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Identification and Localization of Track Circuit False Occupancy Failures Based on Frequency Domain Reflectometry
sensors Article Identification and Localization of Track Circuit False Occupancy Failures Based on Frequency Domain Reflectometry Tiago A. Alvarenga 1 , Augusto S. Cerqueira 1 , Luciano M. A. Filho 1 , Rafael A. Nobrega 1 , Leonardo M. Honorio 1,* and Henrique Veloso 2 1 Electrical Engineering Department, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora 36036-900, MG, Brazil; [email protected] (T.A.A.); [email protected] (A.S.C.); luciano.ma.fi[email protected] (L.M.A.F.); [email protected] (R.A.N.) 2 MRS Logística, Juiz de Fora 36060-010, MG, Brazil; [email protected] * Correspondence: [email protected] Received: 15 October 2020; Accepted: 9 December 2020; Published: 18 December 2020 Abstract: Railway track circuit failures can cause significant train delays and economic losses. A crucial point of the railway operation system is the corrective maintenance process. During this operation, the railway lines have the circulation of trains interrupted in the respective sector, where traffic restoration occurs only after completing the maintenance process. Depending on the cause and length of the track circuit, identifying and solving the problem may take a long time. A tool that assists in track circuit fault detection during an inspection adds agility and efficiency in its restoration and cost reduction. This paper presents a new method, based on frequency domain reflectometry, to diagnose and locate false occupancy failures of track circuits. Initially, simulations are performed considering simplified track circuit approximations to demonstrate the operation of the proposed method, where the fault position is estimated by identifying the null points and through non-linear regression on signal amplitude response. -
Report on Railway Accident with Freight Car Set That Rolled Uncontrolledly from Alnabru to Sydhavna on 24 March 2010
Issued March 2011 REPORT JB 2011/03 REPORT ON RAILWAY ACCIDENT WITH FREIGHT CAR SET THAT ROLLED UNCONTROLLEDLY FROM ALNABRU TO SYDHAVNA ON 24 MARCH 2010 Accident Investigation Board Norway • P.O. Box 213, N-2001 Lillestrøm, Norway • Phone: + 47 63 89 63 00 • Fax: + 47 63 89 63 01 www.aibn.no • [email protected] This report has been translated into English and published by the AIBN to facilitate access by international readers. As accurate as the translation might be, the original Norwegian text takes precedence as the report of reference. The Accident Investigation Board has compiled this report for the sole purpose of improving railway safety. The object of any investigation is to identify faults or discrepancies which may endanger railway safety, whether or not these are causal factors in the accident, and to make safety recommendations. It is not the Board’s task to apportion blame or liability. Use of this report for any other purpose than for railway safety should be avoided. Photos: AIBN and Ruter As Accident Investigation Board Norway Page 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS NOTIFICATION OF THE ACCIDENT ............................................................................................. 4 SUMMARY ......................................................................................................................................... 4 1. INFORMATION ABOUT THE ACCIDENT ..................................................................... 6 1.1 Chain of events ................................................................................................................... -
Road Level Crossing Protection Equipment
