A railroad highway crossing signal electronic assembly for use on bi-directional tracks, where a control unit sends AC voltage to an approaching rail segment wherein a rectifier receives AV voltage and discharges DC voltage which is sent back to a relay which controls lights on a gate arm. There is also a separate high current DC output to tracks. When shorted, the high current DC output creates sparks to improve detection of a train.


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    Title :

    Method of improving shunt detection on railroad tracks and railroad highway crossing signal electronic assembly


    Contributors:
    BURNS EDDIE (author)

    Publication date :

    2015-07-14


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B61L Leiten des Eisenbahnverkehrs , GUIDING RAILWAY TRAFFIC




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