Abstract: A cable transportation system without a hauling cable and comprising: a plurality of transporting units; two supporting cables for supporting the transporting units in a suspended configuration; a plurality of trolleys, wherein each trolley supports a transporting unit in a suspended configuration and comprises rolls configured for resting and rolling on the supporting cables and at least one electric motor configured for moving the trolley along the supporting cables.

Abstract: Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a side wall component of a railway vehicle, and a railway vehicle. The side wall component of a railway vehicle includes: a side wall, including a side wall body; and a plurality of side wall upright columns, connected with the side wall body respectively, the plurality of side wall upright columns being provided along a length direction of the side wall body at an interval, wherein an auxiliary air duct of the railway vehicle is formed between at least two side wall upright columns and the side wall body in the length direction of the side wall body. The embodiment of the present disclosure enables the railway vehicle to be compact in structure.

Abstract: Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a side wall component of a railway vehicle, and a railway vehicle. The side wall component of a railway vehicle includes: a side wall, including a side wall body; and a plurality of side wall upright columns, connected with the side wall body respectively, the plurality of side wall upright columns being provided along a length direction of the side wall body at an interval, wherein an auxiliary air duct of a railway vehicle is formed between at least two of the plurality of side wall upright columns and the side wall body in the length direction of the side wall body. According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, an auxiliary air duct of a railway vehicle is directly formed on a side wall, so that the railway vehicle is compact in structure.

Abstract: A railcar axle box includes an axle box main body accommodating a bearing supporting an axle. The axle box main body includes: an inner surface defining an accommodating space accommodating the bearing; a first side surface provided at an outer side of the inner surface and at one car width direction side of a car width direction center of the accommodating space; and a second side surface provided at an outer side of the inner surface and at the other car width direction side of the center. A shortest distance between the first side surface and the car width direction center of the accommodating space and a shortest distance between the second side surface and the center are equal to each other in a car width direction.

Abstract: A rail maintenance vehicle includes a frame, a workhead, and a vibrating unit. The frame includes wheels that travel along rails. The vibrating unit is coupled to the workhead and includes a rotor, a stator, a first rotor coil coupled to the rotor and a first stator coil coupled to the stator.

Abstract: The present invention refers to a method for detecting a break in a railway track, system for detecting a break in a railway track (1) and device for detecting a break in a railway track (500), in which a first track (101) and a second track (102) are connected defining measuring sections (302, 303) and electrical detection networks (M1, M2), in which a device for detecting a break in a railway track (500) is coupled to said tracks (101, 102) and arranged to measure at least one electrical parameter of at least one electrical detection network (M1, M2) and selectively promote an output (502) that indicates a state of at least one track (101, 102).

Abstract: A high-speed mass transport system having a monorail track disposed along a travel path and a monorail car with a driving unit suspended from the monorail track and a commuter car selectively attached to the driving unit. The high-speed mass transport system having also having an omnidirectional wheel transporter being adapted to selectively raise and lower to engage the commuter car, thus allowing the commuter car to detach from and reattach to the driving unit.

Abstract: A rail system for a conveyor vehicle capable of traveling along the rail system for storage of piece goods into a storage rack or retrieval of piece goods from a storage rack includes a first running rail, a second running rail and a connecting device, which includes a positive locking connection between the ends, directed toward one another, of the first running rail and second running rail. At its end, the first running rail forms a first interlocking element and a first surface portion. At its end, the second running rail forms a second interlocking element and a second surface portion. Therein the first interlocking element and second interlocking element engage in one another in complementary manner and the ends of the first running rail and second running rail abut at the surface portions in a butt-jointed manner. Furthermore, a warehouse system has such a rail system.

Abstract: A method for locating a railway vehicle includes: measuring an acoustic signature of a railway vehicle passing over a railway switch for switching between a first railway track and a second railway track diverging from the first railway track, using a distributed acoustic sensing apparatus including an optical fiber sensor placed along the railway switch; analyzing the measured acoustic signature, using an electronic processing unit, by identifying, in the measured acoustic signature, vibration patterns representative of track geometry and/or track curvature; and determining which of the first railway track or the second railway track is occupied by the railway vehicle, using the electronic processing unit, based on the identified vibration patterns.

Abstract: A system for determining a location of a rail vehicle based on an radio frequency (RF) signal that includes at least one processor programmed or configured to determine that a first RF communication signal transmitted by a head of train (HOT) unit of a plurality of rail vehicles is received by an end of train (EOT) unit of the plurality of rail vehicles, determine whether a second RF communication signal transmitted by the HOT unit is received by the EOT unit during a time interval after a time at which the first RF communication signal was determined to be received by the EOT unit, and determine one or more locations of the plurality of rail vehicles based on determining that the second RF communication signal transmitted by the HOT unit is not received by the EOT unit during the time interval. A method and computer program product are also disclosed.

