New York Central has installed servo journal checkers at Fairview; unit on each side of track checks car journal moving either way; system transmits journal temperature reports over existing line wires into graphic recorders at Erie, using 20-kc carrier operating on CTC code line; during three week period detectors inspected 541 freight trains on which 70 journals were recorded abnormally hot. (See also Ry Signaling and Communications v 51 n 3 Mar 1958 p 40-1)
Electronics speeds hot box data to forestall costly train delays
Ry Age
Railway Age ; 144 , n 13
1958
2 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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Electronics speeds hot box data to forestall costly train delays
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