Passenger Train Equipment Review Report. Volume 5. Banking Systems and Train Articulation

摘要

Early in 1977, the Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Research and Development, initiated the Improved Passenger Equipment Evaluation Program (IPEEP), which was designed as a detailed systematic review of advanced passenger trains and equipment throughout the world that could possibly be used in the United States. During the course of this program, the members of the IPEEP Train System Review Team prepared 24 technical papers, in addition to the basic set of IPEEP reports covering baseline data and individual train reviews and a separate report on train performance methodology. This volume of three papers covers clearances for tilt-body passenger vehicles in the Northeast Corridor, tilt systems of modern passenger vehicles, and British and French passenger vehicle articulation systems.