BRITISH RAILWAYS EXTENDS ITS HOT BOX DETECTION NETWORK

The above article contains a review of modern railway operating conditions, which have made the detection of hot boxes very desirable, as well as of the considerations which guide the localization of the detectors, the technology and functioning of the Servosa and Hawker Siddeley detectors adopted by the BR, the use made of the information which they provide, and the different stages of the introduction of the network.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Broadfields (Technical Publishers) Limited

  Little Leighs
  Chelmsford, Essex CMB 1PM,   England 
• Publication Date: 1972-11

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: 7 p.
• Serial:
  • Rail Engineering International
  • Publisher: De Rooi Publications
  • ISSN: 0141-4615

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Derailments; Hot box detectors; Safety; Signaling; Technology
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Railroads; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00050443
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: International Railway Documentation, Selection of
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 24 1976 12:00AM