Rail-borne motive power unit

Details Rail-borne motive power unit Rail-borne motive power unit

1996-05-29

1998-04-07

Morano, S. Joseph

Railway rolling stock

Locomotives

Powered bogie

105 342, 105 35, 105 49, 105 622, B61C 300, B61C 700

Patent

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057352151

ABSTRACT:
The invention relates to a rail-borne power unit for conveying passengers. The unit has at least one coach section formed by a coach body with at least one passenger compartment for passengers and with a driver's cab at one or both ends. The coach body is supported on running-gear assemblies formed by wheelsets and driven by at least one drive unit. The rail-borne power unit is a low-floor vehicle in which a central part of the coach body is lowered relative to its end parts. At least one end part of the rail-borne power unit is designed as a motor-coach head. The unit is selectively driven by at least one diesel-mechanical drive, or a diesel-electric drive, or a purely electric drive, or a multi-system drive formed by a combination of a diesel-electric drive with a purely electric drive, or a multi-system drive formed by a combination of two different electric drive variants, or a multi-system drive formed by a combination of a diesel-electric and two different electric drive variants. An electric drive motor drives at least one axle of one of the running-gear assemblies.

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patent: 4900944 (1990-02-01), Donnelly

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