SWISS FEDERAL RAILWAYS NEW COMMUTER 15-KV MULTIPLE-UNIT PROTOTYPE SETS IN LIGHT ALLOY WITH THYRISTOR CONTROL

To obtain greater versatility, lightweight trainsets were selected for pre-production service evaluation. Two power cars were incorporated in three- or four-car sets to determine acceptable power demand consistent with good acceleration. Thyristor controls are seen as having several advantages in suburban operation, but problems of electrical interference with communications and signal cables are special problems.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Broadfields (Technical Publishers) Limited

  Little Leighs
  Chelmsford, Essex CMB 1PM,   England 
• Authors:
  • WINTER, P
• Publication Date: 1975-6

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 144-150
• Serial:
  • Rail Engineering International
  • Volume: 5
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: De Rooi Publications
  • ISSN: 0141-4615

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Electric power conditioning; Interference; Lightweight materials; Multiple unit trains; Solid state devices; Telecommunications; Thyristors
• Uncontrolled Terms: Propulsion systems
• Old TRIS Terms: Solid state
• Subject Areas: Energy; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00126454
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 5 1976 12:00AM