Engineering Procedure Signalling CRN SM 013 ROAD LEVEL CROSSING PROTECTION EQUIPMENT Version 2.0 Issued December 2013 Owner: Principal Signal Engineer Approved by: Stewart Rendell Authorised by: Glenn Dewberry Disclaimer. This document was prepared for use on the CRN Network only. John Holland Rail Pty Ltd makes no warranties, express or implied, that compliance with the contents of this document shall be sufficient to ensure safe systems or work or operation. It is the document user’s sole responsibility to ensure that the copy of the document it is viewing is the current version of the document as in use by JHR. JHR accepts no liability whatsoever in relation to the use of this document by any party, and JHR excludes any liability which arises in any manner by the use of this document. Copyright. The information in this document is protected by Copyright and no part of this document may be reproduced, altered, stored or transmitted by any person without the prior consent of JHR. © JHR UNCONTROLLED WHEN PRINTED Page 1 of 66 Issued December 2013 Version 2.0 CRN Engineering Procedure - Signalling CRN SM 013 Road Level Crossing Protection Equipment Document control Revision Date of Approval Summary of change 1.0 June 1999 RIC Standard SC 07 60 01 00 EQ Version 1.0 June 1999. 1.0 July 2011 Conversion to CRN Signalling Standard CRN SM 013. 2.0 December 2013 Inclusion of Safetran S40 and S60 Mechanisms, reformatting of figures and tables, and updating text Summary of changes from previous version Section Summary of change All Include automated -
Level Crossing Technology 65 Selcat Project: Level Crossing Technology 67 1
Editors Very year more than 1200 El-Miloudi EL-KOURSI (INRETS) accidents occur at level Louahdi KHOUDOUR (INRETS) crossings in the european E Neda LAZAREVIC (INRETS) union with more than 330 people killed. Level crossings have been Laszlo TORDAI (UIC) identified as being a particular weak Roman SLOVÁK (TUBS) point in road infrastructure seriou- sely affecting road safety. SAFER EUROPEAN LEVEL CROSSING APPRAISAL These procedings present the first results of the SELCAT project AND TECHNOLOGY “Safer European Level Crossing Appraisal And Technology” funded by the European commission. EUROPEAN LEVELAPPRAISAL CROSSING TECHNOLOGY AND SAFER Actes n°117 First Workshop Mai 2008 “Appraisal” Prix : 15,24 ¤ May 16th 2007 Editors 1 7 Villeneuve d’Ascq (France) ° 1 El-Miloudi EL-KOURSI INRETS-ESTAS N S Louahdi KHOUDOUR INRETS-ESTAS E T Neda LAZAREVIC INRETS-ESTAS °117 C Laszlo TORDAI UIC A Roman SLOVÁK TUBS INRETS n ISSN 0769-0266 ISBN 978-2-85782-663-7 Actes LES COLLECTIONS DE L’INRETS Conformément à la note du 04/07/2014 de la direction générale de l'Ifsttar précisant la politique de diffusion des ouvrages parus dans les collections éditées par l'Institut, la reproduction de cet ouvrage est autorisée selon les termes de la licence CC BY-NC-ND. Cette licence autorise la redistribution non commerciale de copies identiques à l’original. Dans ce cadre, cet ouvrage peut être copié, distribué et communiqué par tous moyens et sous tous formats. Attribution — Vous devez créditer l'Oeuvre et intégrer un lien vers la licence. Vous devez indiquer ces informations par tous les moyens possibles mais vous ne pouvez pas suggérer que l'Ifsttar vous soutient ou soutient la façon dont vous avez utilisé son Oeuvre. -
HOW to REDUCE the IMPACT of TRACK CIRCUIT FAILURES Stanislas Pinte, Maurizio Palumbo, Emmanuel Fernandes, Robert Grant ERTMS Solutions/Nxgen Rail Services
S. Pinte, M. Palumbo, E. Fernandes, R. Grant HOW TO REDUCE THE IMPACT OF TRACK CIRCUITS FAILURES ERTMS Solutions/NxGen Rail Services HOW TO REDUCE THE IMPACT OF TRACK CIRCUIT FAILURES Stanislas Pinte, Maurizio Palumbo, Emmanuel Fernandes, Robert Grant ERTMS Solutions/NxGen Rail Services Summary Every year, thousands of track circuit failures are reported by railway infrastructure managers in Europe and worldwide, resulting in significant delays which can also lead to substantial economic costs and penalties. For this reason, the ability to detect and diagnose the health of track circuits to prevent or provide a fast response to these failures, can generate a significant benefit for infrastructure managers. In many countries, a process of periodic manual inspection of wayside assets (including track circuits) is in place, but the benefits of this strategy are limited by several factors related to safety, the time required to perform the inspection, and difficulties associated with making manual measurements. With the purpose of minimizing economic loss and operational delay, as well as offering railway infrastructure managers a tool that can provide an automated and effective maintenance strategy, ERTMS Solutions has designed the TrackCircuitLifeCheck (TLC). The TrackCircuitLifeCheck is a track circuit measurement instrument that can be installed on track inspection or commercial trains to automatically diagnose AC, DC, and pulsed track circuits, thus enabling a preventive maintenance strategy, based on the analysis of multi-pass data from each track circuit over time, and the application of standard deviation analysis. KEYWORDS: Track Circuits, Preventive Maintenance, Train Detection, Train Protection, In-Cab Signaling, UM-71, TVM, TrackCircuitLifeCheck. INTRODUCTION This paper presents a high level functional and architectural description of track circuits, with a In order to detect the presence of trains on a special focus on AC track circuits. -
Signal Box Register Series
Signal Box Registers Publication schedule and current state of play as at 10th July 2019 Item Publication dateStatus 1. Great Western PB: 22 December 2007 Out of Print HB: 28 December 2007 Out of Print 1. Great Western PB: 10 May 2011 Published (Revised Edition) HB: 24 May 2011 Published 2. Midland Railway latest draft is version E22 dated Substantially complete. 18th September 2017 Publication expected 2020-2021 3. LNER (Southern Area) PB: 29 May 2012 Published. HB: 6 Nov 2012 Published. 4. Southern Railway PB & HB: 23 April 2009 Published 5. LNWR (includes NSR, Sources include NSR (1998), No work started yet. MCR, FR and L&Y) LNWR (240-599), L&Y (1999). 6. Scotland PB: 31 Oct 2012 Published. HB: 7 Nov 2012 Published. 7. North Eastern Region Work in hand (includes H&B) 8. London Transport PB: 12 Jul 2019 Published. HB: 26 Jul 2019 Published. 9. Ireland PB & HB: 3 August 2015 Published CD-ROM CD: 1 January 2008 Includes Volume 1 CDROM updates #1: 2 February 2008 Corr. Sht 1 & updated vol. 1 GW. #2: 16 September 2008 Corr. Sht 2 & updated vol. 1 GW. #3: 23 April 2009 Plus Volume 4 Southern Railway #4: 24 May 2011 Plus corr. sheet 3 & the GW register (revised edition) #5: 21 June 2012 As above plus correction sheet 4 and volume 3 LNER (Southern) #6: 15 Nov 2012 (DVD-ROM) As above plus correction sheet 5 and volume 6 Scotland #7: 25 Jul 2013 (DVD-ROM) As above plus correction sheet 6 #8: 31 May 2014 (DVD-ROM) As above plus correction sheet 7 #9: 3 Aug 2015 (DVD-ROM) As above plus correction sheet 8 #9: 3 Aug 2015 (CD-ROM) Volume 9 Ireland & Isle of Man #10: 21 Nov 2015 (DVD-ROM) As above plus correction sheet 9 #11: 10 Jul 2019 (DVD-ROM) As above plus correction sheet 10 Volume 8 London Transport Correction sheets 1: 16 January 2008 Amended vol. -
Chapter 5 Signals
CALTRAIN DESIGN CRITERIA CHAPTER 5 – SIGNALS CHAPTER 5 SIGNALS A. GENERAL When the Southern Pacific Railroad (SP) owned and operated the Caltrain corridor, the signal system had been designed based on the mixed operation of freight and passenger trains. The signal system spacing was based upon single direction running, with braking distances for 80 Ton per Operative Brake (TPOB) freight trains at 60 MPH (miles per hour). The Santa Clara, College Park, Fourth Street, and San Jose operators' positions were consolidated into a single dispatch center, with Centralized Traffic Control (CTC) from Santa Clara (Control Point or CP Coast) to CP Tamien. San Francisco Control Points, namely Fourth Street, Potrero, Bayshore, and Brisbane were operated as Manual Interlockings under the control of the San Jose Dispatcher with bi-directional automatic block signaling between Fourth Street and Potrero, and single direction running between control points from Potrero southward. After State Department of Transportation (Caltrans) completed the freeway I-280 retrofit, bi- directional CTC was in effect between Fourth Street and Bayshore. Between 1992 and 1997, signal design was performed by various designers, as a by product of third party contracts on the railroad. There was little consistency between projects, and little overview as to how the projects tied together, and how they would fare with future projects. In 1997, the Caltrain's two signal engineering designers, and the contract operator developed the Caltrain Signal Engineering Design Standards. The new standards have become one of migration. 1.0 SIGNAL SYSTEM MIGRATION The migration of the Caltrain Signal System was defined as follows: a. -
