Railway switches and signals – Electric automatic highway signals – mine doors – and gates – Car-actuated controller
Patent
1989-12-22
1992-03-03
Spar, Robert J.
Railway switches and signals
Electric automatic highway signals, mine doors, and gates
Car-actuated controller
246122R, 246 4, 246187A, B61L 2932
Patent
active
050925440
ABSTRACT:
Highwasy crossing protection equipment which operates warning lights or crossing gates is controlled from the train locomotive which enters into an interchange of messages via a radio link with the controller at the crossing. Communications between the train and the crossing controller is initiated when the locomotive passes a trackside beacon transponder located beyond a safe braking distance from the crossing. The crossing controller transmits a message addressed to the train acknowledging the receipt of the train signal. The interchange of messages can be repeated a plurality of times; each time the minimum time being updated so that traffic flow across the crossing is handled efficiently with minimum interference. All communications are handled through vital communications logic which activates the protection equipment to its safe condition or sets alarms or brakes in the train in the event of errors or failures in the messages being handled in the crossing controller or in the train equipment, respectively. Wayside signals may also be used to warn the train driver to stop the train unless the communication link has been established. The crossing protection equipment is responsive to successive occupancy and unoccupancy of the crossing.
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Parker John W.
Petit William A.
Shahbaz Zalmai
General Railway Signal Corp.
Lowe Scott L.
Lukacher Martin
Spar Robert J.
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