Monitoring the DC third rail interface using an in-service train
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- Author(s): S.R. Green 1 ; D. Hickson 1 ; D. Ward 1 ; C. Roberts 1 ; P. Weston 1 ; E. Stewart 1
- Conference: 5th IET Conference on Railway Condition Monitoring and Non-Destructive Testing (RCM 2011)
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5th IET Conference on Railway Condition Monitoring and Non-Destructive Testing (RCM 2011),
January 2011
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33
Affiliations:
1:
Selhurst Tramcare Depot, Southern Railway Ltd., London
, UK
- DOI: 10.1049/cp.2011.0588
- ISBN: 978-1-84919-558-4
- Location: Derby, UK
- Conference date: 29-30 Nov. 2011
- Format: PDF
This paper describes the background to, development and trials of a system fitted to in-service train which can measure the quality of the dynamic interface between shoegear and the third rail on the UK 750V DC network. The paper will demonstrate the early results showing the systems ability to pick out locations where the interface is performing abnormally and to detect the defects responsible for those deviations. (5 pages)
Inspec keywords: measurement systems; railway electrification
Subjects: Transportation; Instrumentation and measurement systems

