High performance brakes - initial report on the track testing of SCG retarders (TM-PBS-126)

Last updated on 29 April 2013 12:37
The High Performance Brake Project is studying two designs of brake for use from speeds up to about 65 m/s (240 km/h). One, the SCG retarder, is the development of an automotive device, whilst the other is a development of the transmission HK brake used on APT-P power cars. Each...
Author(s): Hill D N
Organisation(s): British Rail Research ;
1988
United Kingdom
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