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FREIGHT OPERATION [5 records]

Record 1 2024-09-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rail Transport Operations
DEF

... an operation where freight cars are assigned exclusively to transportation between specified points...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation (Transport par rail)
DEF

[...] opération au cours de laquelle un wagon est affecté exclusivement à un transport entre des points déterminés [...]

Spanish

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Record 2 2019-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Railroad Safety
CONT

[The company], a freight railway operating over its own right of way with one person operations, has installed a proximity detection device(PDD) on its trains and maintenance-of-way and hi-rail machines … During normal operation, the PDD provides an audible and visual alarm to the [locomotive] operator when another equipped vehicle is within eight, five and three miles of track range … For a train, the alarm must be acknowledged by the engineer within a certain amount of time or penalty braking application will occur on the train.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité (Transport par rail)

Spanish

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Record 3 2007-04-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • Rail Networks
OBS

The Oshawa Railway Company was born in 1895, and effectively died on May 2, 1964 when the line was 100% dieselized by the CNR, however, power was not shut off until July 2, 1964. The OR was built, as most railways were, to provide both freight and passenger service. In the case of the OR, its operation was confined to the City of Oshawa even though they operated a number of passenger cars that would have been more suited to interurban operation. The main passenger line ran in a north-south direction on Simcoe Street, from Ross’ Corners down to Lakeview Park on the shores of Lake Ontario. When passenger service ended in 1940, several cars were re-distributed among other Canadian National Electric Railway lines where they saw many more years of use.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Réseaux ferroviaires

Spanish

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Record 4 2003-05-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Water Transport
DEF

To run a ship.

OBS

There are two principal aspects of operating a ship : technical and commercial. Technical operation includes crewing and supplying the ship, keeping her machinery and equipment in working order and stowing cargoes safely and efficiently. Commercial operation is concerned more with booking cargoes, negotiating freight rates and bunker prices and appointing ship's agents at the ports of call.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport par eau
PHR

Exploiter une ligne, un navire.

Spanish

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Record 5 1995-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Special Rail Transport
CONT

While high speed train operation on tracks also carrying freight services can be shown to be safe, the potential for service interruption and the need for increased inspection and maintenance are factors which make this scenario inadvisable for extensive sections of route.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transports ferroviaires spéciaux
CONT

Même si l'exploitation de trains rapides sur des voies qu'empruntent également des trains de marchandises ne présente pas vraiment de danger, les risques d'une interruption de service et le besoin d'inspections et de travaux d'entretien accrus sont des facteurs qui rendent ce scénario contre-indiqué sur de longs tronçons.

OBS

Dépouillement terminologique du premier rapport final sur le projet de train rapide - Service Transports.

Spanish

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