SPEED CONTROL OF FREIGHT CARS BY CAR-RETARDER IN CLASSIFICATION YARD

Concern has been shown for the automation of classification yards of railways in many countries. In Japan, the research on the automation of classification yard has been carried out in the Automation Laboratory of the RTRI for the last few years. In the meantime, various important equipments for this purpose, such as radar speed-meter, treadle, fullness- and weight-measuring devices have been developed. A special-purpose digital computer for automatic yard control (YAC computer) was installed at Ohmiya Yard, and the speed control of freight cars using car retarders was investigated.

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  JAPANESE NATIONAL RAILWAYS

  TOKYO,   Japan 
• Authors:
  • Higashi, A
  • Nagasawa, K
  • Nakamura, M
• Publication Date: 1966-12

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 53-54
• Serial:
  • Railway Technical Research Institute, Quarterly Reports
  • Volume: 7
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Railway Technical Research Institute/Tetsudo Gijutsu Kenkyujo
  • ISSN: 0033-9008
  • Serial URL: http://www.rtri.or.jp/eng/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Freight cars; Railroad cars; Speed control; Technology; Velocity
• Geographic Terms: Japan
• Old TRIS Terms: Velocity control
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00033079
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Quart Rpt
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 2 1973 12:00AM