LONDON TRANSPORT DE-ICING EXPERIMENTS

Sleet tenders attached to the front and rear of an empty service train are being used to de-ice conductor rails. One prototype tender has already been completed at Acton Works and another is under construction. The tender consists of a specially constructed four-wheel bogie to which is fitted de-icing equipment similar to that of a sleet locomotive i.e., three sets of crushing rollers, steel brushes and de-icing sprays. One of the three sets deals with the center negative rail, and the other two with the positive rail.

• Corporate Authors:

  Temple Press Limited

  161-166 Fleet Street
  Longon EC4,   England 
• Publication Date: 1957-2-8

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 164
• Serial:
  • RAILWAY GAZETTE
  • Volume: 106

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Costs; Deicing; Maintenance management; Maintenance of way; Railroad cars; Railroad electrification; Technology
• Uncontrolled Terms: Maintenance costs
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• Old TRIS Terms: Deicingg; Track maintenance equipment
• Subject Areas: Finance; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00037623
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 4 1994 12:00AM