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The AAR selected four systems for extensive field tests: General Electric - a RFID system; ABEX - a microwave system [4] Wabco - a black-and-white barcode system; GTE Sylvania - KarTrak, a color barcode system; All those systems, except the RFID system, had labels that were mounted on each side of the railcar, and a trackside scanner. [1]
A CBTC system is a "continuous, automatic train control system utilizing high-resolution train location determination, independent from track circuits; continuous, high-capacity, bidirectional train-to-wayside data communications; and trainborne and wayside processors capable of implementing automatic train protection (ATP) functions, as well ...
RailRadar was created when Indian Railways Center for Railway Information System (CRIS) and RailYatri joined hands, [1] and the service was launched on 10 October 2012. [2] RailRadar uses Google Maps as its web mapping software, and is accessible in the form of a website and a mobile app. RailRadar was discontinued by Indian Railways on 6 ...
Tracking-system on a forklift An M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) carrying a radar and tracking system shelter sits parked at an airfield during Operation Desert Shield. The shelter is used by the Marines of the 3rd Remotely Piloted Vehicle (RPV) Platoon to track their Pioneer RPVs during flight.
The median length of a U.S. freight train is roughly 5,400 feet (1,646 meters), or roughly 90 cars, with a small fraction exceeding 14,000 feet (4,267 meters). Trains include equipment from ...
The track recording systems vehicle has banks of screens allowing the team of three operators to view a range of system outputs including track faults, train location and radio signal strength. One of the mess cars hosts a system for monitoring and commissioning of Network Rail's GSM-R network.
Like TWC, DTC may be combined with ABS in high-traffic areas to aid with train separation and safety. Form D Control Form D Control System, or DCS, is a system similar to Track Warrant Control that is used by railroads subscribing to NORAC (Track Warrant Control is a GCOR term). The name comes from the form that train crews copy the authority onto.
The "Gauge Change Train" is a project started in Japan in the 1990s to investigate the feasibility of producing an electric multiple unit (EMU) train capable of operating both the 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) Shinkansen high-speed network at 270–300 km/h (168–186 mph) and the original 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) network at 130–140 km/h (81 ...