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Hi Bob,<br>
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How do you intend for one to choose among terms that can be
combined? For example, one could have a Diesel Freight train or a
Steam Hyperloop (88mph, anyone?). Does sUbway refer to the train or
the station?<br>
<br>
Just curious to understand the use cases,<br>
<br>
Greg KO6TH<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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update:</span></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">RAIL
Symbols: #=</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">/=
= generic train (use steam engine shape for quick
recognition)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">\=
= tbd (use same symbol for now)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">B=
= Bus-rail/trolley/streetcar/guiderail</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">C=
= Commuter</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">D=
= Diesel</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">E=
= Electric</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">F=
= Freight</span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">G=
= Gondola</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">H=
= High Speed Rail (& Hyperloop)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">I=
= Inclined Rail</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">L=
= eLevated</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">M=
= Monorail</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">P=
= Passenger</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">S=
= Steam</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">T=
= Terminal (station)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">U=
= sUbway </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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= eXcursion</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">See:
<a href="http://aprs.org/symbols/symbols-new.txt"
moz-do-not-send="true">http://aprs.org/symbols/symbols-new.txt</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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WB4aPR</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
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aprssig <<a href="mailto:aprssig-bounces@lists.tapr.org"
moz-do-not-send="true">aprssig-bounces@lists.tapr.org</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Karl W4KRL<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, July 16, 2018 2:25 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:aprssig@lists.tapr.org"
moz-do-not-send="true">aprssig@lists.tapr.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [aprssig] AMTRAK mobile from DC to
Minneapolis via Toledo Oh</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">May
I suggest keeping a low number of rail-related symbols:
steam, diesel, electric, passenger, commuter, excursion,
and freight.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">This
past weekend I made a round-trip from Manassas to
Roanoke with tracking by APRSdroid on my cell phone.
Connectivity was by T-Mobile and Amtrak Wi-Fi. Here is a
partially successful attempt to display the trip on
Google Maps:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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data was exported from <a href="http://aprs.fi"
moz-do-not-send="true">aprs.fi</a></span></p>
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moz-do-not-send="true">https://aprs.fi/#!mt=roadmap&z=11&call=a%2FW4KRL-4&timerange=259200&tail=259200</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Mon, Jul 9, 2018 at 1:46 PM, Andrew
AB9FX <<a href="mailto:ab9fx@aprs.pl" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">ab9fx@aprs.pl</a>> wrote:</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I think there are different factors
to specify a train category, mainly: type of engine, and
type of operation. Which are universal for all the
world. Beside of these factors there are operators which
are almost uncountable around the world.<br>
<br>
Locomotive Engine:<br>
Steam, Diesel, Electric.<br>
<br>
Train category:<br>
Commuter, subway, city transportation, suburb, long
distance, sleeping, express, high speed, special event,
freight, shunting, armored, etc.<br>
Across European countries, very common are following
categories of passenger trains: InterCity, ICE
(InterCity Express), EC (EuroCity), Regio, InterRegio,
Night Train.<br>
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73<br>
<span class="hoenzb"><span style="color:#888888">Andrew
AB9FX</span></span></p>
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