Principle of automatic speed control system and operation of automatic fixed-point braking system are discussed; examples of system installation on German industrial railroad network are described; in tests conducted by German Federal Railroads for operating express trains at speeds of 200 km/hr, one of locomotives used was equipped with automatic speed control, fixed-point braking and program store for timetable making it possible for locomotive to travel without action by driver.
Application of automation to railway operations
Ry Gaz
Railway Gazette ; 121 , n 2
1965
4 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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