Mokkapati C, & Pascoe, R., March 16, 2005, 2005 ASME/IEEE Join Rail Conference. This interesting presentation describes in detail US&S's (Ansaldo Signal's) latest Positive Train Control Project it is installing for the Alaska Railroad.
Mcgean, Thomas J., January 27, 2005 International Best Practices Workshop, Orland, FL. McGean's excellent .ppt presentation provides a great summary of standards practices adopted by the US and internationally and the many implications of these standards
Federal Railroad Administration, Ref. 49 Code of Federal Regulations Parts 209, 235 and 236, Released March 7, 2005. For US railroads and suppliers of train control systems to US railroads, this is something you need to know about and now conform to.
KUHN, Francis, Institut National de Recherche Sur Les Transports Et Leur Securite.
We recently received a copy of this excellent presentation describing the highly successful fully automated VAL system in Lille France. We understand Lille is one of few systems in the world operating with a positive cash flow.
Lindsey, Ron, National Transportation Safety Board conference on Positive Train Control, 02 March 2005. Lindsey's presentation challenges a number of traditional views related to PTC including safety & vitality, communications & bandwidth utilization, and ZETA-TECH's business case analysis for FRA (see below).
Sullivan, Tom, Railway Age Magazine C&S Buyers Guide 2005. Describes the recent 10 year history of data radios used for for RF-CBTC systems. Specific case histories, successes and failures are discussed along with key issues such as cost, size, performance, obsolescence and where this technology may be heading. Copies may be purchased from Railway Age +1 (212) 620-7200 for $14. The link above is a draft of the original paper and incudes a helpful summary table at the end.
ZETA-TECH Associates, 15 MAR 2004, Prepared for the US Federal Railway Administration this report does not consider the safety benefits but rather only the business case benefits of PTC.
Kuun, Ed, Alcatel Canada, 08 JUN 2004, APTA Rail Rail Transit Conference Proceedings. This excellent paper describes in considerable technical detail Alcatel's pioneering use of IEEE 802.11 for Communications Based Train Control and CCTV. This updated paper (on Alcatel's web site) includes information on Hong Kong CCTV tests and the Las Vegas Monorail adjustments of the train borne wireless signal levels and issues with local wireless interference. A must read!
Grappone, Victor, Grappone Technologies, Inc, 02 DEC 2003. This interesting presentation describes a novel means for detecting broken rails. Patent Number 6,655,639 was issued 03DEC03.
Lardennois, Regis, Siemens Transportation Systems, 26 Sept, 2003. This presentation describes Siemens efforts to develop advanced data radio systems for RATP and NYCT.
Alcatel Transportation Automation Newsletter, Issue 4, pp 1-3, January 2004. While the benefits are many, some remain skeptical about the viability of using IEEE 802.11 wireless standards to transport safety and time critical data for train control systems. This excellent and interesting article discusses many important security issues and appears to provide sound technical and mathematical justifications that it can be done safely.
Dupont, Jean-Luc, 5th International Conference on Communications Based Train Control, Washington DC, May 8., 2003. This excellent but very large presentation provides a great update of San Francisco's Advanced Automatic Train Control CBTC system that uses a unique radio ranging technique for locating trains.
Sullivan, Tom, 5th International Conference on Communications Based Train Control, Washington, DC, May 9, 2003. Describes the many downsides of systems based upon closed and proprietary interfaces and how using existing standards it is simply a matter of "connecting the dots" to produce a next generation OATC that is certain to be more cost-effective and likely to be easier to build a safety case.
Knutton, Mike, International Railway Journal, February, 2003 Describes a big push by Europe to get China and other countries interested in European standards for CBTC.
Cartier, Paul, Engineering Manager, Technology Lanka (1.2M, PPT). Describes how Windows CE, PC-104, IEEE-1473-L, and TCP/IP were used to monitor everything from GPS to hot bearings on Canada's VIA passenger trains. Related Information
Given at the APTA Rail Conference in Baltimore, MD June, 2002
Amtrak's Acela(900k ppt) - Fred Nardelli, Amtrak; IEEE 1473-L(400k ppt) - Tom Sullivan, TSD; IEEE-1473-T(4M, ppt) - Pierre Zuber, Bombardier; Telematics(6M, ppt) - Chris Holliday -STV and Fred Woolsey LTK.
