AUTOMATED MARSHALLING YARDS UTILIZING LINEAR INDUCTION MOTOR

Automation of yard operations is a major problem for many of the world's railways in the course of modernizing freight movement. To control the speed of cars on yard tracks, the JNR has developed a system of linear induction motors that was put in service in September 1974, achieving for the first time a complete automation of yard operation. This article presents briefly the system and describes the installations of linear motors for acceleration and deceleration of cars.

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  Japan Railway Engineers' Association

  2-5-18 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku
  Tokyo,   Japan 
• Authors:
  • Seki, N
• Publication Date: 1976

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 4-6
• Serial:
  • Japanese Railway Engineering
  • Volume: 16
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Japan Railway Engineers' Association
  • ISSN: 0448-8938

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automatic control; Classification yards; Hump yards; Linear induction motors; Linear motors; Railroad yards
• Old TRIS Terms: Linear motor boosters; Yard automatic control
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Railroads; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00148586
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 15 1977 12:00AM