The new system has decreased labor costs involved with the repair and upkeep of the system on a day-to-day basis, he said. “We’ve been able to remove a lot of old and antiquated equipment we no longer need due to the upgrades in the current software.”
Buckeye uses a gravity humping technique in which at least 100 train cars weighing up to 12,000 tons are shoved to the top of a hill and then carefully rolled down and directed to 40 classification tracks, where the individual cars are re-sorted and grouped depending on their content and destination.
So much weight rolling downhill can be dangerous for yard workers. Mechanisms similar to automobile disc brakes called retarders slow the train cars down. The software collects and shares information on which retarders are active to keep the workers on the track better informed and safe.
Buckeye uses a gravity humping technique in which at least 100 train cars weighing up to 12,000 tons are shoved to the top of a hill and then carefully rolled down and directed to 40 classification tracks, where the individual cars are re-sorted and grouped depending on their content and destination.
So much weight rolling downhill can be dangerous for yard workers. Mechanisms similar to automobile disc brakes called retarders slow the train cars down. The software collects and shares information on which retarders are active to keep the workers on the track better informed and safe.
And that's the Southern Railway Southern Railway Reservation.
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