The primary focus of the “Enhanced Proximity Warning System” (EPWS) is to provide a cost effective means to improve safety of railroad operations, with the ability to implement on an incremental, building block approach. The main safety objective of EPWS is for prevention of
train collisions, but other safety functions, such as compliance with operating rules, and verification of train braking capability can also be addressed with the system. Burlington Northern Santa Fe has joined with Pulse Electronics to develop and test a locomotive-based proximity warning and crew alertness system. The system was developed in response to growing concerns in the railroad industry about the need for effective collision avoidance systems. The design approach achieves success without requiring any additional ground or office infrastructure. A description of the various position tracking and crew alertness features are
presented, and the braking implications are discussed.
Three operating prototype Automatic Truck Rollover Warning Systems (ATRWS) installed on the Capital Beltway in Maryland and Virginia were evaluated fo...
The Fancy Gap and Afton Mountain interstates have a long history of fog-related, multivehicle crashes. Because of its earlier involvement in the insta...
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