Customer Information Day 2019 in Triengen

The new offer of “ETCS simulation on the Tm III” was demonstrated

On November 26, 2019, customers and interested parties from LOCSIM met in Triengen at the Sursee-Triengen-Bahn. The event was led by our new Managing Director Barbara Jörg. She started with LOCSIM in October and officially introduced herself.

The focus of this training day was the new offer “ETCS simulation on the Tm III”. Here, a touchscreen and a measuring box is installed in the vehicle. The touch screen displays the ETCS display and the measuring box detects the speed and other signals of the locomotive. Using detected signals, the virtually replicated line runs synchronously on the LOCSIM computer. If the ETCS simulation detects emergency braking, emergency braking is triggered on the vehicle, depending on whether it is armed or not.

Although there is no ETCS on this route or on the vehicle, the new ETCS offer is available.

We drove in groups for about 2.5 km from Triengen and demonstrated the following possibilities:

Train information input
Operating modes “Staff responsible”, “Shunting” and “On sight”
Simulation of the RBC (Radio Block Center)
Activation of emergency braking by driving too fast into the braking curve or the EOA (End of Authority)
Interference such as radio failure, signal emergency or “interference redundancy” was simulated.

The list is not exhaustive. During operation, switching between manufacturer types, e.g. Siemens Touch and Alstom is possible.

Advantages over simulation on a “normal” simulator

While training for train drivers are already taking place on the Sursee Triengen Railway, the new offer offers the opportunity to supplement the training with ETCS. Where else can ETCS be trained on a route without disrupting regular operations or taking special precautions? Advantages are:

ETCS training on a real track and on a real vehicle
no impairment of regular operation

Other news

In addition to the new offer, further news were announced:

ZSI 127: Changes to the new release 5.3, which were replicated in LOCSIM
Changes in ZUB and new train protection system RFI
Multiple-film display, e.g. side cameras
Possibility that unfilmed sections, e.g. a track change, in which simulation can be installed
and much more