OPTICAL-FIBER TRANSMISSION IN RAILROAD FUTURE?

Optical-fiber cables, in place of metallic conductors, offer the possibility of low transmission loss and immunity to external electrical interference. There is no radiation or interwire coupling, and a lower weight and smaller size than conventional cables. For data transmission it is reported that there is a considerable reduction in error rate over metallic conductors. The glass filaments send signals as pulses of light.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Murphy-Richter Publishing Company

  20 North Wacker Driver
  Chicago, IL  United States  60606
• Publication Date: 1978-1

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 56
• Serial:
  • Progressive Railroading
  • Volume: 21
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Trade Press Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0033-0817
  • Serial URL: http://www.progressiverailroading.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cables; Data communications; Inductive interference; Interference; Optical waveguides; Telecommunications
• Subject Areas: Materials; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00172017
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Progressive Railroading
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 29 1978 12:00AM