FS AND RENFE TRY OUT TILT-BODY PROTOTYPE TRAINS

A four-coach train with powered body tilting for use on sharply curved lines is being delivered by Fiat shortly for trial service in Italy, and a similar broad gauge set will be supplied to Spain next year. Two years of experience with Fiat's single Y.0160 test coach have demonstrated the efficiency of the electro-hydraulic tilt servo controlled by an accelerometer but supplemented by a gyroscope to reduce the response time to 0.1 sec.

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• Corporate Authors:

  IPC Transport Press, Limited

  Dorset House, Stamford Street
  London SE1 9LU,   England 
• Authors:
  • SANTANERA, O
• Publication Date: 1974-3

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: 4 p.
• Serial:
  • Railway Gazette International
  • Volume: 130
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: DVV Media Group
  • ISSN: 0373-5346
  • Serial URL: http://www.railwaygazette.com/about-us.html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: High speed rail; Passenger cars; Passenger service; Tilting trains
• Identifier Terms: Ferrovie dello Stato; Red Nacional de los Ferrocarriles Espanoles
• Old TRIS Terms: Tilting cars
• Subject Areas: Passenger Transportation; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00054314
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Railway Gazette International
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 10 1974 12:00AM