Highway-Rail Crossing Warning Systems and Traffic Signals Manual
Interconnection of Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Warning Systems and Highway Traffic Signals 1 INTRODUCTION Welcome to this seminar on Interconnection of Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Warning Systems and Highway Traffic Signals. Over the past eight years, I have had the opportunity to present this seminar to persons from the Federal Railroad Administration, the Federal Highway Administration, numerous state Departments of Transportation, city, county and state traffic engineering and signal departments as well as many railroads. Obviously, this is a highly specialized topic, one that receives very little attention in terms of available training. However, from the perspective of safety, it requires far more attention than it normally receives. Only when a catastrophic event occurs such as the Fox River Grove crash in October of 1995 does the need for training of this type become apparent. Following the Fox River Grove crash, I was approached by the Oklahoma Department of Transportation in 1996, inquiring if I would have an interest in assisting them with understanding interconnection and preemption. This seminar is the ongoing continuation of that effort. My background includes over 31 years of active involvement in both highway traffic signal and railroad signal application, design and maintenance. This workbook is a compilation of information, drawings, standards, recommended practices and my ideas to assist you in following with the presentation and to provide a future reference as you need it. It has been developed as I have presented seminars and I strive to continually update it to reflect the most current information available. Some sections have been reproduced from the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices which exists in the public domain. -
LNW Route Specification 2017
Delivering a better railway for a better Britain Route Specifications 2017 London North Western London North Western July 2017 Network Rail – Route Specifications: London North Western 02 SRS H.44 Roses Line and Branches (including Preston 85 Route H: Cross-Pennine, Yorkshire & Humber and - Ormskirk and Blackburn - Hellifield North West (North West section) SRS H.45 Chester/Ellesmere Port - Warrington Bank Quay 89 SRS H.05 North Transpennine: Leeds - Guide Bridge 4 SRS H.46 Blackpool South Branch 92 SRS H.10 Manchester Victoria - Mirfield (via Rochdale)/ 8 SRS H.98/H.99 Freight Trunk/Other Freight Routes 95 SRS N.07 Weaver Junction to Liverpool South Parkway 196 Stalybridge Route M: West Midlands and Chilterns SRS N.08 Norton Bridge/Colwich Junction to Cheadle 199 SRS H.17 South Transpennine: Dore - Hazel Grove 12 Hulme Route Map 106 SRS H.22 Manchester Piccadilly - Crewe 16 SRS N.09 Crewe to Kidsgrove 204 M1 and M12 London Marylebone to Birmingham Snow Hill 107 SRS H.23 Manchester Piccadilly - Deansgate 19 SRS N.10 Watford Junction to St Albans Abbey 207 M2, M3 and M4 Aylesbury lines 111 SRS H.24 Deansgate - Liverpool South Parkway 22 SRS N.11 Euston to Watford Junction (DC Lines) 210 M5 Rugby to Birmingham New Street 115 SRS H.25 Liverpool Lime Street - Liverpool South Parkway 25 SRS N.12 Bletchley to Bedford 214 M6 and M7 Stafford and Wolverhampton 119 SRS H.26 North Transpennine: Manchester Piccadilly - 28 SRS N.13 Crewe to Chester 218 M8, M9, M19 and M21 Cross City Souh lines 123 Guide Bridge SRS N.99 Freight lines 221 M10 ad M22 -
Mandatory Requirements for Signalling Safeworking Procedures Version 2.0 Issued Date: 26 May 2015
T HR SC 02000 ST Standard Mandatory Requirements for Signalling Safeworking Procedures Version 2.0 Issued date: 26 May 2015 Important Warning This document is one of a set of standards developed solely and specifically for use on public transport assets which are vested in or owned, managed, controlled, commissioned or funded by the NSW Government, a NSW Government agency or a Transport Agency (as defined in the Asset Standards Authority Charter). It is not suitable for any other purpose. You must not use or adapt it or rely upon it in any way unless you are authorised in writing to do so by a relevant NSW Government agency. If this document forms part