Notes on reduction in weight of cars; extensive employment of welding effects saving of 15 to 20% in weight; improvements in car wheels; Michelin pneumatic wheel; new design of truck frame. by Henschel and Son, Kassel; spring clutches employed for triple rail car train of Federal Swiss Railways, as developed by SA des Ateliers de Secheron and by Brown, Boveri and Co; Italian system by C. BIANCHI; Westinghouse braking systems. From Schweizerische Bauzeitung.


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    Title :

    Improvements in electric railways


    Additional title:

    Engrs' Digest


    Contributors:
    Sachs, K. (author)

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1940


    Size :

    3 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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