Technical Meeting Paper

198503 – Ellis – The Axle Counter Connection 1984 & Other Issues

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As part of the main line electrification project a brief visit to the Railway systems and suppliers in South Africa, Finland, and Canada was undertaken in September 1984.

The purpose of the visit was to examine and evaluate:-
– The telecommunication aspects of axle counting systems
– U.H.F. train radio systems
– Digital microwave radio systems
– Drop and Insert PCM systems for optical fibre and radio based systems
– Point-to-multipoint (rural) radio systems, and
– End of train monitors.

Date of paper.

March 16th, 1985

Author Details

T J Ellis

Queensland Railways

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