Texas and New Orleans (Southern Pacific) gravity switching yard will comprise 2700 car classification yard, 11 receiving tracks for 1310 cars, 1400-car 12-track departure yard, 10-track make-up yard for 650 cars, and 4 interchange tracks; automatic switching machine routes cars to classification track; retarder system incorporates radar and electronic computing devices to measure rollability of cars; communications include teletype, telephone, recording apparatus, and coding and carding equipment.


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    Titel :

    Houston's "electronic" Yard


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Ry Age


    Erschienen in:

    Railway Age ; 138 , n 21


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1955


    Format / Umfang :

    3 pages


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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