SCL USES BIN-LOOP TAPES FOR HB DETS

Seaboard Coast Line is using Ampex Corp, FB-500 bin-loop reproducers at 27 hotbox detector locations to provide recorded messages to passing train crews. As the train passes a detector location, components of the system are automatically activated. Simultaneously, a counter begins counting the axles of the train; the infrared detection sensors search the train's axles and bearings for higher-than-normal temperatures; the bin-loop reproducer begins playing prerecorded information which will identify the exact location of any overheated areas; and the computer-switcher receives information which enables it to retrieve the proper data from the reproducer which is transmitted by radio to the train crew.

• Corporate Authors:

  Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

  P.O. Box 350
  Bristol, CT  United States  06010
• Publication Date: 1970-7

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 23
• Serial:
  • Railway System Controls
  • Volume: 1
  • Issue Number: N4
  • Publisher: Business Press International Limited

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Hot box detectors; Signaling
• Identifier Terms: Seaboard Coast Line Railroad
• Old TRIS Terms: Bin loop reproducers
• Subject Areas: Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00046932
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 14 1976 12:00AM