of a contract with, or is a condition of approval by a NSW Government agency, use of the document is subject to the terms of the contract or approval. This document may not be current. Current standards are available for download from the Asset Standards Authority website at Superseded by T HR SC 02000 ST v3.0 www.asa.transport.nsw.gov.au. © State of NSW through Transport for NSW T HR SC 02000 ST Mandatory Requirements for Signalling Safeworking Procedures Version 2.0 Issued date: 26 May 2015 Standard governance Owner: Lead Signals and Control Systems Engineer, Asset Standards Authority Authoriser: Chief Engineer Rail, Asset Standards Authority Approver: Director, Asset Standards Authority on behalf of the ASA Configuration Control Board Document history Version Summary of Changes 1.0 First issue. 2.0 Minor technical changes to the following topics: • treatment of trainstop failures in -
View / Open TM Database Composite.Pdf
• • • • TRANSPORTATION-MARKINGS • DATABASE • COMPOSITE CATEGORIES • CLASSIFICATION & INDEX • • • - • III III • 1 TRANSPORTATION-MARKINGS: A STUDY IN CO.MMUNICATION MONOGRAPH SERIES Alternate Series Title: An Inter-modal Study of Safety Aids Transportatiol1-Markings Database Alternate T-M Titles: Transport [ation] Mark [ing]s / Transport Marks / Waymarks T-MFoundations, 4th edition, 2005 (Part A, Volume I, First Studies in T-M) (3rd edition, 1999; 2nd edition, 1991) Composite Categories A First Study in T-M: The US, 2nd edition, 1993 (Part B, Vol I) Classification & Index International Marine Aids to Navigation, 2nd edition, 1988 (parts C & D, Vol I) [Unified First Edition ofParts A-D, University Press ofAmerica, 1981] International Traffic Control Devices, 2nd edition, 2004 (Part E, Volume II, Further Studies in T-M) (lst edition, 1984) Part Iv Volume III, Additional Studies, International Railway Signals, 1991 (Part F, Vol II) International Aero Navigation Aids, 1994 (Part G, Vol II) Transportation-Markil1gs: A Study il1 T-M General Classification with Index, 2nd edition, 2004 (Part H, Vol II) (1st edition, 1994) Commllnication Monograph Series Transportation-Markings Database: Marine Aids to Navigation, 1st edition, 1997 (I'art Ii, Volume III, Additional Studies in T-M) TCDs, 1st edition, 1998 (Part Iii, Vol III) Railway Signals. 1st edition, 2000 (part Iiii, Vol III) Aero Nav Aids, 1st edition, 2001 (Part Iiv, Vol III) Composite Categories Classification & Index, 1st edition, 2006 (part Iv, Vol III) (2nd edition ofDatabase, Parts Ii-v, -
GENERAL 1.1 Description of Work This Project Provides For
SECTION 01010 SUMMARY OF WORK PART 1 – GENERAL 1.1 Description of Work This project provides for the modernization and technology re-fresh of the existing, discrete phase selective track circuits on SEPTA’s Railroad Division’s, two (2) track, West Chester Line with new solid state electronic track circuits (ETC’s). These electronic track circuits shall be configured for cut-sections and end-of-siding (interlocking) operations. The scope of the tech refresh shall be from and not including Arsenal Interlocking (track circuits 301 and 302) to and Including Elwyn Interlocking. In addition, this scope shall include, but not be limited to the retirement of wired circuitry to the extent as directed by the SEPTA Project Manager and shall include: retirement of automatic colorlight signals (not including Interlocking signals), retirement of the signal lighting circuits, traffic line circuits, cab applications circuits, track cab signal code rate circuits, etc which shall be converted into software equations and driven by the ETC’s. The ETC’s shall be configured and provided to support those locations shown on the drawing “Arsenal to Elwyn, Automatic Signals, Signal Spacing Diagram, Sh’s 1 and 2” for which there are two track automatic signal locations and Interlocking locations. The new ETC’s shall form the basis of a new cab signals with no waysides and the cab signal four aspect, code rate progression shall remain the same. The ETC’s shall interface to the existing vital relays, 12 DC power supplies, impedance bonds and 2 conductor No. 6 twisted track wires. The locations circuit drawings shall be provided to the successful bidder at the time of Notice To Proceed.