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Re: Model of MATRA VAL System
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lugnet.trains
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Mon, 6 Mar 2000 17:31:30 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Iain Hendry writes:
> Miles Gentry wrote in message ...
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> > In lugnet.robotics, Iain Hendry writes:
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> > Most network guideway systems steer the vehicles with such additional • wheels
> > mounted horizontally on both sides to follow either the left vertical rail
> > surface or the right vertical rail surface at "Y" intersections.
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> Actually, none of the rubber-tyred systems I've seen have used that system.
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> Rubber-tyred large-scale Metros, in such cities as Montreal and Paris,
> simply "drop off" the concrete guideway and roll onto their flanged wheels,
> nested within the outboard mounted rubber tyres on their axles. The trains
> navigate the switch using the flanged rails, then hop back up onto the
> concrete beams. In Montreal it's slightly different, where the weight of the
> train is still carried by the beam.
Nope the wheight of the train is on the rubber tires, the beam are there only
for protection in case a tire blow out. Thay are also resopnsible for track
switching.
Martin
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| Martin Legault wrote in message ... (...) wheels, (...) the (...) only (...) The statement I made was in reference to switching. The beamway *is* the suport for the running tyres. The rails nested within those running beams serve as a safety in case (...) (25 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Model of MATRA VAL System
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| Miles Gentry wrote in message ... (...) wheels (...) Actually, none of the rubber-tyred systems I've seen have used that system. Rubber-tyred large-scale Metros, in such cities as Montreal and Paris, simply "drop off" the concrete guideway and roll (...) (25 years ago, 4-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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