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Interlocking

In railway signalling, an interlocking is an arrangement of signal apparatus that prevents conflicting movements through an arrangement of tracks such as junctions or crossings. In North America, a set of signalling appliances and tracks interlocked together are sometimes collectively referred to as an interlocking plant or just as an interlocking, and…

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Interlocking

Nodes74
Edges73
Triples107
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.027027
Components1

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Interlocking

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related to history · 38
Interlocking → At, British, Buchanan, Buchanan Interlocking Switch, Buchanan Superintendent, Buchanans, Company, Compared, Farmer, General Superintendent, Harrisburg, HRR, Hudson River Railroad, In, In June, John Saxby, London, Machinery, Manhattan Elevated Railroad Company, New York
related to Electronic interlocking · 28
Interlocking → Alstom, As, Bombardier, British Rail, CBI, Computer Based Interlocking, EBI Lock, GEC-General Signal, General Railway Signal, Hitachi Rail STS, In, Invensys Rail, MicroLok, Modern, ROM, Second, Siemens, Signal, Smartlock, Solid State Interlocking
related to External links · 15
Interlocking → Calvert, Director, Dutch, Engineering, English, French, Full, German, German Relay Principles, Henderson, Kleinstadt, Mechanical Interlocking, New Zealand, Principles, West Midlands Project Group
related to Relay interlocking · 6
Interlocking → As, Equipment, Interlockings, Similarly, Such, These
related to Configuration and use · 5
Interlocking → Once, Signals, Some, Switches, US
related to Electro-mechanical interlocking · 5
Interlocking → Before, GRS, If, Power, The
related to Complete and incomplete interlockings (U.S. terminology) · 3
Interlocking → Although, Interlockings, Railroad
related to Mechanical interlocking · 3
Interlocking → Cross, In, The
is a · 2
Interlocking → arrangement of signal apparatus that prevents conflicting movements through an arrangement of tracks such as junctions or crossings, safety measure designed to prevent signals and points
related to Interlocking types · 1
Interlocking → Interlockings

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Interlockingis aarrangement of signal apparatus that prevents conflicting movements through an arrangement of tracks such as junctions or crossings0.90text
Interlockingis asafety measure designed to prevent signals and points0.90text
junctions or crossingsinstance ofan interlocking is an arrangement of signal apparatus that prevents conflicting movements through an arrangement of tracks0.80text
Interlockingrelated to Complete and incomplete interlockings (U.S. terminology)Interlockings0.60section
Interlockingrelated to Complete and incomplete interlockings (U.S. terminology)Railroad0.60section
Interlockingrelated to Complete and incomplete interlockings (U.S. terminology)Although0.60section
Interlockingrelated to Configuration and useUS0.60section
Interlockingrelated to Configuration and useSome0.60section
Interlockingrelated to Configuration and useSignals0.60section
Interlockingrelated to Configuration and useSwitches0.60section
Interlockingrelated to Configuration and useOnce0.60section
Interlockingrelated to Electro-mechanical interlockingPower0.60section

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