DEVELOPMENT OF REMOTE SYSTEM FOR SHUNTING LOCOMOTIVE IN JAPAN

After having made reference to the advantages of the remote control of shunting locomotives, particularly in marshalling yards, the author describes the characteristics of the two successive prototypes designed for the remote control of these locomotives, employed in the Koriyama yard in Japan.

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  Japan Railway Engineers' Association

  2-5-18 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku
  Tokyo,   Japan 
• Authors:
  • Nakamura, I
• Publication Date: 1968-3

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 18-20
• Serial:
  • Japanese Railway Engineering
  • Volume: 9
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Japan Railway Engineers' Association
  • ISSN: 0448-8938

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Classification yards; Locomotives; Railroad terminals; Railroad yards; Remote control; Switching locomotives
• Identifier Terms: Nihon kokuyu tetsudo
• Old TRIS Terms: Remote control locomotives
• Subject Areas: Railroads; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00072979
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Association of American Railroads
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 29 1976 12:00AM