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Control panel for a US&S relay interlocking. Entrance-Exit Interlocking (NX) was the original brand name of the first generation relay-based centralized traffic control (CTC) interlocking system introduced in 1936 by GRS [13] (represented in Europe by Metropolitan-Vickers). The advent of all electric interlocking technology allowed for more ...
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Trapped key interlock switchgear door. An interlock is a feature that makes the state of two mechanisms or functions mutually dependent. It may consist of any electrical or mechanical devices, or systems. In most applications, an interlock is used to help prevent any damage to the machine or to the operator handling the machine.
"NX" (eNtrance-eXit) systems (relay-based cTc), 1937. [6] First fully automated freight yard, 1955. [7] Computer-based central control office, 1968. First fully automatic computer-planned and executed train meet, 1981. Microprocessor based Interlocking ("Vital Processor Interlocking"), 1986. [8] Amtrak Northeast Corridor Improvement Project, 1980s.
The ATS system is commonly integrated within most of the CBTC solutions. Its main task is to act as the interface between the operator and the system, managing the traffic according to the specific regulation criteria. Other tasks may include the event and alarm management as well as acting as the interface with external systems. Interlocking ...
Standards for North American railroad signaling in the United States are issued by the Association of American Railroads (AAR), which is a trade association of the railroads of Canada, the US, and Mexico. Their system is loosely based on practices developed in the United Kingdom during the early years of railway development. However, North ...
Early interlocking systems used mechanical devices both to operate the signalling appliances and to ensure their safe operation. Beginning around the 1930s, electrical relay interlockings were used. Since the mid 1980s, new interlocking systems have tended to be of the electronic variety. Microprocessors decide what point switch movements are ...
Union Switch & Signal (commonly referred to as US&S) was an American company based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, which focused on railway signaling equipment, systems and services. The company was acquired by Ansaldo STS (from 2015, Hitachi Rail STS ) in 1988, [ 1 ] operating as a wholly-owned company until January 2009, when US&S was renamed ...