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NEWLY DEVELOPED EQUIPMENT TO MEASURE OVER- OR UNBALANCED LOADINGS OF FREIGHT CARS

K Jimbo

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Japanese National Railways has simulated freight car derailments on a test track designed for this purpose. Major problems have been encountered with two-axle cars as freight trains have been speeded up. In 1956 a system was developed to detect unbalance in such cars, but this required trains to traverse the scales at low speeds. This article describes a new installation which can be traversed by trains moving 45 km/h. The details of the system for detecting overloaded and unbalanced cars in a JNR classification yard are detailed.

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Japanese National Railways has simulated freight car derailments on a test track designed for this purpose. Major problems have been encountered with two-axle cars as freight trains have been speeded up. In 1956 a system was developed to detect unbalance in such cars, but this required trains to traverse the scales at low speeds. This article describes a new installation which can be traversed by trains moving 45 km/h. The details of the system for detecting overloaded and unbalanced cars in a JNR classification yard are detailed.

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Japanese National Railways has simulated freight car derailments on a test track designed for this purpose. Major problems have been encountered with two-axle cars as freight trains have been speeded up. In 1956 a system was developed to detect unbalance in such cars, but this required trains to traverse the scales at low speeds. This article describes a new installation which can be traversed by trains moving 45 km/h. The details of the system for detecting overloaded and unbalanced cars in a JNR classification yard are detailed.

Key concepts: Train, Traverse, Rail freight transport, Freight trains, Axle, Engineering, Track (disk drive), Measure (data warehouse)

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