5-555: The Reading Division is a rail line owned and operated by the Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania . The line runs from Reading, Pennsylvania north and east to Packerton, Pennsylvania along former Reading Company and Central Railroad of New Jersey lines. At its south end, it connects to the Norfolk Southern Railway 's Reading Line ; its east end
10-664: Is at Norfolk Southern's Lehigh Line which parallels the R&;N's Lehigh Division . The piece from Reading north to Port Clinton, Pennsylvania was opened by the Philadelphia and Reading Rail Road in 1842. The line from Port Clinton to Haucks was part of the Reading Company , while from Haucks to Packerton was part of the Central Railroad of New Jersey . The lines were taken over by Conrail in 1976, and
15-537: The International Union of Railways in its official publications and thesaurus. Also Centering spring cylinder . Also Railway air brake . Also Main Reservoir and Reservoir . Also see Reverser handle . A metal casting incorporating a slot that allows the casting to fit over the rail near the wheel of a derailed car. The locomotive then pushes or pulls the car so that
20-408: The Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad bought them in 1990. Rail line Rail transport terms are a form of technical terminology applied to railways. Although many terms are uniform across different nations and companies, they are by no means universal, with differences often originating from parallel development of rail transport systems in different parts of the world, and in
25-739: The national origins of the engineers and managers who built the inaugural rail infrastructure . An example is the term railroad , used (but not exclusively) in North America , and railway , generally used in English-speaking countries outside North America and by the International Union of Railways . In English-speaking countries outside the United Kingdom, a mixture of US and UK terms may exist. Various terms, both global and specific to individual countries, are listed here. The abbreviation "UIC" refers to terminology adopted by
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