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Rights & Permissions Free PDF Access Sign in to download PDF book and chapters Free Resources Display this book on your site! Related Titles TCRP Report 71 Volume 5: Flange Climb Derailment Criteria and Wheel/Rail Profile Management and Maintenance Guidelines for Transit Operations TCRP Report 71 Volume 7: Track-Related Research, Volume 7: Guidelines for Guard/Restraining Rail Installation Other Related Titles TCRP Report 114: Center Truck Performance on Low-Floor Light Rail Vehicles (2006) Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Citation Manager Export the bibliographic data for this book in your chosen format Web Search Builder Use this book's key terms to search within this book, across our collection, or across the Web. Skim This Chapter Skim this chapter and use this chapter's key terms to search within this book. Reference Finder Paste in your own text to find books that relate to your topic. Citation Manager Griffin, Trevor, Transportation Research Board. "Appendix C - Vehicle Data." TCRP Report 114: Center Truck Performance on Low-Floor Light Rail Vehicles. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2006. Please select a format: Page 67   E-mail Share on facebook Facebook Share on delicious Delicious Share on stumbleupon Stumble Share on twitter Twitter More Sharing ServicesMore Page 67 Front Matter (R1-R9) Summary (1-1) 1.3 Worldwide LFLRV Developments (2-2) 1.4 Potential Issues (3-3) 1.6 Dimensions (4-5) 2.1 Conceptual Development (6-8) 2.2 Product Development (9-10) 2.3 Application in the United States (11-19) 2.4 Summary of Experience (20-20) 2.6 Trends (21-22) 3.2 Derailment (23-23) 3.3 Excessive Wheel and Rail Wear (24-24) 3.4 Noise (25-25) 3.6 Contributing Factors (26-34) 4.1 Purpose and Structure (35-35) 4.3 Fundamental Guidance (36-36) 4.4 Vehicle Specifications (37-39) 4.6 Vehicle Maintenance Guidelines (40-41) 4.8 Future Vehicle Design (42-42) 4.9 Infrastructure Guidelines (43-44) 4.11 Infrastructure Maintenance Standards (45-46) 4.13 Best Practice for System Design (47-48) Chapter 5 - Recommendations for Further Research (49-49) Chapter 6 Conclusions (50-50) References (51-51) Appendix A - TCRP Research Project C-16 Scope of Work (52-64) Appendix B - Glossary (65-66) Appendix C - Vehicle Data (67-67) Appendix D - Track Data and Standards Applicable to the Transit Systems Studied (68-68) Appendix E - Track Maintenance Standards (69-71) Appendix F - Bibliography (72-76) Abbreviations used without definitions in TRB publications (77-77)

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67 APPENDIX C Vehicle Data Supplier Breda Kinki Sharyo Siemens Units System MBTA NJT HBL Santa Portland San Diego Houston and Clara VTA MAX Newark Type 8 SD Avanto Avanto Length 72 87.7 87.7 89 96.4 96.4 feet Center pivot 23.4 33.3 33.7 34.8 33.6 33.6 feet distance Vehicle mass 43 49.6 48.7 48.5 49.3 49.5 ton (empty) Maximum speed 55 55 55 55 56 65 mph Center truck 74.8 70.9 70.9 70.9 70.9 70.9 inches wheelbase Floor height over 14 133/4 141/4 14 14 14 inches center truck Dampers between 0 2 2 (one end) 3 2 each 2 each links Center truck Rubber Rubber Rubber Conical Rubber primary suspension cylindrical chevron chevron rubber chevron springs springs springs springs springs Primary suspension +10, -11 11 +30, -20 +15, -20 +29, -17 +25, -20 mm range Center truck 4 Air Air spring Air springs Central coil Coil Coil secondary springs with with 2 with 6 springs, springs, springs, suspension leveling height height lateral and lateral and lateral and valves control control vertical vertical vertical valves valves dampers dampers dampers Vertical plus 25 22 22 20 No limit 35 mm Vertical minus 40 10 50 43 45 mm Lateral plus 34 10 10 25 10 30 mm Lateral minus 34 10 10 25 20 30 mm Yaw control on Resilient Resilient Fixed Resilient Resilient Resilient center truck traction traction traction traction traction links links and links links links stops Wheel dia. (new) 26 26 26 26 26 26 inches Wheel tread slope 1 in 40 1 in 20 1 in 32 1 in 30 1 in 40 1 in 40 Flange angle 75 75 70 70 75 70 degrees Flange height 0.75 0.75 0.75 1.063 1.063 1.08 inches Wheel tread width 4 4 5.5 4.96 5.31 5.31 inches Wheel gauge max. 1427 1423 1415 1427 1415 1422 mm Wheel gauge min. 1427 1421 1405 1423 1411 1418 mm Wheel back to back 1376 1372-4 (1) 1363-8 1368.6 1352.52- 1359-1360 mm 1365.46 1355.7 (1) Newark Subway cars, 1,358 mm on Hudson-Bergen