Sullivan, Tom. This paper provides an overview and update on IEEE-1473-L
Sullivan, Tom, Describes results of powerline communications tests demonstrating cost effective remote sensing and control possibilities using ANSI/EIA Standard 709 protocol.
Vantuono, William C., This excellent article summarizes all major CBTC and Positive Train Control efforts in the US today. A must read for anyone interested in CBTC. Contact Railway Age to purchase this back issue.
Albuquerque, PhD, Marcos, Presentation to LonMark Transportation Task Group, San Jose, CA, USA, January, 2002. Describes issues relating to technology-based standards (such as a 10-year gestation for TCN) and Working Group B14 developing a new CENELEC standard for vehicle-wayside interoperability.
Nishinaga, Gene, Presentation to California Public Utilities Commission, September, 2001. Prepared by BART's Research & Development group, this presentation describes its multi-volume safety documentation and the modifications BART made to its vehicle train control system for its new CBTC system. Specific challenges upgrading legacy safety-critical software and how they were addressed by BART are graphically detailed.
Shannon, Claude E. Bell System Technical Journal, July-Oct 1948.
This classic and ground-breaking work forms the basis for all digital communications today.
Hoelscher, Jim, 4th International Conference on Communications Based Train Control, Washington, DC, May 2001. A good overview of Alstom's Advanced Civil Speed Enforcement System used by Amtrak on the US Northeast Corridor.
Sullivan, Tom, 4th International Conference on Communications Based Train control, Washington, DC, May of 2001. An update describing work on a gateway between IEEE 1473-L (LonWorks) and IEEE-1473-T (TCN), recent train networking trends and likely future migration paths for IEEE 1473.
Koopman & Chakravarty, Carnegie Mellon University, An Adtranz & Pennsylvania Infrastructure Technology Alliance Study, February, 2001. Provides a general review of the error detection properties of TCN with input from Dr. Hubert Kirrmann, "The father of TCN."
Centolanzi, Patrick, Brooklyn Polytechnic University, April, 2001.
Patrick Centolanzi, a graduate student at BPU, provides a good overview on CBTC, who makes it and who is using it. Emphasis is on the MTA New York City Transit.
Vantuono, William, Railway Age Magazine, June 2000.
Hubbs, Geoff
April, 2000 presentation by NYCT's Director of New Technology Train Control Geoff Hubbs
Hubbs, Geoff & Rumsey, Alan F, APTA Rail Conference, St. Louis, MO, June, 2000, Word
DeVlieg, Patricia G, APTA Rail Conference, St Louis, MO, June 2000
Sullivan, Tom, Railway Age, August 1999
Sullivan, Tom, Mass Transit Jan/Feb 1999.
Summarizes why NYCT is migrating to CBTC and describes Kasten Chase's pioneering work in developing an IP-based wireless Data Communications System (DCS) for Alcatel, Alstom and Siemens. KC's was the only DCS system successfully demonstrated during NYCT's CBTC Culver trials in 1999.
Rumsey, Alan F., Comprail, Lisbon, Portugal, Sept. 1998
DeVlieg, Patty & Rosen, Daniel, " APTA Rail Conference, San Diego, June 1998
Sullivan, Tom, Aug. 1998, Railway Age. This Railway Age article reprint describes why there has been so much interest in serial train lines recently. It also describes how NYCT achieved interoperability between Bombardier and Kawasaki railway cars using by using LonWorks (IEEE-1473-L) and EI/T1across Wabtec couplers.
Rumsey, Alan F., APTA Rail Conference, San Diego, June 1998.
Sullivan, Tom, Railway Age Communications Based Train Control Conference, Washington, DC., May, 1997
Sullivan, Tom, APTA Rail Conference 1995. This PPT presentation provides an overview of NYCT's massive CBTC program, its justification for converting to CBTC, and its approach to CBTC procurement.
Sullivan, Tom, First International Conference on CBTC, Washington, DC, May 1995. This paper updates the prior year's APTA presentation below and contains recommendations and answers questions from NYCT's Second International Peer Review on CBTC.
Sullivan, Tom, APTA Rail Conference, Sacramento, CA, 1994. This was NYCT's first paper to describe its detailed findings from its multimillion dollar CBTC study. It contains recommendations and answers to questions from NYCT's First International Peer Review on CBTC. This is a good place to begin when researching the "whys" of CBTC technology. (NB: In 1994 use the term CBS - Communications Based Signaling to describe Communications Based Train Control (CBTC.)