VST - Train borne S&C inspection designed for European railways

The Video Inspection Train VST 05 allows replacing the S & C inspection / patrolling with intelligent technique. Seven synchronised cameras record details of switches in marshalling yards or stations while running at the usual speed of 40 kph. That's why the measurements barley interfere with normal operation.

With the aid of intelligent software the detailed pictures are assigned, sorted and analyse; the track engineer can evaluate the data calmly in the office. Due to the multiple points of view, no detail remains hidden to the expert.

Apart from the objective evaluation of the S & C inspection / patrolling, the main advantages of this systemare to guarantee the working safety of the inspection teams and the higher availability of the railway.

The video inspection train VST- 05

S & C inspection / patrolling is time-consuming work. Railway employees have to inspect the track for Raylway emplyees have to inspect the track work for material defects and other imminent dangers to railway operation.

This is a thing of the past.

Eurailscout Inspection & Analysis has developed a video inspection train to replace the S & C visual inspection / patrolling. One operator on the video inspection train can perform the one train station in about six hours. Today this work requieres eight people for two days, with the video inspection train nobody has to walk in the track - inspection is safe and does not hamper railway traffic.

There is increasing demand for this product on the European market, as the safety regulations are becoming more and more important. Eurailscout expects that more such systems will be deployed in the short run. In the Netherlands, this inspection method with or system is approved.

The Processing Station

The Event Manager enables fast changing between the views of the straight and the turnout run of the switch. The software ensures that the switch numbers are automatically detected by identifying the crossing nose. Compasrisons od an old and an actual recording is easily possible as well.
All Views (side view, total top view, and panorama view) are dispolayed simultaneously and scroll synchronously with the prevailing view. All pictures show exactly the same position of the track and can be placed on different screens in size and position of your liking.

The front camera [1] serves for the inspector's orientation. He can also identify top alignment and twist faults on these images.

In this view [2] the inspector can play back the images as a film and view all images at the desired speed. The images can be tilted and then move synchronous in the same direction during playback. The different angles of the views ensure that no detail remains hidden to the track engineer. The b/w Linescan-camera [3] serves to depict the total top view. The detection of the crossing nose is visualized with a vertical red double line. The images are all shown synchronous. This makes all images visible from exactly the same posision and they are simultaneously displayed on three different monitors.