Abstract: A method and device for slip-limiting control on a rail vehicle wherein for controlling or limiting slip, it is necessary to determine the actual speed of the rail vehicle. The invention overcomes the problems in traction vehicles such as, for example, locomotives which only have driving wheels and no running wheels, especially if all driving wheels slip simultaneously. For the accurate determination of the vehicle speed, the traction motor current for the associated motor is reduced for a short period, of about 3 s, at the driving wheel which is rearmost in the direction of motion, by means of a slip-reduction signal which is supplied to a slip-limiting controller which also reduces the speed of this driving wheel so that this wheel no longer slips and its peripheral wheel speed is equal to the vehicle speed. During a presettable long-term period of about 25 s, all slip-limiting controllers of the rail vehicle are preset with a speed reference signal (v.sub.

Abstract: A control system for use with a braking mechanism which employs an energy-storing spring and an electric rotating servomotor is disclosed. The system operates employing a direct or indirect measurement of the stored braking force. When an indirect approach is used, a pair of selsyns supply a measured rotational parameter which is related to braking force. After suitable processing, which includes the use of a discriminator and counter, a parameter relating to the stored braking force is compared with a desired value at a summing point to provide a correction parameter for braking control. When direct braking force measurement is used, the measured braking force is supplied directly to a summing point for comparison with a desired value. In both direct and indirect measurement, a differentiator is included which supplies the derivative of the measured value to the summing point. The output of the summing point is a correction parameter which operates triggering devices for brake actuation and release.