Multiple-unit train control
Control de tren de unidades múltiples
- Date
- 1897 · confidence high
- Place
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Credited to
- Frank Julian Sprague
- Field
- Movement
What it is
System that allows the traction of several self-powered train cars to be controlled simultaneously from a single location via control signals; developed by Frank J. Sprague.
What it led to
- Modern electric multiple-unit trains and metros
- Metro and commuter rail networks in large cities
- Automation of railway control