Article | REF: D5540 V1

Railway traction - Equipment operation and safety

Author: Pierre CHAPAS

Publication date: May 10, 2007

You do not have access to this resource.
Click here to request your free trial access!

Already subscribed? Log in!


Français

6. Ground installations

6.1 Track equipment

In addition to the signposts along the line, the track itself is the main medium for transmitting information between the vehicle and the control center.

  • Transmission of timely information

    The simplest devices include :

    • an electrical contact between a fixed pad placed between the two rail wires (known in France as a "crocodile") and a brush carried by the vehicle, used to repeat the crossed signal on board;

    • a pedal located in line with the rail and activated by the passing wheel, giving the train's position for announcing and closing level-crossing gates.

    In the case of more...

You do not have access to this resource.

Exclusive to subscribers. 97% yet to be discovered!

You do not have access to this resource.
Click here to request your free trial access!

Already subscribed? Log in!


The Ultimate Scientific and Technical Reference

A Comprehensive Knowledge Base, with over 1,200 authors and 100 scientific advisors
+ More than 10,000 articles and 1,000 how-to sheets, over 800 new or updated articles every year
From design to prototyping, right through to industrialization, the reference for securing the development of your industrial projects

This article is included in

Electricity networks and applications

This offer includes:

Knowledge Base

Updated and enriched with articles validated by our scientific committees

Services

A set of exclusive tools to complement the resources

Practical Path

Operational and didactic, to guarantee the acquisition of transversal skills

Doc & Quiz

Interactive articles with quizzes, for constructive reading

Subscribe now!

Ongoing reading
Ground installations