Speed-up of through freight trains has been accomplished by installation of centralized traffic control on 217 mi of single track on Union Pacific between Menoken, Kan, (Topeka) and Gibbon, Neb; siding switches are operated by power machines, with signals for authorizing train movements, and are included in system controlled by dispatcher. (see also Ry Signaling and Communications v 46 n 8 Aug 1953 p 551-5)


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    Title :

    C.T.C. saves minute per mile on 217 miles of single track


    Additional title:

    Ry Age


    Published in:

    Railway Age ; 135 , n 8


    Publication date :

    1953


    Size :

    3 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English





    C.T.C. saves a minute a mile

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1952


    C.T.C. saves a minute a mile

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1953



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