Transmashholding (TMH) will integrate technical vision systems into the design of new electric trains and mainline locomotives. They will make it possible to detect obstacles on railway tracks. This was announced by Andrey Romanchikov, Managing Director for the Development of Intelligent Control Systems at TMH.
The new systems will allow seeing a car on the tracks at a distance of 600 to 1000 meters. All information about obstacles will be sent to the driver.
On average, we can talk about stable control of 600 m, while, based on tests, the driver notices the danger at approximately 350 m. It should also be taken into account that the braking distance of a freight train with a standard weight of 6,300 tons and at a speed of 65 km/h on a flat area is 700 meters.
According to Andrey Romanchikov, it is too early to talk about the mass introduction of such systems. Currently, they are used on shunting locomotives of industrial enterprises. This is due to the fact that the configurations of technical vision systems for such locomotives are simpler and cheaper to manufacture.
Earlier www1.ru reported that a sample hydrogen-fueled train will appear in Russia in 2025.
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