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New page: '''Blocked Trains''' are railcars grouped in a train by destination so that segments (blocks) can be uncoupled and routed to different destinations as the train moves through various junct...
'''Blocked Trains''' are railcars grouped in a train by destination so that segments (blocks) can be uncoupled and routed to different destinations as the train moves through various junctions. This eliminates the need to break up a train and sort individual railcars at each junction.<ref>U.S. Department of Transportation Maritime Administration [http://www.marad.dot.gov/publications/glossary/glossary.html]</ref>
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