Istrazivanja i projektovanja za privreduJournal of Applied Engineering Science

In the year 2000 new passenger trains, manufactured by Siemens, and trains with inclination technique - Pendolino - were brought into operation on Slovenian railways. These trains are equipped with a contemporary computer control of speed which is made possible with the use of the safety device, designated as INDUSI 1 60 R. The purpose of this device is to prevent accidents or hazards with the aid of self-acting braking, when the engine driver disregards a certain signal mark of the railway signalling system. The so far existing traction vehicles on Slovenian railways are already equipped with classic speed control devices of the type INDUSI I 60 for point operation only and without computer operation. The paper is dealing in detail with the system of operation of the new safety device with the emphasis on computer components on the train.