STRIKING SOLUTIONS

Power surges that railroads experience generally come either from lightning strikes to tracks or AC power lines, or from miswired equipment. Whatever the cause, when communication and signaling equipment takes a surge, railroad signals default to red, and rail traffic in the affected areas comes to a hault. This article looks at the teamwork between railroads and suppliers to tackle surge protection problems.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Trade Press Publishing Corporation

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  Milwaukee, WI  United States  53209-
• Authors:
  • Kube, K
• Publication Date: 2000-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 70-72
• Serial:
  • Progressive Railroading
  • Volume: 43
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Trade Press Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0033-0817
  • Serial URL: http://www.progressiverailroading.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Communication devices; Electric power; Lightning; Railroad signals; Service discontinuance; Signal devices; Surgery
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00797416
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 3 2000 12:00AM