Railway rolling stock – Streamline form rolling stock
Patent
1985-08-07
1988-03-01
Reeves, Robert B.
Railway rolling stock
Streamline form rolling stock
105 11, 105 15, 105342, B61D 1720, B61D 1702
Patent
active
047278145
ABSTRACT:
An inseparable railroad train unit comprises three cars and is adapted for use selectively as a self propelled unit and as an after-coupled unit in a passenger train of the through-passage type. At least the front end of the train unit has a central window equipped door, behind which a driver's desk is provided, and around the door opening is provided a forwardly protruding elastomeric gable member, which provides for an aerodynamically advantageous shape of the front. When the train unit is after-coupled to a similar unit, the driver's desk is stowed away laterally, and the front door is opened for providing the required through passage. The elastomeric gable member now acts as a sealing and shielding element surrounding the passageway between the car and the preceding car.
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Danske Statsbaner
Foster Glenn B.
Reeves Robert B.
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