Untapped possibilities on rails
Electric railway traction - Applications of linear motors
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Untapped possibilities on rails
Electric railway traction - Applications of linear motors

Author : Yves MACHEFERT-TASSIN

Publication date: May 10, 2009 | Lire en français

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6. Untapped possibilities on rails

These possibilities are limited at very high speeds, by the difficulty of achieving compatibility between wheeled and wheelless systems, with the same lower gauge that is acceptable for the most widespread system, i.e. the railroad. This seems to us to be the area where everything remains to be done (with the exception of the basic electrical elements of linear motorization) to make the gauges compatible.

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