HIGH POWER TRACTION CURRENT COLLECTION AT HIGH SPEEDS. LIGHT A.C. OVERHEAD CONTACT EQUIPMENT FOR HIGH POWER COLLECTION AT SPEEDS UP TO 300 KM/H

This report gives general recommendations concerning the design of light overhead equipment and pantographs suitable for the collection of current at speeds up to 300 km/h. These recommendations are valid for high-voltage a.c. supplies. An examples of a practical constructional design is appended.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Restrictions on the use of this document are contained in the explanatory material.
• Corporate Authors:

  International Union of Railways

  Office of Research and Experiments
  Utrecht,   Netherlands 
• Publication Date: 1975-10

Media Info

• Features: Appendices;
• Pagination: 11 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Catenaries (Railroads); Electric power generation and transmission; High speed rail; Pantographs; Railroad electrification; Vehicle design
• Old TRIS Terms: Electric power collection; Question a129
• Subject Areas: Design; Energy; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00053171
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: International Union of Railways
• Report/Paper Numbers: A129/RP 2/E
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 23 1976 12:00AM