BRITISH RAIL IS CHECKING ADHESION VARIATIONS

A 12-month appraisal of variations in wheel/rail adhesion over a 180-mile circuit from Derby, England, has been undertaken by British Rail's Tribometer test train. The Tribometer is a research vehicle designed to check adhesion limits by applications of its independent braking system. When complete there will be a data bank of adhesion conditions from which it is expected to be possible to correlate adhesion with factors such as type of traffic, weather and time of day.

• Corporate Authors:

  Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

  P.O. Box 350
  Bristol, CT  United States  06010
• Publication Date: 1973-11

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: 2 p.
• Serial:
  • Railway Locomotives and Cars
  • Volume: 147
  • Issue Number: 9
  • Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Adhesion; Technology; Train track dynamics
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• Old TRIS Terms: Tribometer test trains
• Subject Areas: Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00053756
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 26 1974 12:00AM