Test results for passenger cars on various lines, and comparison with coil spring trucks; pneumatic spring supports car body by inflating rubber bellows with compressed air; pressure can be varied automatically; diagrams show arrangement of Kisha Seizo Kaisha KS-51 used on National Railways, and KS-53 design fitted to new street cars of Nankai Electric Railways.


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    Title :

    Pneumatic springs for Japanese rolling stock


    Additional title:

    Ry Gaz


    Published in:

    Railway Gazette ; 110 , n 7


    Publication date :

    1959


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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