signaling equipment
121Railway signalling — Not to be confused with Railway signal. A gantry of British semaphore signals seen from the cab of a steam locomotive Railway signalling is a system used to control railway traffic safely, essentially to prevent trains from colliding. Being… …
122Emergency brake (train) — This article is about emergency brakes on trains. For emergency brakes in cars, see hand brake. Driver s brake handle in a UK Electric Multiple Unit On trains, the expression emergency brake has several meanings: The maximum brake force available …
123Interlocking — In railway signaling, an interlocking is an arrangement of signal apparatus that prevents conflicting movements through an arrangement of tracks such as junctions or crossings. The signaling appliances and tracks are sometimes collectively… …
124Continuous Automatic Warning System — For the gun, see Heckler Koch HK CAWS. For the wrestling video game creation mode, see Create a wrestler. The Continuous Automatic Warning System (CAWS) is a form of cab signalling and train protection system used in Ireland to help train drivers …
125Isochronous burst transmission — is a method of data transmission. In a data network where the information bearer channel rate is higher than the input data signaling rate, transmission is performed by interrupting, at controlled intervals, the data stream being transmitted.… …
126Public land mobile network — In telecommunication, a public land mobile network (PLMN) is a network that is established and operated by an administration or by a recognized operating agency (ROA) for the specific purpose of providing land mobile telecommunications services… …
127Serial port — A male DE 9 connector used for a serial port on a IBM PC compatible computer. (Pinout) …
128Wardenclyffe Tower — (1901 ndash; 1917) also known as the Tesla Tower, was an early wireless telecommunications aerial tower designed by Nikola Tesla and intended for commercial trans Atlantic wireless telephony, broadcasting, and to demonstrate the transmission of… …
