Tests were carried out with variable gage Talgo train set in which system of independently rotating wheels lends to operation of variable gage running; stability and braking tests at speeds up to 170 km/hr were undertaken on trains running between Spain and France; feature of gage-changing installation is that while passing through it, wheels are released from load; nylon shoes are fitted to suspension unit frames at axlebox level; train arriving on 5-ft 6 in. gage can be propelled, after locomotive has been detached, at 15 km/hr on to installation. (24403)
Talgo trains on two gauges
Ry Gaz
Railway Gazette ; 125 , n 4
1969
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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