BELGIAN FOUR-CAR CHOPPER SETS START TRIALS

The first of a series of chopper-controlled four-car electric multiple-unit trains for service in Belgium has been delivered. Each unit has two driving trailer cars and two intermediate coaches motored on all eight axles. Bodies are of low-carbon steel. Power at 3 kV dc is fed to the traction motors through a control consisting of two chopper groups, each of which feeds four motors in series/parallel.

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• Corporate Authors:

  IPC Transport Press, Limited

  Dorset House, Stamford Street
  London SE1 9LU,   England 
• Publication Date: 1975-8

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 309-310
• Serial:
  • Railway Gazette International
  • Volume: 131
  • Issue Number: 8
  • Publisher: DVV Media Group
  • ISSN: 0373-5346
  • Serial URL: http://www.railwaygazette.com/about-us.html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Chopper circuits; Electric automobiles; Electric vehicles; Multiple unit trains; Solid state devices; Test trains; Tests; Traction
• Identifier Terms: Societe Nationale des Chemins de Fer Belges
• Uncontrolled Terms: Propulsion systems
• Old TRIS Terms: Choppers; Solid state; Traction tests
• Subject Areas: Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00126440
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 5 1975 12:00AM