Interchangeable driveable leading or trailing railway car
AssigneeDanske Statsbaner
InventorJens Nielsen
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Abstract
An inseparable railroad train unit comprises three cars and is adapted for use selectively as a self propelled unit and as an after-coupled unit in a passenger train of the through-passage type. At least the front end of the train unit has a central window equipped door, behind which a driver's desk is provided, and around the door opening is provided a forwardly protruding elastomeric gable member, which provides for an aerodynamically advantageous shape of the front. When the train unit is after-coupled to a similar unit, the driver's desk is stowed away laterally, and the front door is opened for providing the required through passage. The elastomeric gable member now acts as a sealing and shielding element surrounding the passageway between the car and the preceding car.
Claims17
A railroad car for use selectively as a leading car and as an after-coupled through-passage car, comprising a front gable, a driver's compartment behind the front gable, an openable front door in a front door opening in the front gable, and shielding means arranged generally in front of at least the side and top edges of said door opening so as to be operable to form, together with similar shielding means of another car, a shielded passageway between the cars, characterized in that the driver's compartment is constituted by the space immediately behind the said front door, which is at least partially transparent, and that the driver's control equipment is located in a movable unit, which is shiftable between an operative position wherein the front door is closed and the movable unit is disposed just behind the closed front door and an inoperative position wherein the front door is opened to form said passageway and the movable unit is stowed away at a location where it is removed from said passageway behind the front gable to form a generally unobstructed walkway through the passageway.
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