(Source: Railway Age, October 17, 2018)
NEW YORK — “Brake-Boss,” a digitized air brake train tester, was recently installed in Union Pacific’s Livonia, La., yard. The first of its kind on the system, according to UP, the “Brake-Boss” is an air flow control kiosk. Handheld devices communicate with the kiosk, enabling employees to actuate, release and monitor a train’s air brakes from a distance. The system uses a cellular data connection, and documents each train’s identification, the number of cars in a train, the track it’s on and who’s working on it.
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