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First published 2001-1

Class Re 465 locomotives for heavy-haul freight service

P Gerber

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers,Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit

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First published 2014-11

Analysis of the rotation angle of a coupler used on heavy haul locomotives

Ziqiang Xu, Weihua Ma, Qing Wu [...]

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers,Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit

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First published 2021-11

Experimental assessment of the dynamic performance of slave control locomotive couplers in 20,000-tonne heavy-haul trains

Xin Ge, Liang Ling, Zaigang Chen [...]

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers,Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit

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First published 2025

Experimental investigation on the dynamic performance of a heavy haul locomotive and its coupler and buffer system under longitudinal forces

Zhichao Zhang, Gaofeng Chu, Kaikai Lv [...]

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers,Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit

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First published 2024-9

Wheel-rail contact wear analysis on curved lubricated track for heavy haul locomotive studies

Yan Quan Sun, Maksym Spiryagin, Qing Wu [...]

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers,Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit

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First published 2021-4

Influence of wheel polygonal wear on wheel-rail dynamic contact in a heavy-haul locomotive under traction conditions

Hongqin Liang, Pengfei Liu, Tianlong Wang [...]

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers,Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit

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First published 2019-9

Testing of modified primary stiffness for heavy-haul locomotives operating on sharper-radius curves

Pengfei Liu, Kai Wei, Kaiyun Wang [...]

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers,Part K: Journal of Multi-body Dynamics

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First published 2022-3

Hill-starting a heavy haul train with a 24-axle locomotive

Qing Wu, Xiangjian Yang, Xihong Jin

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers,Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit

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First published 2013-9

Conceptual designs of hybrid locomotives for application as heavy haul trains on typical track lines

Yan Sun, Colin Cole, Maksym Spiryagin [...]

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers,Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit

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First published 2024-9

Investigation of curve minimum radius in heavy-haul railway to improve wheel wear evolution and wheel-rail contact geometry

Pengfei Liu, Kai Hao, Chen Wang [...]

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers,Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit

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