KORIYAMA MARSHALLING YARD

The above article deals with the first automatic marshalling yard brought into operation in Japan, at the North junction in Tokyo. A description is given of this yard, whose 36 departure tracks are arranged in herring-bone fashion. It is equipped with 14 pneumatic retarders and 71 weight-operated retarders, of a new design, which are controlled by a computer operating in real time. Details are shown of the system of control, measurement, and regulation, of the speed, both of cuts of wagons, and hump locomotives.

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  IPC Transport Press, Limited

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• Publication Date: 1969-1-17

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 54-56
• Serial:
  • Railway Gazette International
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: DVV Media Group
  • ISSN: 0373-5346
  • Serial URL: http://www.railwaygazette.com/about-us.html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automatic speed control; Classification yards; Cutting; Hump yards; Locomotive operation; Railroad terminals; Railroad traffic control; Railroad yards; Retarder control; Retarders (Concrete); Technology; Yard operations
• Geographic Terms: Japan
• Old TRIS Terms: Herringbone yard layout; Hump locomotive control; Pneumatic retarders; Retarders; Weight responsive retarders
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management; Railroads; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00072968
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Association of American Railroads
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 29 1975 12:00AM