electronic locomotive control system
1Control car (rail) — Modern German InterCity Steuerwagen cab car. Rail transpo …
2Digital model railway control systems — A number of control systems are available to operate locomotives on model railways. The earlier traditional analog systems where the speed and the direction of a train is controlled by adjusting the voltage on the track are still popular while… …
3Diesel locomotive — Three styles of diesel locomotive body: cab unit, hood unit and box cab. These locomotives are operated by Pacific National in Australia …
4Traffic Control — ➡ law enforcement * * * Introduction supervision of the movement of people, goods, or vehicles to ensure efficiency and safety. Traffic is the movement of people and goods from one location to another. The movement typically occurs… …
5Automatic Train Control — Japanese style ATC indicator. Automatic Train Control (ATC) is a train protection system for railways, ensuring the safe and smooth operation of trains on ATC enabled lines. Its main advantages include making possible the use of cab signalling… …
6Positive train control — (PTC) is a system of monitoring and controlling train movements to provide increased safety.OverviewThe main concept in PTC is that the train receives information about its location and where it is allowed to safely travel. Equipment on board the …
7Trainmaster Command Control — Trainmaster Command (TMCC) is Lionel s electronic control system for O scale 3 rail model trains and toy trains. Conceptually it is similar to Digital Command Control (DCC), the industry s open standard used by HO scale and other 2 rail DC trains …
8Centralized traffic control — (CTC) is a signalling system used by railroads. The system consists of a centralized train dispatcher s office that controls railroad switches in the CTC territory and the signals that railroad engineers must obey in order to keep the traffic… …
9Electric locomotive — Electric Trains redirects here. For the 1995 Squeeze single, see Electric Trains (song). An electric locomotive is a locomotive powered by electricity from an external source. Sources include overhead lines, third rail or an on board electricity… …
10Radio control — (often abbreviated to R/C or simply RC) is the use of radio signals to remotely control a device. The term is used frequently to refer to the control of model vehicles from a hand held radio transmitter. Industrial, military, and scientific… …
