WAGON SPEED CONTROL IN GRAVITY YARDS USING GROUPED HYDRAULIC RETARDERS

Standard Dowty-Oleo hydraulic retarders positioned in classification yards provide wagon speed performance required. Booster units become unnecessary with more consistant rollability due to roller-bearing axleboxes and desired speed-control achieved by gradient and retarders alone.

• Availability:
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• Corporate Authors:

  Broadfields (Technical Publishers) Limited

  Little Leighs
  Chelmsford, Essex CMB 1PM,   England 
• Publication Date: 1974-4

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 141-144
• Serial:
  • Rail Engineering International
  • Volume: 4
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: De Rooi Publications
  • ISSN: 0141-4615

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Hump yards; Retarders (Concrete)
• Old TRIS Terms: Hydraulic retarders; Retarders
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Railroads; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00054624
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Rail Engineering International
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 24 1974 12:00AM