The Only Game In Town: The LOCOTROL story Tapa blanda - 2021

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La Vergne, TN, USA: IngramSpark, 2021. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. New/No Jacket. 275mm x 215mm x 20mm. 298 Pages with Colour & Black/White Photos.This is the story of the development of remote-controlled railroad distributed motive power. Distributing locomotive power throughout the length of a long, heavy train and controlling those dispersed locomotives remotely, shares the motive force throughout the train rather than concentrating it all conventionally at the head-end. The technology provides a railroad with the tools to multiply the carrying capacity of trains without adding expensive trackage. With synchronous traction and braking control, the system provides the locomotive engineer with opportunities to handle trains more safely and effectively, especially in mountainous territory. Many railroads have found that it is the only solution to increasing network capacity other than to install duplicate or triplicate trackage. It is important that the history of technological… Leer más

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