Application of GPS System to Hegang Railway Locomotive Dispatching

The necessary conditions of safe operation of coal mine railways now include reasonable dispatching of locomotive engines along railway tracks and within train stations,improving work efficiency,and real-time monitoring of operational status of locomotive engines and occupancy data of railway tracks at stations.The application of the new technology,locomotive-based global positioning system(GPS),broadens ideas for coal and iron ore transportation management departments,and makes modern scientific management possible.