THE SWISS FEDERAL RAILWAYS' SWISS EXPRESS COACHES WITH TILTING EQUIPMENT

DER SUISSE-EXPRESS-WAGEN MIT QUERNEIGE-EINRICHTUNG DER SCHWEIZERISCHEN BUNDESBAHNEN

These coaches have an aluminum body, are air-conditioned, and are designed for a maximum speed of 140 km/h. Gangway connections, without doors, are provided between the coaches, as well as UIC type automatic centre buffer, couplings. The 728 SIG-A type bogies are provided with body tilting equipment, which is operated by means of one electromotor per bogie, over a guide rail. Guidance is effected by means of centrifugal equipment. The coaches are equipped with a combined disc-block brake, the discs providing 75%, and the brake-blocks 25%, of the brake power.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Siemens (Georg) Verlagsbuchhandlung

  Luetzowstrasse 105-196
  1 Berlin 30,   Germany 
• Authors:
  • Lack, H
  • Schaffner, A
  • Meyer, W
• Publication Date: 1973

Language

• German

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: 9 p.
• Serial:
  • Glasers Annalen ZEV
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Siemens (Georg) Verlagsbuchhandlung
  • ISSN: 0373-322X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Brakes; High speed rail; Passenger cars; Passenger service; Tilting trains
• Identifier Terms: Schweizerische Bundesbahnen
• Old TRIS Terms: Braking systems; Tilting cars
• Subject Areas: Passenger Transportation; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00050590
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: International Railway Documentation, Selection of
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 24 1976 12:00AM