摘要：Rolling stock connection systems are key to running longer and heavier trains as they provide both the connections of vehicles and the damping,providing the longitudinal suspension of the *** paper focuses on the evolution of both connection and stiffness damping *** is on freight rolling stock,but passenger draw gears are also *** was found that connection systems have evolved from the buff and chain system used in the pioneer railways of the 1800s to the modern auto-coupler connection systems that are in-service worldwide *** versions of the buff and chain coupling are,however,still in use in the EU,UK,South America and India.A wide range of auto-coupler systems are currently utilised,but the AAR coupler(Janney coupler)remains the most popular.A further variation that persists is the SA3 coupler(improved Wilson coupler)which is an alternative auto-coupler design used mainly throughout the former Soviet *** the review to auto-coupler systems allowed the paper to focus on draft gears which revealed polymer,polymer-friction,steel spring-friction,hydraulic draft gears and sliding sill cushioning *** with the single compressive draft gear units balanced and floating plate configurations are also *** draft gear acceptance standards are presented along with modelling that was included to aid in presentation of the functional characteristics of draft gears.

摘要：Interest in hydrogen-powered rail vehicles has gradually increased worldwide over recent decades due to the global pressure on reduction in greenhouse gas emissions,technology availability,and multiple options of power *** the past,research and development have been primarily focusing on light rail and regional trains,but the interest in hydrogen-powered freight and heavy haul trains is also *** review shows that some technical feasibility has been demonstrated from the research and experiments on proof-of-concept *** rail vehicles powered by hydrogen either are currently operating or are the subject of experimental *** paper identifies that fuel cell technology is well developed and has obvious application in providing electrical traction power,while hydrogen combustion in traditional IC engines and gas turbines is not yet well *** need for on-board energy storage is discussed along with the benefits of energy management and control systems.

摘要：对南非Spoornet和澳大利亚昆士兰铁路两大煤炭运输系统的重载运输列车进行了比较,这两大系统根据各自不同的运输需要设计了不同形式的列车,结合仿真和现场测试的数据,对产生这些不同的原因进行了探索。对由2个相同单元连挂起来组成的COALlink动力分散列车的优点进行了详细研究。本文还对两大系统的列车进行了增加总重的仿真研究。为了获得归一化的比较方法,每次仿真都采用相同的牵引方式,这一技术突出了两大系统的相似之处和不同之处,仿真结果证实了昆士兰铁路的列车需要增大功率-质量比,同时表明了动力分散对降低列车作用力是有益处的。