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TECHNICAL TRAINING

Acronyms By Jeff Leadstrom, Manager Fleet Maintenance

We use them every day in text and emails – LOL, ASAP, BTW, TMI and the list goes on. Even our company value
statement is an acronym.

Are you familiar with some of the Loram acronyms? As I sit in various meetings and talk to other department team
members, I find that I’m out of the loop on many. Here is a list of some commonly used and some not so often
used Loram acronyms.

Operations LRT Loram Rail Train
Company LRV Light Rail Vac
Values MD Machine Delay
I Integrity First MHC Material Handling Car
C Customer Focus MOW Maintenance of Way
A Accountable for Actions MPC Multi-Purpose Car
R Results Oriented MTI Manual Track Inspection
E Excellence in All We Do ORIAN Optical Rail Inspection and
Analysis
Operations OT Operating Time
AAR Association of American PRG Production Rail Grinding
Railroads PSR Precision Scheduled Railroad-
BC Ballast Cleaner ing
CD Customer Delay PTO Paid Time Off
CMMS Computerized Maintenance RCA Rolling Corrugation Analyzer
Management System RCC Rear Control Car
CRG Combined Rail Grinder RCF Rolling Contact Fatigue
DOT Department of Transporta- RG Rail Grinder
tion
DT Dump Train RGi Rail Grinder International
DTFC Dump Train For Curves RGM Rail Grinder Midsize
EAM Enterprise Asset Manage- RGS Rail Grinder Specialty
ment RGT Rail Grinder Truckable
FCC Front Control Car RGX Rail Grinder?? (Next Best
FM Friction Management Thing)
FRA Federal Railroad Administra- RIV Rail Inspection Vehicle
tion RV Rail Vac
GC Grind Car SBC Standard Ballast Cleaner
GDMS Grind Data Management SC Support Car
System SPS Self-Powered Slot
GPR Ground Penetrating Radar SRG Specialty Rail Grinding
GPS Global Position S ST Slot Train
GQI Grind Quality Index TD Train Delay
HOPC High Output Power Car TL Track Lifter
LD Loram Delay TLU Track Lifter Undercutter
LPC Loram Power Car (Waste Only)
LRG Light Rail Grinder TT Travel Time

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