LIGHT-WEIGHT TWIN-CAR ARTICULATED-SETS FOR TYNE AND WEAR 1,500-V METRO

Compact 270-passenger capacity aluminum-clad sets designed for multiple-operation up to three units mounted on Duwag bogies with leading and trailing motored and intermediate incorporating a three-ring ball-race articulation with wide vestuble-connection between bodies. Metro-Cammell designed in conjunction with GEC and Siemens for speeds up to 80 km/h with Westinghouse Westcode control and Scharfenberg automatic couplers incorporating all connections to ensure manual-free making-up of multiple formations. Dynamic braking and spring-operated disc brakes with magnetic track brakes for emergency application.

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/9675046
• Corporate Authors:

  Broadfields (Technical Publishers) Limited

  Little Leighs
  Chelmsford, Essex CMB 1PM,   England 
• Publication Date: 1974-10

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: p. 371-374
• Serial:
  • Rail Engineering International
  • Volume: 4
  • Issue Number: 8
  • Publisher: De Rooi Publications
  • ISSN: 0141-4615

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Articulated cars; Multiple unit trains; Rapid transit cars
• Identifier Terms: Tyne and Wear Metro
• Old TRIS Terms: Monomotor trucks
• Subject Areas: Public Transportation; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00072762
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Rail Engineering International
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 16 1981 12:00AM