2ND GENERATION FOR FEC'S "RED BOX"

Florida East Coast is utilizing a new type of air pressure sentry system for its caboose-less trains. The electronic unit, attached to the air hose of the last car, monitors excessive brake-pipe pressure changes and indicates the integrity of the train by means of a coded tone signal on the railroad's end-to-end train radio frequency.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Murphy-Richter Publishing Company

  20 North Wacker Driver
  Chicago, IL  United States  60606
• Publication Date: 1980-3

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 87
• Serial:
  • Progressive Railroading
  • Volume: 23
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Trade Press Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0033-0817
  • Serial URL: http://www.progressiverailroading.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air pressure; Brake components; Cabooses; Leakage; Monitoring; Radio; Railroad trains; Train crews
• Identifier Terms: Florida East Coast Railway
• Old TRIS Terms: Brake pipe leakage; Train crew requirements; Train radio
• Subject Areas: Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00311010
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 9 1980 12:00AM