Remote control system, locomotive
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- OBJECT TYPE
- PORTABLE/RADIO CONTROLLED
- DATE
- 1976
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2000.0005.001
- MANUFACTURER
- VECTRAN CORP.
- MODEL
- BELTPACK
- LOCATION
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 911802
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL & SYNTHETIC CONSTRUCTION
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 25.0 cm
- Width
- 15.0 cm
- Height
- 18.8 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Railway Transportation
- Category
- Operations
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- VECTRAN
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Pennsylvania
- City
- Pittsburgh
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- THIS BELTPACKPROBABLY USED C. 1990+
- Canada
-
CN BEGAN TESTING BELTPACKS IN 1990, & BY 1995 HAD MORE EXPERIENCE WITH LRC TECHNOLOGY THAN ANY OTHER N. AMERICAN RAILWAY. IN 1999 CANAC, A SUBSIDIARY OF CN, PURCHASED VECTRAN CORP., A LEADING DEVELOPER & SUPPLIER OF DIGITAL RADIO TECH. FOR REMOTE CONTROL OF LOCOS & OTHER HEAVY EQ. THIS UNIT WAS 1ST USED BY CN.(LOCO 7530) - Function
-
TO MOVE A DIESEL-ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE FORWARDS AND/OR BACKWARDS, AT VARYING SPEEDS, AND TO COUPLE IT TO ANOTHER RAIL CAR, BY MEANS OF A RADIO OPERATED DEVICE. - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF FIRST GENERATION BELTPACK LRC TECHNOLOGY. LIGHTWEIGHT AND SIMPLE TO USE, A SINGLE OPERATOR (OR A PAIR, WORKING IN TANDEM) COULD CONTROL THE MOVEMENT OF A LOCOMOTIVE, INCLUDING COUPLING TO ANOTHER CAR. THE BELTPACK'S ADDRESSING AND RADIO FREQUENCY ASSSIGNING FEATURES PERMIT IT TO BE REASSIGNED TO DIFFERENT BELTPACK-EQUIPPED LOCOMOTIVES (IE. ONE BELTPACK CAN BE USED WITH SEVERAL LOCOMOTIVES). IN OVER ONE MILLION YARD ENGINE HOURS OF USE NOT A SINGLE ACCIDENT WAS EVER ATTRIBUTED TO THIS DEVICE. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Plate on front panel reads " vectran/ [logo]/ CORPORATION/ LOCO #7530/ BPK # 1 ". All controls, etc. labelled. Decal on unit back reads " PART NUMBER/ VS890234-1101/ SERIAL NUMBER 911802/ FREQUENCY 812.5125 [overwritten.5375] MHz/ ADDRESS 144.208/ MESSAGE LENGTH 4/ REP RATE 10/ MADE IN U.S.A. ". Plate on unit back reads " vectran/ [logo]/ CORPORATION/ DTR800/ DOC CERTIFICATION/ NUMBER 1331 B9328 ".
- Missing
- NONE.
- Finish
- GREY WRINKLE-TEXTURED FINISH APPLIED TO MOST SURFACES; SILVER METAL COMPONENTS.
- Decoration
- N/A
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VECTRAN CORP., Remote control system, locomotive, after 1976, Artifact no. 2000.0005, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2000.0005.001/
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