Lab 24 Trestrol
This vehicle was converted from a Trestrol EC
bogie wagon and fitted with APT H2X experimental bogies and
transmission with tilt RDB901603 was also used as a test bed for the pantograph anti-tilt mechanism A contemporary account of testing on WCML in 1977 Up to speeds of 203 km/h and 6° cant deficiency
the lateral ride of Trestrol was satisfactory. Over straight track the
ride performance of both Trestrol and a Class 86/2 locomotive (hauling
the test train) was similar, but on curves the latter gave a more favourable
response. In the vertical plane the ride of Trestrol was fairly good,
and gave a better performance than the locomotive over both straight and
curved track. |
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