Industry Organizations
- AAR Open Top Loading Rules (OTLR) Committee
- Air Brake Association (ABA)
- American Railroad Association (ARA)
- American Railway Association (ARA)
- American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA)
- Association of American Railroads (AAR)
- Association Of Car Accounting and Car Services Officers (ACACSO)
- Brotherhood of Railway Carmen (BRC)
- Car Department Officers Association
- Chief Interchange Car Inspectors’ and Car Foremen’s Association
- Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
- Intermodal Association of North America (IANA)
- Master Car Builders’ Association (MCB)
- Mechanical Association Railcar Technical Services (MARTS)
- Operation Lifesaver
- Railcar Technical Services Association (RTSA)
- Railinc
- Railroad Retirement Board (RRB)
- Railway Car Department Officers’ Association
- Surface Transportation Board (STB)
- Transport Canada (TC)
- Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI)
Gauge Usage
- Coupler Gauging: Coupler Contour
- Truck Gauging: Friction Casting Rise
- Truck Gauging: Pedestal Wear
- Wheel Gauging: Rim
- Wheel Gauging: Tread Wear & Damage
- Wheel Gauging: Wheel Flange
- Wheelset Gauging: Back to Back
Tools & Equipment
Part Reference
- Air Brake System
- Automatic Equipment Identification (AEI) Tags
- Axle
- Bolster Bowl Shim
- Brake Beam Unit Guide Wear Liner
- Brake Shoe
- Center Pin
- Constant Contact Side Bearing (CCSB)
- Coupler
- Coupler Carrier Wear Plate
- Draft Sill
- Draft Stop
- Drawbar
- Hand Brake
- Horizontal Wear Liner
- Knuckle
- Knuckle Thrower
- Lock Lifter
- Multi-Unit Cable (MU Cable)
- Pedestal Wear Liner
- Roller Bearing Adapter
- Sideframe
- Truck
- Truck Bolster
- Vertical Wear Liner
- Wheelset
- Y47 Pin
- Yoke
Railroad Terminology
- Broken
- Buff Load
- Car Builder
- Car Knocker
- Car Repair Billing
- Carmen
- Class Code
- Classification Yard
- Cracked
- Derailment
- Drawbar-Connected Car
- Equipment ID
- Hump Yard
- Idler Car
- Interchange
- Interchange Point
- Intermodal Chassis
- Line-Haul
- Locomotive Speed Limiter (LSL)
- Multi-Unit Car
- Rail Burn
- Railroad Retirement
- Reporting Marks
- Restencil
- Retarder
- Road Marks
- Shove
- Single Car Air Brake Test (SCABT)
- Slack
- Standard Carrier Alpha Code (SCAC)
- Standard Point Location Code (SPLC)
- Switch
- Undesired Emergency (UDE)
Rolling Stock
Publications
- AAR Circular Letter
- AAR Intermodal Trailer and Container Securement Manual
- AAR Manual of Standards and Recommended Practices (MSRP)
- AAR Open Top Loading Rules
- AAR Organizations and Activities (1939)
- AAR Railroad Classifications
- Annual Report of the Director General of Railroads – 1919
- Field Manual of AAR Interchange Rules
- Motive Power and Equipment (MP&E) Compliance Manual
- Office Manual of AAR Interchange Rules
- Office of Railroad Safety (RRS) General Manual
- Proceedings of the American Railroad Association (11/19/1919)
- Proceedings of the American Railroad Association Mechanical Section (1919)
- STB Railroad Classifications