Railway track switch control system

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A RAILWAY TRACK SWITCH CONTROL SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING THE OPERATION OF THE TRACK SWITCHES OF A SWITCHING AREA IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DESIRED ROTATING OF A RAILWAY VEHICLE THROUGH SAID SWITCHING AREA COMPRISING, A SOURCE OF POWER CARRIED BY SAID RAILWAY VEHICLE, ROUTE REGISTRATION MEANS FOR REGISTERING THE DESIRED ROUTE FOR SAID VEHICLE THROUGH SAID SWITCHING AREA, FIRST TRANSFER MEANS IN ADVANCE OF SAID SWITCHING AREA FOR TRANSFERRING POWER FROM SAID VEHICLE CARRIED POWER SOURCE TO THE WAYSIDE, WAYSIDE MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE REGISTRATION OF SAID ROUTE REGISTRATION MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY APPLYING THE POWER TRANSFERRED FROM SAID VAHICLE CARRIED POWER SOURCE TO OPERATE THE TRACK SWITCHES OF SAID SWITCHING AREA TO THEIR RESPECTIVE DESIRED POSITIONS FOR ESTABLISHING THE DESIRED ROUTE CALLED FOR BY SAID ROUTE REGISTRATION MEANS, SECOND TRANSFER MEANS DISPOSED WITHIN SAID SWITCHING AREA TO DEFINE A DETECTOR TRACK SECTION AT EACH OF SAID TRACK SWITCHES FOR TRANSFERRING POWER FROM SAID VEHICLE CARRIED POWER SOURCE TO THE WAYSIDE AS LONG AS SAID VEHICLE OCCUPIES A DETECTOR TRACK SECTION, AND PROTECTIVE MEANS EFFECTIVE AS LONG AS POWER IS BEING TRANSFERRED BY SAID SECOND TRANSFER MEANS FOR PREVENTING THE OPERATION OF THE ASSOCIATED TRACK SWITCH.