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