New experimental "Alweg" monorail train began official runs in October; testing station near Cologne, Germany, has area of 120 acres and track raised on concrete pillars from 1.2 to 3.5 m in height; track is of oval shape with straight sides and rounded ends; train, consisting of three coaches coupled together, is driven by twenty-four 5-hp series wound motors; illustrated. (see also Ry Eng and Maintenance v 48 n 12 Dec 1952 p 1188-9)
High-speed electric mono-railway
Engineer
Engineer ; 194 , n 5057
1952
2 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
© Metadata Copyright Elsevier B. V. All rights reserved.
High speed electric railway problems
Engineering Index Backfile | 1903
|High-speed electric railway work
Engineering Index Backfile | 1904
|High speed electric railway traction
Engineering Index Backfile | 1935
|High-speed electric railway traction
Engineering Index Backfile | 1901
|High-Speed Railway Electric Multiple Unit
Springer Verlag | 2023
|