Qin SHANG, Lianfeng LI, Xu TU. Development and Application of Foreign Cog Railways and Rack Vehicles[J]. Electric Drive for Locomotives, 2019,(2):9-15.
Qin SHANG, Lianfeng LI, Xu TU. Development and Application of Foreign Cog Railways and Rack Vehicles[J]. Electric Drive for Locomotives, 2019,(2):9-15. DOI: 10.13890/j.issn.1000-128x.2019.02.002.
This paper introduced the characteristics, advantages and disadvantages of foreign cog railways and the rack vehicles, the development history and classification of gear-rail railway systems, analyzed the characteristics and applicable conditions of different rack systems, and summarized the current application status of foreign cog railways and rack vehicles and the application situation of typical representative rack-rail lines and rack vehicles. Based on the analysis of the latest technology adopted by the rack vehicles abroad in recent years, the future development trend of the technology was put forward.