NEWLY DEVELOPED EQUIPMENT TO MEASURE OVER- OR UNBALANCED LOADINGS OF FREIGHT CARS

Japanese National Railways has simulated freight car derailments on a test track designed for this purpose. Major problems have been encountered with two-axle cars as freight trains have been speeded up. In 1956 a system was developed to detect unbalance in such cars, but this required trains to traverse the scales at low speeds. This article describes a new installation which can be traversed by trains moving 45 km/h. The details of the system for detecting overloaded and unbalanced cars in a JNR classification yard are detailed.

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  Japan Railway Engineers' Association

  2-5-18 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku
  Tokyo,   Japan 
• Authors:
  • Jimbo, K
• Publication Date: 1976

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 6-9
• Serial:
  • Japanese Railway Engineering
  • Volume: 16
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Japan Railway Engineers' Association
  • ISSN: 0448-8938

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Classification yards; Derailments; Detectors; Freight cars; Loading and unloading; Overturning; Two axle cars
• Old TRIS Terms: Freight car loading; Track scales
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Railroads; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00148585
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 15 1977 12:00AM