the rail from one circuit to another.
What is an insulated joint?
Prevents the longitudinal movement of rail.
What are rail anchors?
OR
What are clips?
Used to lift the track when surfacing.
What is a track jack?
This happens to the RNT when an air gap is filled with rail during a plug installation.
What is decreases?
Name of the Philadelphia Flyers' mascot.
What is Gritty?
Rail bound equipment used to pick up and/or distribute ties.
What is a tie handler?
Derived from the distillation of tar from wood or coal and is used as a wood tie preservative.
What is creosote?
Person that cleans the glasses at a drinking establishment.
What is a barback?
Replacing 6 ties in a 39' section of track in one single pass.
What is out of face tie renewal?
Name for the tiny plastic piece at the end of a shoelace.
What is an aglet?
Allowable speed over a frog that is worn 7/8" down 6-1/2" back from the point.
What is 10 MPH?
A device used for melting snow with heat generated by an electric current, gas, oil or air. This device enables a switch to be thrown in inclement weather such as ice, sleet or snow.
What is a switch heater?
Occurs across the web of the rail, through the holes used to join two rails.
What is a bolt hole crack?
This is the rail temperature at which a speed restriction must be placed on a switch that was installed at a rail temperature of 45 degrees if it has not been adjusted yet.
What is 90 degrees?
Old slang term for a trackworker.
What is a gandy dancer?