The Need of Automatic Train Control: With Facts Concerning Its Development and Present Status (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Walter Mason Camp

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0267860412 ISBN 13: 9780267860418

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Explore how automatic train control could stop human error from causing crashes and save lives.

The Need of Automatic Train Control offers a clear look at why engineers and officials pushed for automatic safety systems. It traces the idea from simple train-stopping devices to fully integrated controls, arguing for gradual development and real-world testing. The study also compares conditions in the United States and abroad, showing why reliable block signaling alone isn’t enough to prevent accidents.

Readers will see how past accidents shaped design choices, what standards were proposed, and how trials and early implementations paved the way for wider use. The material emphasizes practical, tested criteria that any automatic system must meet to work safely with existing signals and brakes.

• Why automatic train control is considered essential beyond traditional signaling
• How human factors and discipline affect railway safety
• The key requirements that govern safe, reliable automatic systems
• Historical trials and the case for broad adoption of automated protection

Ideal for readers of technology history and railway safety, this edition makes the case for automatic control as a feasible, necessary upgrade to modern rail operations.

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0267860412
• ISBN 13: 9780267860418
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 70