• DocumentCode
    1056836
  • Title

    Brake-by-Wire Comes To Freight Trains

  • Author

    Mandelbaum, Robb

  • Author_Institution
    BNSF Railway, Fort Worth
  • Volume
    45
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2008
  • Firstpage
    18
  • Lastpage
    18
  • Abstract
    This article deals with the electronically controlled pneumatic brakes that could help stop accidents and speed cargo. Electronically controlled pneumatic brakes (ECP) are intended to displace the venerable air brake system first patented by George Westinghouse in 1869 and now used around the world. New rules by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) may finally start to make ECP mainstream in the United States, which is home to the largest rail freight network in the world.
  • Keywords
    brakes; freight handling; pneumatic systems; railway accidents; railway engineering; ECP; FRA; Federal Railroad Administration; George Westinghouse; United States; brake-by-wire; electronically controlled pneumatic brakes; freight train accidents; Accidents; Rail transportation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Spectrum, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9235
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/SPEC.2008.4445775
  • Filename
    4445775
    • Link To Document
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