TRACTION POWER LABORATORY (TEL)

The traction-energy laboratory can be used in freight, mail and luggage, passenger and household trains, as well as when travelling with a separate locomotive on the entire network of railways of the 1520 mm gauge, CIS countries, Baltic States with speeds up to 140 km/h.The laboratory is equipped with an information-computer complex (ICS) - a distributed system, which provides measurements of:Contact network voltage and locomotive section currentThe laboratory is designed for calculation and operational verification of:Critical mass norms and conditions for passing trains (including increased mass and length and coupled trains)Composition of passenger trainsLocomotive load on couplingLongitudinal-dynamic forces under the conditions of autocoupling devices durabilityChecking norms of fuel and energy resources consumption for traction on the basis of the following parameters