Control system developed to meet British Railways' requirements in which continuous control of cars throughout yard enables humping speeds to be increased; system uses large number of small units each with speed-sensing device built into it; units can be made to respond to wide ranges in car speed so that cars can be made to run at different speeds on different parts of system; there are two types of unit, retarder and booster/retarder; yard laid out with Dowty control system consists of acceleration section, switching area, deceleration section, and sorting sidings.


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    Titel :

    Dowty control system for marshalling yards


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Ry Gaz


    Beteiligte:

    Erschienen in:

    Railway Gazette ; 121 , n 19


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1965


    Format / Umfang :

    5 pages


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch





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