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Channel tunnel shuttle locomotive curving study (PP) (TR-VDY-014)

Last updated on 21 July 2023 9:07

This study was undertaken by BR Research at the request of Brush Electrical Machines Ltd, Loughborough. It is a comparison of wheel wear rates of three locomotive types (Bo-Bo, Co-Co and Bo-Bo-Bo) and two wheel profiles (BR-P8 and UIC-S1002 profiles, both on UIC-54 rail inclined at 1:20 and 1435 mm...

Author(s): Goldney I M

Organisation(s): British Rail Research ;

1987

United Kingdom

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