Railroad Legal Glossary: R

Rail Weight: The number of pounds per yard that rail weighs. Currently rail is being rolled at 112 to 145 pounds per yard.

Rake: Wagons/carriages semi permanently joined in an articulation rather than via a coupler.

Register Station: A station at which a train register is located. 

Regular Train: A train authorized by a timetable schedule.

Repeater Signal: Signal placed on the opposite side of the track from the controlling signal. It repeats the aspect of the controlling signal for a greater range of vision.

Restricted Speed: A speed that will permit stopping within one half the range of vision; short of train, engine, railroad car, stop signal, derail or switch not properly lined, looking out for broken rail, not exceeding 20 MPH. 

Revenue Collection Train: A train that picks up the revenue collected by the railroad clerk. 

Rip Track: A small car repair facility, often a single track in a small yard. Name derived from "Repair, Inspect and Paint." 

Rolling Resistance: Resistance which is made up of wheel friction, journal friction, and wind resistance. It is non-recoverable. 

Ruling Grade: The particular point on the run at which the combination of grade and curve resistance makes the train pull hardest and "rules" how heavy a load can be given to the locomotive.

Reasonable Care: The standard of care in negligence cases; the duty to act reasonably so as to avoid harming others.

Remand: The decision of an appellate court to send a case back to the trial court with instructions on how to correctly decide the case; often used with the term "reversed." Reversed means that the appellate court overturned the trial court's decision.

Remedies: Relief that the plaintiff receives from the defendant in a lawsuit. Often this will include monetary damages or equitable relief (i.e. injunctions).

Respondent: The party that won at trail.