Recently developed speed measuring and control systems automatically retard cars and guide them to classification tracks in modern gravity freight yards; System at Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway Co, Kirk Yard, Gary, Ind, is described in which cars establish and select their own releasing speeds derived from electronic computer. Before AIEE Fall General Meeting, Chicago, Ill. Paper 55-754. (See also Am Inst Elec Engrs -- Trans (Applications and Industry) n 21 v 74 pt 2 Nov 1955 p 320-4)


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    Title :

    Automation for gravity freight classification yards


    Additional title:

    Elec Eng


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1955


    Size :

    5 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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