RailComm installs shove track protection system

Written by Jenifer Nunez, assistant editor

RailComm has completed the implementation of a shove track protection system for a private coal mining facility located in Alabama. RailComm provided indication and detection subsystems, as well as wireless communications to keep both subsystems in communication.

 

This system is comprised of equipment for a detection zone and equipment for an indication zone, for each protected track. Both zones are then wirelessly connected to a RailComm Communications Controller, which allows the zones to communicate to each other in real time.

RailComm’s shove track protection system allows customers to shove cars without the need for multiple people spotting the operation from the end of the tracks. This decreases the amount of people required to work near tracks and removes the variable of a human having to determine when to radio the train to cease and start movement, the company notes.

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