Self-propelled trolley and supporting track structure

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1988-12-07

1991-01-15

Basinger, Sherman

Railway rolling stock

Suspended

Outer wheels

104 95, 191 34, B61B 300, E01B 2522

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active

049845233

ABSTRACT:
A self-propelled trolley and supporting track structure, the trolley forming a housing for a four wheel drive mechanism which is coupled to a driving motor attached to the housing and to a pair of axles each equipped with a pair of driving and supporting wheels adapted to engage transversely spaced track surfaces of the track structure. The track structure comprises a pair of transversely spaced channel section track members, each having upper and lower flanges terminating in guide surfaces and connected by a vertical web, the guide surfaces of one track member facing the guide surfaces of the other. The track surface are formed by the upper flanges of the track members and the guide surfaces are engageable by pairs of guide wheels appended to the trolley below the housing. A conductor bar assembly enclosed within the track members is engaged by collector shoes attached to the trolley.

REFERENCES:
Societe Lyonnaise, Des Eaux et de, L'Eclairage Safege "Overhead suspended rapid transit" chapters 6-9 pp. 1-36.

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