DOUBLE-MODE RAILWAY TRAIN Russian patent published in 2015 - IPC B61D1/00 B61C7/04 B61C17/00 B61D3/10 

FIELD: transport.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to railway transport. The railway train consists of at least three cars (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) and includes two end cars (1, 3) each one of which rests on motor wheel bogie (10) by its free end, and by its opposite end rests on axle of carrying inter-car wheel bogie (11) with two carrying axles. At least one car (2, 4, 5, 6) located between two end cars (1, 3) rests on the axle of carrying inter-car bogie (11) by its each end. The train contains on-board equipment including device (25, 28) for connecting to contact electric system, transformer (27), traction electronic unit (19), device (20) for rheostatic braking, generator set (22), tank (23) with liquid fuel and accumulator battery (16). The fuel tank (23) is located under frame of end car (1, 3). The accumulator battery (16) is located inside end car (1, 3), essentially over motor wheel bogie (10), and the rest on-board equipment (10, 20, 22, 25, 27, 28) is located on roof and distributed between train cars (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6). Train set of cars includes at least two railway trains.

EFFECT: improved train dynamic characteristics.

19 cl, 3 dwg, 1 tbl