Attempt by French railways to obtain higher speeds on curves without discomfort to passengers or excessive stresses on track; body of car has drop girder underframe with swan neck formation at each end, resting on supports which project from truck; length oa 73 ft 1 in.; weight 37 tons; body can incline 18° on each side of vertical; horizontal axis of oscillation is about 5 ft 9 in. above rail with center of gravity 2 ft 3 5/8 in. lower.
Experimental coach with pendulum suspension
Ry Gaz
Railway Gazette ; 106 , n 18
1957
Article (Journal)
English
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