HOW AUTOMATED TRACK-LINING AND RAISING SYSTEMS WORK...1-THE JACKSON SYSTEM

Each automated production tamper has its own system for determining the errors that exist in track line and surface and of converting this information into signals to devices that make necessary corrections in track geometry. In this first of a series, the Jackson Railroad Equipment Co. system is described. Corrections in both surface and alignment are made through use of light beams, sensors and electrically controlled servo valves that actuate the flow of oil to hydraulic cylinders.

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/1763403
• Supplemental Notes:
  • See other articles in series: Part 2 (RRIS 01 141564 7701), Part 3 (RRIS 01 142950 7701), Part 4 (RRIS 01 152522 7702), Part 5 (RRIS 01 150408 7702).
• Corporate Authors:

  Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

  508 Birch Street
  Bristol, CT  United States  06010
• Authors:
  • Bradshaw, B W
• Publication Date: 1976-7

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 25-27
• Serial:
  • Railway Track and Structures
  • Volume: 72
  • Issue Number: 7
  • Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0033-9016

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alignment; Maintenance of way; Measuring instruments; Railroad tracks; Sensors; Tamping
• Old TRIS Terms: Tampers; Track alignment; Track maintenance equipment
• Subject Areas: Maintenance and Preservation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00141121
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 26 1977 12:00AM