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Performance of secondary suspension spring plungers on G.E.C. pantographs (TM-ETR-051)

Last updated on 26 July 2013 2:40

It has been observed on a number of occasions that the spring plunger type of head suspension fitted to both AMBR and G.E.C. pantographs does not function adequately at high speeds. This has been assumed to be due to the increase of the sliding friction of the plungers due to...

Author(s): Betts A.I.;Mcgarraghy L.

Organisation(s): British Rail Research ;

1975

United Kingdom

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