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Abstract: With the increase of the train speed, the pantograph-catenary (PC) detachment becomes more frequent, which results in more serious PC detachment arc. In order to analyze the influence of PC ...

Abstract: Automatic railway signalling generation from a railway layout helps reduce human errors while considerably speeding up the process of signalling placement. In that regard, we designed an ...

Growing up in Troy in the 50s-70s was a time when the city was still intact and a manufacturing city. Brushes were made in ...

Baltimore & Ohio Ridgely Division Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: extension: 8 x 8 feet, entire layout: 20 x 28 feet Prototype: ...

The Rensselaer Model Railroad Society's famed 4,000-square-foot model train layout is breaking up again, this time for good.

The dispatcher.js & scheduler.js files allows users to write control automation scripts for managing railway operations. This enables advanced behaviors like automated signal switching, turnout ...

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