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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1976
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2000.0005.002

MANUFACTURER: VECTRAN CORP.
MODEL: BELTPACK
LOCATION: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: SYNTHETIC MATERIALS; SOME METAL FITTINGS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 25.0 cm
Width: 15.0 cm
Height: 18.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Railway Transportation
Category: Operations
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: VECTRAN
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Pennsylvania
City: Pittsburgh

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: THIS BELTPACKPROBABLY USED C. 1990+
Canada: CN BEGAN TESTING BELTPACKS IN 1990, & BY 1995 HAD MORE EXPERIENCE WITH LRC TECHNOLOGY THAN ANY OTHER N. AMERICAN RAILWAY. IN 1999 CANAC, A SUBSIDIARY OF CN, PURCHASED VECTRAN CORP., A LEADING DEVELOPER & SUPPLIER OF DIGITAL RADIO TECH. FOR REMOTE CONTROL OF LOCOS & OTHER HEAVY EQ. THIS UNIT WAS 1ST USED BY CN.(LOCO 7530)
Function: TO MOVE A DIESEL-ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE FORWARDS AND/OR BACKWARDS, AT VARYING SPEEDS, AND TO COUPLE IT TO ANOTHER RAIL CAR, BY MEANS OF A RADIO OPERATED DEVICE.
Technical: EXAMPLE OF FIRST GENERATION BELTPACK LRC TECHNOLOGY. LIGHTWEIGHT AND SIMPLE TO USE, A SINGLE OPERATOR (OR A PAIR, WORKING IN TANDEM) COULD CONTROL THE MOVEMENT OF A LOCOMOTIVE, INCLUDING COUPLING TO ANOTHER CAR. THE BELTPACK'S ADDRESSING AND RADIO FREQUENCY ASSSIGNING FEATURES PERMIT IT TO BE REASSIGNED TO DIFFERENT BELTPACK-EQUIPPED LOCOMOTIVES (IE. ONE BELTPACK CAN BE USED WITH SEVERAL LOCOMOTIVES). IN OVER ONE MILLION YARD ENGINE HOURS OF USE NOT A SINGLE ACCIDENT WAS EVER ATTRIBUTED TO THIS DEVICE.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Large buckles on harness marked " ITW/ Nexus/ CONCORD, ONT. L4K 2W5/ FASTEX/ SR-2/ CANADIAN PATENTS/ 1064226- 1093285/ BREVETS CANADIENS "; small buckles read " NEXUS/ CONCORD ONT./ SR 3/4/ PAT. 1064226 & 1093285 ".
Missing: NONE.
Finish: GREY COROPLAST CARRIER FITTED WITH BLACK NYLON STRAPS WITH ADJUSTABLE CLIP FASTENERS.
Decoration: N/A

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VECTRAN CORP., Harness, after 1976, Artifact no. 2000.0005, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2000.0005.002/

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