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Felicia, Paul, Bruce I appreciate the responses! All the advice is much appreciated. Paul, Thank you for the walkthrough on some of the construction/installation practices that would help in the future. ------------------------------ Christian Fouche ...

Eric: To your specific question, in the absence of exact axle load information, we would make an assumption that the loadings were equal to start. If the bridge that you were trying to evaluate was particularly close, you would probably have to weigh ...

Eric: In our experience, railroad bridges in the US would be designed or rated to a standard Cooper Loading. Moment and shear from other loadings (including freight cars) would be compared to those produced by the Cooper loads. These would include ...

Not likely useful for you in Canada since you aren't running I-ETMS but Southern California Regional Rail Authority Metrolink is using Wireless Crossing Nearside Station Stop (WCNSS) which will inhibit gates from activating when a train approaches a ...