The electrical signals generated by the brake handle in the lead locomotive are extended to at least the first trail locomotive through the communication layer in order to control the ECPBS in the trail locomotive, providing full train brake redundancy, allowing non-degraded train operation even in case of an unrecoverable failure of the brake control system in the lead locomotive.
Pneumatic brake system redundancy in locomotive consists
2018-01-16
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
Pneumatic brake system redundancy in locomotive consists
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