TYPE L4 LINEAR MOTOR SYSTEM WAGON ROOSTER/RETARDER FOR SHIOHAMA SHUNTING YARD OF THE J.N.R.

A system to automatically control cars in a shunting yard of the Japanese National Railways is outlined. Freight cars on a siding track are released from a retarder at a specified speed. The system catches the car and rolls it at a 13 to 15 km/hr velocity to a specified point where the rolling speed is reduced to a safe coupling speed.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Hitachi Limited, Publications Department

  Nippon Bldg, #6-2, 2-chome Ohtemachi, Chiyoda-ku
  Tokyo 100,   Japan 
• Authors:
  • Murato, K
  • Takie, K
  • Akihama, Y
  • TAKAHASHI, H
  • Akabane, H
• Publication Date: 1975-6

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 269-276
• Serial:
  • Hitachi Review
  • Volume: 24
  • Issue Number: 6
  • ISSN: 0018-277X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Classification yards; Hump yards; Linear motors
• Identifier Terms: Nihon kokuyu tetsudo
• Old TRIS Terms: Linear motor booster retarders
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Railroads; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00129097
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 4 1976 12:00AM