Kansas City Southern has installed centralized traffic control on 95 mi of single track over Ouachita mountains where grades are as long as 18 mi and up to 1.8%; purpose of installation was to minimize number of train stops and standing delay time so that trains could keep moving at maximum speeds consistent with grades and tonnage. (see also Ry Signaling and Communications v 48 n 2 Feb 1955 p 29-32, 40)
How CTC speeds trains on grades
Ry Age
Railway Age ; 137 , n 20
1954
3 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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