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Apparatus for sensing coded cab current information in a high level noise environment, caused by the magnetic fields of AC traction motors employed in the locomotive, utilizes pickup coils each having an upright axis and an axially extending, ferrite core. The coils are employed in pairs on a common

Apparatus for sensing coded cab current information in a high level noise environment, caused by the magnetic fields of AC traction motors employed in the locomotive, utilizes pickup coils each having an upright axis and an axially extending, ferrite core. The coils are employed in pairs on a common magnetic structure located over an underlying rail, the coils being spaced apart horizontally and transversely of the rail. Magnetic flux resulting from the cab current is directed in opposite axial directions through the coils, whereas magnetic flux produced by the AC traction motors is directed through the coils in the same axial directions. This results in the addition of the voltages induced in the coils by the cab current, and voltage subtraction in response to the interfering magnetic field produced by the AC motors.

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In a cab signal system having a receiver on board a locomotive and in which control information transmitted through the rails to the locomotive utilizes a carrier having a frequency in a predetermined range, wherein the locomotive employs an alternating current drive motor that emits high level nois

In a cab signal system having a receiver on board a locomotive and in which control information transmitted through the rails to the locomotive utilizes a carrier having a frequency in a predetermined range, wherein the locomotive employs an alternating current drive motor that emits high level noise by producing a magnetic field in said frequency range, the improvement comprising: a pair of horizontally spaced pickup coils for sensing a magnetic field around one of the rails produced by said control information, each of said coils having an upright axis and an axially extending, magnetic core component, means interconnecting said core components for establishing a flux path therebetween, means for mounting said pickup coils on said locomotive in an environment in which said noise is present but in operative positions closely spaced from an underlying rail and with the coils spaced transversely thereof, means interconnecting said coils in a manner to provide voltage addition in response to the magnetic field produced by said control information, and voltage subtraction in response to said noise, and input circuit means for said receiver operably connected to said coils, whereby to suppress interfering noise from the drive motor and deliver sensed information to the receiver.