The Folded Two Stage Railway Classification Yard

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• Creators:
  Davis, Llewellyn C
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Pennsylvania. Wharton School
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Classification Yards Railroad Tracks Railroad Yards Switches (Railroads)
• Resource Type:
  Thesis
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  University of Pennsylvania
• Abstract:
  This report is divided into two parts. Part 1 explains the need for railway classification yards, what they do, and how they do it. Part 2 presents a concept for a novel “folded two-stage yard” which embodies a back-and-forth approach to switching cars through a central switching area. Unlike existing yards that rely on either switch engines or gravity for sorting cars, a concept is presented for using mechanical means (a cable-driven “accelerator” unit built into the tracks) for moving railcars back and forth. It is proposed to operate the yard using an arithmetic sorting patten to build more blocks than the yard has tracks, enabling a long and narrow track layout. The concept is for the development of a totally automated switching yard, which would need no locomotives or switching crews to operate.
• Format:
  PDF
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4e6f07ffc2cc43bd7aa8f0d44cee57321869552df1065cd396b2c3b2d2a51f0f38bc163d225e30426991daaa3fcb7860f8f81d4fcdcfe2a7e523a2130f6433b0
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/78333/dot_78333_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.38 MB ]