POSSIBILITY OF FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF AUTOMATIC MARSHALLING TECHNOLOGY

The article describes a process for operating secondary retarders with distance braking (AZB), which through better use of idle time (due to the secondary retarders) increases productivity up to 10 percent in target shooting.

• Corporate Authors:

  Hestra Verlag

  Holzhofallee 33, Postfach 4244
  6100 Darmstadt 1,   Germany 
• Authors:
  • Kirsch, J
  • Kessler, W
• Publication Date: 1979-12

Language

• German

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 945-948
• Serial:
  • Eisenbahntechnische Rundschau
  • Volume: 28
  • Issue Number: 12
  • Publisher: Hestra Verlag

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automatic control; Classification yards; Railroad yards; Retarder control; Stopping distances; Yard operations
• Old TRIS Terms: Yard automatic control; Yard throughput
• Subject Areas: Railroads; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00314855
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: International Union of Railways
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 27 1980 12:00AM