A study into the feasibility of equipping 4 wheeled freight vehicles with a device to detect the occurrence of derailment and actuate the train brakes (TM-FT-98)

The basic concept of a derailment detection device is for a method of automatically detecting when air or vacuum braked vehicles are running wholly or partly derailed, and for the same mechanism to initiate a controlled brake application in the whole of the fitted portion of the train. In...