Description of coach put into service on Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad; arrangement adopted has four main features: basically stable suspension, lateral springs soft enough to be effective cushion for lateral loads, vertical body springs with sufficient vertical deflection to isolate car body from truck vibrations, and car body designed to take loads imposed by new suspension and yet be of light weight.


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    Title :

    Pendulum-mounted railway passenger coach


    Additional title:

    Engineering


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Engineering ; 153 , n 3984


    Publication date :

    1942


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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