REDUCING THE NOISE NUISANCE OF JAW-TYPE RETARDERS

Noise nuisance can occur at marshalling yards where jaw-type retarders are employed, although the noise produced is less with secondary retarders than with retarders in the reception lines. The noise problem of secondary retarders has been overcome by the measures described in the article. Investigations were therefore carried out at the hump installation of the DB's marshalling yard at Duisburg-Hochfeld-Sud to examine how far the solution for secondary retarders can be applied to those in reception tracks. Loud screeching and grating noises of long duration occur particularly at reception-track retarders, and are a source of Technology now in progress, but preliminary results are already given here.

• Corporate Authors:

  Hestra Verlag

  Holzhofallee 33, Postfach 4244
  6100 Darmstadt 1,   Germany 
• Authors:
  • Kepper, H
  • Meuters, G
• Publication Date: 1976-10

Language

• German

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 606-608
• Serial:
  • Eisenbahntechnische Rundschau
  • Volume: 25
  • Issue Number: 10
  • Publisher: Hestra Verlag

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Noise; Noise control; Noise sources; Retarder control; Yard operations
• Identifier Terms: Deutsche Bahn; Deutsche Bundesbahn
• Old TRIS Terms: Retarder noise
• Subject Areas: Environment; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00149381
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: British Railways
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 27 1977 12:00AM