Derailment detection and safety improvement: the possibility to prevent accidents of passenger and freight trains in the future

Undetected derailments can cause very serious accidents when they involve dangerous goods tank wagons. They are more frequent than might be imagined; in fact, almost one or more undetected derailments occur a month. After the derailment of an axle or bogie, a wagon may be pulled for 10 to 15 kilometres before it is noticed or until there is a collision with a station platform or a power pole. By the introduction of electronic derailment detection systems, this risk can be reduce to almost zero, because immediately after a derailment, the system informs the driver and is "pulling" the emergency brake to stop the train. Past research activities have shown that the examined algorithm is safe against false alarms.

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• Authors:
  • Rieckenberg T
• Conference:
  • AusRAIL PLUS 2005, 22-24 November 2005, Sydney, NSW, Australia
• Publication Date: 2005

Media Info

• Pagination: 2p.
• Monograph Title: AusRAIL PLUS 2005, 22-24 November 2005, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Railroad transportation; Traffic safety; Vehicle detectors
• ATRI Terms: Crash countermeasure; Rail transport; Vehicle detector
• Subject Areas: Railroads; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01516906
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ATRI
• Created Date: Mar 4 2014 7:58PM