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| Eagle-Eye |
Locomotive engineer. |
| Earth |
Electrical connection to complete a circuit. Also called
Ground. |
| Easy Sign |
Signal indicating the train is to move slowly. |
| EDI |
An acronym for Electronic Data Interchange; involves the
exchange via computer of information among carriers and between carriers
and customers. |
| Effective Securing Device |
A device applied to secure a manually operated switch or
derail for the protection of Roadway Workers. The device must be vandal
and tamper resistant, and designed to be applied, secured, uniquely
tagged, and removed only by the class, group, or class of employees for
whom the protection is provided. |
| Electric Owl |
Night operator. |
| Electric Switch Lock |
An electrically controlled lock device affixed to a hand
operated switch or derail to control it's use. |
| Elephant Car |
Special car coupled behind locomotive to accommodate head
brakeman. |
| Embankment |
Ridge of earth or rock to raise the natural ground level. |
| Emergency Application |
An application resulting from an emergency rate of brake
pipe reduction which causes the brakes to apply quickly and with maximum
braking force for the shortest practical stopping distance. |
| Emergency Stop |
Lock up all wheels. |
| End Man |
Rear brakeman on freight train. |
| End Of Train Telemetry Device |
(ETD) A system of components that determines the rear car
brake pipe pressure and transmits that information to the display on the
head-of-train telemetry device (HTD). |
| End-to-End |
Model layout consisting of a length of track with a
terminal at each end. Point-to-Point. |
| Engine |
A unit or combination of units propelled by any form of
energy, and operated from a single control, used in train or yard
service. The word "engine" may also be used to identify
control cars. |
| Engine Servicing Track Area |
One or more tracks within an area in which the testing,
servicing, repairing, inspecting, or rebuilding of engines is under the
exclusive control of mechanical department personnel. |
| Engine Yard |
The yard in which engines are stored and serviced. |
| Engineer |
(Engr) The member of the crew designated and qualified to
operate a train over the territory to be traversed. |
| Enginehouse |
A building in which locomotives are serviced. |
| Enroutes |
Count of trains destined to a particular yard or terminal
that need to be switched. "Strong enroutes" indicates a
forecast for a heavy switching workload for that day. |
| EOT Device |
An end-of-train device (sometimes called a FRED, or
flashing rear- end device) that has replaced cabooses. Along with a
flashing light, many EOTs can transmit information on brake-line
pressure and speed to the locomotive, while a two way EOT is also
capable of receiving a transmission from the lead unit to open the brake
pipe and put the train into emergency stop. |
| Epoxy |
A two part adhesive consisting of the resin and the
hardener. A good choice for securing nonporous surfaces such as metal,
glass, and some plastics. |
| Exhaust Pipe |
A vertical pipe attached to the cylinder casing of a steam
locomotive inside the smoke box in line with the smoke stack. It carries
away the exhausted steam and the combustion products from the cylinders,
producing a partial vacuum on the smoke box and draft on the fire. |
| Extra |
Any extra train that is not shown on schedules. It
operates on train orders. |
| Extra Board |
A list of employees who may be assigned to train crews (1)
when extra trains are run, (2) when regular crews have not had
sufficient rest time before they can legally be required to return to
duty, or (3) when relief men are required on regular crews. |
| Extra Gang |
The crew of track laborers assigned to maintenance work at
various points on a railroad right-of-way. These employees may live in
camp (bunk) cars where they are provided lodging and meals at a nominal
cost. |
| Eye |
Trackside signal. |