COMPUTER SIMULATION OF POWER SUPPLY REQUIREMENTS FOR HIGH-SPEED FREIGHT OPERATION IN EUROPE

Increasing the commercial speed of freight trains is regarded as an interesting option by several railway companies. In order to verify whether the prevailing power supply systems would be compatible with the operation of high speed freight trains, an analysis based on computer simulation was carried out. This article presents the results obtained.

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• Authors:
  • Fracchia, M
  • Galaverna, M
  • Sciutto, G
• Publication Date: 1999

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 14-16
• Serial:
  • Rail Engineering International
  • Volume: 28
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: De Rooi Publications
  • ISSN: 0141-4615

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Electric power supply; Freight trains; High speed rail; Simulation
• Geographic Terms: Europe
• Subject Areas: Energy; Freight Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00778673
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 16 1999 12:00AM