REPORT ON SOME RECENT TESTS BY THE "DIVISION DES ESSAIS DE MATERIEL OF THE S.N.C.F. 1. RAILWAY DYNAMICS SECTION (S.D.F.) 2. BRAKE TESTING SECTION (S.E.F.) 3. VITRY-SUR-SEINE TESTING STATION (S.E.V.)

Report of French rail technology including tests of braking and effects on vehicle stability, stability of an experimental gas turbine, locomotives with rubber block suspension. The second section deals with testing of braking systems of passenger and freight units. The last section reports testing of a modified suspension system, air suspension and an Eddy Current Brake.

• Corporate Authors:

  Federation des Industriels Ferroviaires

  92 rue Bonaparte
  75 Paris 6e,   France 
• Publication Date: 1970

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 105-115
• Serial:
  • French Railway Techniques
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Federation des Industriels Ferroviaires

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Brakes; Braking; Curved track; Disc brakes; Dynamics; High speed rail; Motor vehicles; Railroad rails; Railroad tracks; Railroad trains; Stability (Mechanics); Structural design; Superelevation; Suspensions; Tangent track; Technology; Trucks; Vehicle dynamics
• Uncontrolled Terms: Lateral dynamics; Vertical dynamics
• Geographic Terms: France
• Old TRIS Terms: Braking systems; Rail design
• Subject Areas: Motor Carriers; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00033374
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 28 1976 12:00AM