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Abbreviations used in <strong>Railway</strong> Operations<br />

AESS<br />

Automated Engine Start-Stop<br />

COFC<br />

Container-on-Flat-Car<br />

DB<br />

Dynamic Brake<br />

DMU<br />

Diesel Multiple Unit<br />

EMU<br />

Electric Multiple Unit<br />

GTK<br />

Gross tonne-kilometres<br />

HEP<br />

Head End Power<br />

LEM<br />

<strong>Locomotive</strong> <strong>Emissions</strong> <strong>Monitoring</strong><br />

MOU<br />

Memorandum <strong>of</strong> Understanding<br />

N1, N2 … Notch 1, Notch 2…Throttle Power Settings<br />

RDC<br />

Rail Diesel Car<br />

RPK<br />

Revenue Passenger-Kilometres<br />

RPM<br />

Revenue Passenger-Miles<br />

RTK<br />

Revenue Tonne-Kilometres<br />

RTM<br />

Revenue Ton-Miles<br />

TOFC<br />

Trailer-on-Flat-Car<br />

ULSD<br />

Ultra-low Sulphur Diesel Fuel<br />

Acronyms <strong>of</strong> Organizations<br />

ALCO<br />

American <strong>Locomotive</strong> Company<br />

AAR<br />

<strong>Association</strong> <strong>of</strong> American Railroads<br />

CCME<br />

Canadian Council <strong>of</strong> the Ministers <strong>of</strong> the Environment<br />

CN<br />

Canadian National <strong>Railway</strong><br />

CP<br />

Canadian Pacific<br />

EC<br />

Environment Canada<br />

EMCI<br />

Electro-Motive Canada Inc.<br />

ESDC<br />

Engine Systems Development Centre<br />

GE<br />

General Electric Transportation Systems<br />

GM/EMD General Motors Corporation Electro-Motive Division.<br />

MLW<br />

Montreal <strong>Locomotive</strong> Works<br />

MPI<br />

MotivePower Industries<br />

OEM<br />

Original Equipment Manufacturer<br />

RAC<br />

<strong>Railway</strong> <strong>Association</strong> <strong>of</strong> Canada<br />

SwRI<br />

Southwest Research Institute<br />

TC<br />

Transport Canada<br />

UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change<br />

U.S. EPA United States Environmental Protection Agency<br />

VIA<br />

VIA Rail Canada<br />

xiii LEM 2008

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