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      <title>TRANSMISSION OF INFORMATION BETWEEN RAIL AND MOTIVE POWER UNITS. EVALUATION OF THE TENDERS RECEIVED FROM INDUSTRY</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Interim Report No. 2 reports on the call for tenders issued in order to obtain a survey of the information transmission systems now available.  The offered systems can be divided into 3 groups: those for transmitting continuously between given points, with the rail functioning as conductor; those for transmitting continuously between given points, and those for transmitting information at selected points.  In order to arrive at an objective comparison of the systems forming part of the above groups, basic problems concerning transmission reliability and coding were studied and evaluation methods developed.  This should lead to an evaluation method awarding merit marks to the various systems.  A mutual comparison of the groups would meet with difficulties because the systems are fundamentally different.  Also the possibilities offered by these systems to railway operation may be of divergent nature.  The conclusions contained in this report are restricted to a comparison of the proposed transmission systems.  During future studies the operating programme should be taken into account before taking a definite choice.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 1994 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>PLANNING FOR SIGNALLING SYSTEMS ON NEW RAILWAY ROUTES</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Whereas the existing routes on the DB are secured by a system of fixed home and distant signals, the new routes are to have signals with simplified indications.  With this so-called Sk system, only a light point is actuated. Signalling of the permitted speed is by numbers on advance and main speed indicators.  A speed once shown continues to apply until a change is signalled.  The intermittent automatic train-running control system will continue to be used for train speeds of up to 160 km/h, while for higher speeds integrated linear train control in accordance with the recommendations of the ORE expert committee A 46 will be employed.  If the latter system fails, the train will be automatically braked to 160 km/h, and the automatic train-running control system will take over.  A signal cabin is necessary at each overtaking station.  The diverting and junction points only have a local signal cabin when the distance from the signals and switches to the next signal cabin is more than 6.5 km.  These signal cabins will be unmanned and will be remote-controlled from a centralized control point.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 29 Dec 1978 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>TRANSMISSION OF INFORMATION BETWEEN RAIL AND MOTIVE POWER UNIT. TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS AND COSTS OF DIFFERENT CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR A TRACK OF COMPARISON. TEST AND APPENDICES</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[This report is intended to serve as a basis for a technical and financial comparison of control systems.  For this purpose the Committee is investigating a fictitious "track of comparison" equipped with different control systems, the principles of which have been described in Interim Report No. 3.  The means of transmission on which the systems are based have been explained in Interim Report No. 2.  A basis for ascertaining the costs is provided by the call for tenders issued by the Committee and subsequent further enquiries of the tendering companies. After the introduction, in which the requirements for the present study, in particular the documents forming its basis, are briefly referred to, the track of comparison is described in detail.  The control systems are described in Chapter 3, and the costs of equipping the "track of comparison" with these systems are also ascertained there.  The systems are compared from the operating point of view in Chapter 4, the relevant study being based on the "Requirements of the Operating Department (UIC)".  The extensibility of the systems based on the programme of Portsmouth (Informatory Memorandum for the UIC with a description of the development stages) is also always borne in mind.  The conclusions contain references to further steps which would have to be adopted to achieve a European system.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 14 May 1976 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>TRANSMISSION OF INFORMATION BETWEEN RAIL AND MOTIVE POWER UNITS. RESULTS OF PRACTICAL TRANSMISSION TESTS AND MEASUREMENTS OF TRACK-CONDUCTOR CHARACTERISTICS (TEXT AND APPENDICES TO CHAPTERS 3 AND 4)</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The appendices to this report contain accounts of the different tests and studies carried out at the initiative of ORE Specialists Committee A 46, namely: study of the methods of cable laying and of the measurement of the distance covered; measurement of track-conductor characteristics according to the pattern of laying of these, and effect of climatic conditions; transmission tests between track and stationary vehicles with various cable configuration and fraction voltages and fixed station on ground, supplying data on the bit error rate as a function of the transmitted power level; and measurement of the bit error rate with a moving motive power unit, for the direction of transmission track-loco, with various traction voltages as a function of the speed, traction power, transmission power and frequency.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 14 May 1976 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>AUTOMATIC TRAIN CONTROL</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Description of a system for the continuous automatic control of train running.  The system was developed by Brown Boveri in collaboration with the Swiss Federal Railways and is based on the specifications drawn up by the ORE A 46 Experts' Committee.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 1976 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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