CANT rail Abbreviations

[GentlemanJim]

Ever travelled on a Tube train and wondered what those abbreviations meant, here are the answers and no doubt they will be added to.

B: Battery
BIC: Brake Isolating Cock
BRV: Brake Release Valve

CIC: Coupler Isolating Cock
Com COS: Compressor Cut Out Switch
Com GCOS: Compressor Governor Cut Out Switch
Com GIC: Compressor Isolating Cock
Con COS: Control Cut Out Switch
Con G: Control Governor
CIC: Control Isolating Cock
CV: Coupler Valve
Cou VIC: Coupler Valve Isolating Cock

DIC: Door Isolating Cock
DV: Door Valve

E Coup: Emergency Coupling Adaptor
EL: Emergency Ladder
EPBIC: Electro-pneumatic Brake Isolating Cock

IL: Indicator Light
IS: Ice Scraper

S: Sand
SCD: Short Circuiting Device

TCCOS: Traction Control Cut-Out Switch
TVIC: Triple Valve Isolating Cock

WIC. Whistle Isolating Cock (in cab)

[julo]

F - Fuses (on D-Stock)
MLIC- Mainline Isolating Cock
PSLG- Positive Shoe Lifting Gear
NSLG- Negative Shoe Lifting Gear

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ConIC - Control isolating cock
SAPBRC - Spring applied parking brake release cord
FMLIC - Filtered main line isolating cock
MLFIC - Mainline fault isolating cock