Abstract: A method operates a positioning device which has at least one waveguide laid along a route for positioning a track-bound vehicle on the route. Accordingly, the method proceeds in such a way that measurement data related to the track-bound vehicle are captured by a route-side sensor device. An electromagnetic pulse is fed into the waveguide and a backscatter pattern produced by backscattering of the electromagnetic pulse is detected and is subjected to an evaluation. A vehicle-specific characteristic value determined in the evaluation is verified on the basis of the captured measurement data and, if the verification of the at least one vehicle-specific characteristic value is successful, a positioning signal based on the evaluation of the at least one backscatter pattern and indicating the position of the track-bound vehicle is provided by the positioning device.

Abstract: A method for securing a level crossing permits timely securing of the level crossing and is particularly effective and reliable. The method proceeds in such a way that vehicle data are received from a track-bound vehicle approaching the level crossing by a stationary control device of a train control system. The vehicle data include at least the current position and the current speed of the track-bound vehicle. A strike-in point is determined on the basis of the received vehicle data and route data including at least the location of the level crossing. Securing of the level crossing is triggered when the strike-in point is reached. A stationary control device for a train control system and an arrangement having such a stationary control device are also provided.

Abstract: A device to inspect a pipeline includes a device housing, a plurality of motors, a plurality of wheels, an inertial measurement unit, and a controller. The plurality of motors is coupled to the device housing. The plurality of wheels extends from the device housing. Each wheel is rotatably coupled to a respective motor. The inertial measurement unit is configured to provide a signal corresponding to an orientation of the device housing relative to the pipeline. The controller is configured to independently control operation of each motor of the plurality of motors based on the signal provided by the inertial measurement unit to maintain the device housing within a desired orientation range relative to the pipeline. Because the controller can independently control each motor of the device, the device can advance along a pipeline with minimal human intervention.

Abstract: An amusement device seat assembly includes a seat to allow a passenger to sit. A leg space is provided under a seat base for holding a left and right leg of the passenger. The seat assembly includes a leg locking device for retaining an in the leg space introduced lower leg of the passenger. The leg locking device includes a central mount for preventing a laterally inwardly directed movement of a leg. A lateral mount prevents a forwardly directed movement of the lower leg. A bracket which may be operatable by the passenger himself is movable to provide an open or closed configuration of the leg locking device. In the closed configuration, an outer bracket extension prevents a laterally outwardly directed movement of a leg of a passenger. Advantageously, an intuitively working leg locking device is provided which contributes to a high level of operational reliability.

Abstract: An expansion joint construction may include at least one adjustment element movable in a longitudinal direction of the expansion joint construction. The at least one adjustment element may include at least one element for taking up a force applied in a longitudinal direction.

Abstract: A railway vehicle stopper includes a first rigid member, a second rigid member, a rubber elastic body, a third rigid member, an abutting member, and a communication passage. The second rigid member is arranged opposed to the truck frame or the vehicle body with an interval. The rubber elastic body elastically couples the supporting portion of the first rigid member to the second rigid member. The third rigid member is mounted inside the supporting portion of the first rigid member to form an air chamber with the second rigid member. The abutting member is coupled to at least one of mutually opposed surfaces of the second rigid member and the third rigid member. The communication passage is provided on one or both of the first rigid member and the third rigid member to communicate the air chamber with an outside.

Abstract: A cable car carriage for transporting goods or passengers has two opposing spaced-apart crawlers. Each of the crawlers has a crawler chain composed of juxtaposed chain links. A support cable can be inserted between the opposing crawlers on the opposing chain links of the crawler chains. A pressing mechanism connects the crawlers with one another, and is designed to adjust the distance between the crawlers as well as the pressing force of the two crawlers relative to each other and/or the pressing force of the two crawlers against the support cable. The crawler chains are driven in a circulating movement by a drive via a crawler running gear, thus moving the cable car carriage along the support cable. A cable crane, a passenger gondola, a cable saddle, and a transport assembly employing the cable car carriage are also disclosed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a tamping unit (1) for tamping sleepers (2) of a track (3), having a tool carrier (6) mounted on an assembly frame (12) for vertical adjustment by means of a drive (10), having pairs of two oppositely positioned tamping tools (5) which are squeezable towards one another about a respective pivot axis (4) as well as designed to be set in vibrations by a vibration drive (8). In this, it is provided that a vibration drive (11) is associated with the drive (10), the vibration drive setting the tamping tools in a vibration which is effective vertically.

Abstract: A cable transportation system for transporting people or goods defines an advancing path extending between two end stations and having a designated length L, and has a hauling cable looped into a closed ring and having a forward branch and a return branch, which extend between the end stations; at least one vehicle configured to be alternately advanced between the two end stations, and selectively and alternately clamped to the forward branch and the return branch of the hauling cable at the end stations; and a drive member for advancing the hauling cable along the advancing path and selectively stopping the hauling cable when the vehicle clamped to the hauling cable is at one end station.

Abstract: A fastening system for track rail includes a track rail fastener positionable upon a pedestal mount, and including a top plate, a frame, and an overmolded jacket. The system further includes a lateral positioner having an eccentric structured to contact a pedestal mount, and a locating pin extending through the fastener body and the eccentric to couple a lateral location of the fastener body to an angular orientation of the eccentric, such that rotating the eccentric varies a lateral location of the fastener body. A frame in the fastener body includes a plurality of vertically extending finger walls for lateral and rotational stability, with the overmolded jacket extending between the finger walls and the top plate.