THE FORCED STEERING TILT TRUCK FOR DIESEL LIMITED EXPRESS

Railway Technical Research Institute (RTRI) and Hokkaido Railway Company have jointly developed a steering pendulum bogie of a series 283 diesel power car limited express in an effort to shorten the travel time between Sapporo and Kushiro. The bogie is equipped with link type wheelset steering device connected with a bogie rotational angle, in order to reduce lateral forces between wheel and rail. The tilt roll center height was set at 1900 mm from the rail surface level to improve riding comfort and avoid wheel unloading. A new air servo cylinder for tilting was also developed. Tilt mechanism took into consideration the severe winter weather. This paper describes the characteristics and mechanism of the bogie.

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  Railway Technical Research Institute

  2-8-38, Hikari-cho, Kokubunji-shi
  Tokyo 185,   Japan 
• Authors:
  • Kogayashi, H
  • Okamoto, I
  • Akiyama, Y
• Publication Date: 2000-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 16-20
• Serial:
  • Railway Technical Research Institute, Quarterly Reports
  • Volume: 41
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Railway Technical Research Institute/Tetsudo Gijutsu Kenkyujo
  • ISSN: 0033-9008
  • Serial URL: http://www.rtri.or.jp/eng/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Diesel electric locomotives; Lateral acceleration; Passenger comfort; Steering components; Tilting trains; Travel time
• Identifier Terms: Shinkansen
• Geographic Terms: Japan
• Subject Areas: Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00791172
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 16 2000 12:00AM