TRAIN CONTROL AND OPERATIONS

ATO (AUTOMATIC TRAIN OPERATION) AND ATC (AUTOMATIC TRAIN CONTROL) SYSTEMS ARE EVALUATED RELATIVE TO AVAILABLE TECHNOLOGY AND COST-BENEFIT. THE TECHNOLOGICAL EVALUATION SHOWS THAT SUITABLE MATHEMATICAL MODELS OF THE DYNAMICS OF LONG TRAINS ARE REQUIRED BEFORE SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENTS CAN BE MADE TO ATO SYSTEMS, AND THE PRESENT ATC SYSTEMS ARE PRESENTLY NEAR OPTIMUM. THE COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS CONCLUDES THAT ONLY RAILROADS WHICH FIND CTC (CENTRALIZED TRAFFIC CONTROL) ECONOMICALLY DESIRABLE WILL ALSO FIND THAT ATC DOES NOT SEEM ECONOMICALLY OR POLITICALLY PRACTICAL IN THE GENERAL RAILROAD ENVIRONMENT. A BRIEF EVALUATION IS MADE OF BOTH THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE RAILROAD LOCOMOTIVE TO AIR POLLUTION AND THE POSSIBLE MEANS OF CONTROLLING THIS POLLUTION. /DOT/FRA/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Final ReporT, RPT NO DOT-TSC-FRA-71-5, 31 PP, 1 FIG, 2 TAB,
• Corporate Authors:

  Federal Railroad Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Hergenrother, K
• Publication Date: 1971-6

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air quality management; Automatic control; Automatic train control; Benefit cost analysis; Centralized traffic control; Control systems; Railroad trains; Railroad transportation; Railroads
• Old TRIS Terms: Centralized control
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00226207
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Mar 20 1972 12:00AM