SPEED INDICATING ON LOCOMOTIVES

The speed indicating and recording equipment manufactured by Elliot Brothers consists of an a.c. tachometer generator mounted on the bogie axlebox and directly coupled to the axle shaft, supplying current proportional to train speed via a wheel diameter compensator to speed indicators in both driving cabs and a graphic speed recorder within the locomotive. Electrical impuses corresponding to distance travelled operate a mileage counter of the cyclometer type. Since all the connections between the various components of the system are electrical, there is complete flexibility in the layout of equipment.

• Corporate Authors:

  Temple Press Limited

  161-166 Fleet Street
  Longon EC4,   England 
• Publication Date: 1953-2-6

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 157-158
• Serial:
  • RAILWAY GAZETTE
  • Volume: 98

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Equipment design; Railroad trains; Tachographs; Technology
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• Old TRIS Terms: Train speed recorders
• Subject Areas: Design; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00039923
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 4 1994 12:00AM