EMERGENCY BRAKE APPLICATION

The file name is REEBA. A computer program which models an emergency brake application of railroad trains. The input consists of: the locomotive and train consist, grade or location of train, the initial speed and train handling information. The output provides: the stopping distance and time, if an intratrain collision would take place, if the train would separate, and the approximate coupler forces developed during the application.

• Corporate Authors:

  Atchison, Tokeka and Santa Fe Railway

  9th and Jackson Streets, Information Systems Department
  Topeka, KS  United States  66628
• Authors:
  • Tallen, S M
• Publication Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Braking performance; Computer programs; Couplers; Mechanical failure; Stopping distances; Train operations
• Old TRIS Terms: Ibm 360; Pl/i; Train performance calculator
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00098760
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: American Railway Engineering Association
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 27 1976 12:00AM