Yard designed to reduce transit time between England and Scotland by extensive use of automatic marshaling equipment; operation of yard involves automatic route setting in switching area between hump and sorting sidings and measurement of speed, weight, and rolling resistances for each cut of cars; analog computer determines retarder leaving speed appropriate to conditions for each particular car and destination.


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    Title :

    Automatic marshalling yard at Kingmoor, Carlisle


    Additional title:

    Ry Gaz


    Published in:

    Railway Gazette ; 117 , n 7


    Publication date :

    1962


    Size :

    3 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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