Railway rolling stock – Locomotives – Traction regulators
Patent
1990-03-05
1991-06-18
Oberleitner, Robert J.
Railway rolling stock
Locomotives
Traction regulators
105170, 1051994, 104243, B61C 1100, B61C 1502
Patent
active
050241630
ABSTRACT:
There is provided a multi-rail vehicle system, which can be used to improve the efficiency of existing systems and to reduce risk of derailments. The systems comprises a vehicle designed to ride upon a pair of conventional outer rails and an additional load-carrying central rail. The central rail comprises a pair of slanted rails having external surfaces which extend, preferably, substantially perpendicularly one to the other, and are joined at an apex pointing upwardly. The intersection of the central rail surfaces coinciding, preferably, with the central line of the rail. The vehicle of the present invention comprises a central traction wheel with an axle secured to the vehicle by means permitting vertical linear movement and rotation about a vertical axis, the wheel, being rotatably secured about the horizontal axis of the axle. The vehicle also includes two or more pairs of outer wheels on axles; the wheels are designed to ride upon the three rails.
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Magidoff Barry G.
Morano S. Joseph
Oberleitner Robert J.
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