Abstract
An outline of the computer simulation technique is presented, along with a description of the representation of the railway locomotive/train system. This is followed by a survey of locomotive/train simulation, based mainly on work carried out at the Railway Technical Centre, Derby. Firstly, the simulation of train movement and its application to models of the working railway is described. Secondly, the simulation of train control systems within a train simulation is dealt with. Finally, an introduction is given to the computer simulation used in locomotive and train simulators. The paper concludes with some views on the reasons for computer simulation, and mentions the problems and success of the technique.
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