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Article: Switch stands using new technology.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
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- Railway Track and Structures
- Article date:
- November 1, 1999
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Solar power, radio control and other technologies are frequently replacing the basic switch stand that's been in use for more than a century.
Switch stands are a part of the railroad industry that has and yet has not changed during the almost 200 years that railroads have been around. The basic switch design has not been altered in any way since it first came on the scene in the 19th Century. However, in the past decade, there have been more adjustments made and features added to switch stands than ever before.
Many of these changes came about because of the frequency of back-, neck-, and shoulder-related injuries employees received from the old ...