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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Corporate Authors:
IPC Transport Press, Limited
Dorset House, Stamford Street
London SE1 9LU, England - Publication Date: 1969-1-17
Media Info
- Features: Figures;
- Pagination: p. 54-56
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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