A railway facility with high throughput loop track includes a series of adjacent parallel staging tracks connected to a main line to receive and depart trains, arranged in a path so that trains transverse around the railway facility. A balloon loop track, which includes a loading or unloading facility, is connected to the staging tracks loops and reverses the direction of the train so that upon completion of loading or unloading a train can depart or be re-staged without requiring repositioning or turning of locomotives. Staging tracks are included for staging both arriving and departing trains. In alternative embodiments transload tracks and at-grade access roads allow storage and retrieval of cargo to interior space within the staging tracks, and an escape track allows expedited exit of trains from the balloon loop track.
RAILWAY FACILITY WITH HIGH THROUGHPUT LOOP TRACK
2018-09-13
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B61B RAILWAY SYSTEMS , Eisenbahnanlagen |
Engineering Index Backfile | 1949
TIBKAT | 1897
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