DESCRIPTION OF AN ENGLISH HYDRAULICALLY OPERATED SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING CAR MOVEMENTS IN CLASSIFICATION YARDS

The British Railways had experimented with a new retarder/booster system at their Tinsley Marshalling Yard from 1965-1967. The system employs some 23,500 hydraulic speed control units in the yard, some of which retard only, others of which can both accelerate and retard a car. The system is designed to correct car speed all the way to coupling, even allowing relatively high speeds through the switching area to increase car spacing. Performance of the system has been generally good, but has suffered the usual maintenance and design problems of a new system. During the testing period almost 100 hydraulic units per week had to be charged out.

• Corporate Authors:

  American Railway Engineering Association

  59 East Van Buren Street
  Chicago, IL  United States  60605
• Publication Date: 1967-11

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 158-166
• Serial:
  • AREA BULLETIN
  • Volume: 69
  • Publisher: American Railway Engineering Association

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automatic speed control; Classification yards; Control systems; Railroad terminals; Railroad yards; Retarder control; Retarders (Concrete)
• Identifier Terms: British Rail
• Old TRIS Terms: Automatic retarder systems; Booster retarder systems; Hydraulic retarders; Retarders
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Railroads; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00072984
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Association of American Railroads
• Report/Paper Numbers: Bulletin 609
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 29 1975 12:00AM