Title :
The Lighting of Railway Classification Yards
Author :
Johnson, George T.
Author_Institution :
Asst. Elec. Eng., The New York, New Haven & Hart-ford Railroad Company.
Abstract :
This paper deals primarily with the illumination of modern large classification yards of the hump type in which the traffic is in one direction. Floodlighting is advocated as the most generally satisfactory system, and various arrangements, to meet the different conditions of yard layout, space available, etc., are described.
Keywords :
Lamps; Lighting; Performance evaluation; Rail transportation; Switches;
Journal_Title :
American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Transactions of the
DOI :
10.1109/T-AIEE.1926.5061320