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Blue Light Stations provide a direct communication path to the rail system's operations control center and a switch to disconnect traction power from the power rail(s) or overhead catenary in case of emergency. This emergency trip system (ETS) immediately shuts down the traction power supply in the adjacent track section, to protect people ...
Driver's brake handle in a class 317 electric multiple unit. On trains, the expression emergency brake has several meanings: . The maximum brake force available to the engine driver from the conventional braking system, usually operated by taking the brake handle to its furthest position, through a gate mechanism, or by pushing a separate plunger in the cab.
An emergency switch in Japan. On railways, [1] an emergency stop is a full application of the brakes in order to bring a train to a stop as quickly as possible. [2] This occurs either by a manual emergency stop activation, such as a button being pushed on the train to start the emergency stop, or on some trains automatically, when the train has passed a red signal or the driver has failed to ...
A Guilford Rail System locomotive showing the Big G paint scheme A nickname for Guilford Rail System, in reference to the large "G" emblem on their locomotives and boxcars [37] The Great Northern Railway [38] [unreliable source?] [39] [40] Big Hole [41] [42] [43] The "Big Hole" is the Emergency position of the engineer's air brake valve.
Automatic train stop or ATS is a system on a train that automatically stops a train if certain situations occur (unresponsive train operator, earthquake, disconnected rail, train running over a stop signal, etc.) to prevent accidents.
A right-hand railroad switch with point indicator pointing to right Animated diagram of a right-hand railroad switch. Rail track A divides into two: track B (the straight track) and track C (the diverging track); note that the green line represents direction of travel only, the black lines represent fixed portions of track, and the red lines depict the moving components.
Lines have reopened after emergency track repairs between Brighton and Haywards Heath which caused delays and cancellations. National Rail said trains were able to run normally again from 11:00 ...
In inductive system, data is transmitted magnetically between the track and locomotive by magnets mounted beside the rails and on the locomotive. [4]In the Integra-Signum system the trains are influenced only at given locations, for instance whenever a train ignores a red signal, the emergency brakes are applied and the locomotive's motors are shut down.