Re: dynamometercar

[David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>]

David Bromage wrote:

> David Johnson (trainman@ozemail.com.au) wrote:
> > When we were testing the 90 class locos, we put the dyno car between the 1st and
> > 2nd locos so we wouldn't pull the dyno car apart.   Climbing up to the long
> > tunnel on the Ulan line was a bit of a worry - the car was creaking and bending
> > in places it shouldn't have been!
>
> Is that the last operational dynamometer car in Australia?

We now usually strain gauge a coupler on the leading wagon of the train and run wires
to a test car at the back of the train, or even send the train unattended with a data
recorder attached.

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David Johnson
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