Rolling Stock Components

Rolling stock originally referred to the vehicles that move on a railway. It usually includes both

powered and unpowered vehicles, for example locomotives, railroad cars, coaches, and wagons.

Rolling Stock Components

1- Car body
a. Car body shell
b. Underframe
c. Floor
d. Crash structure
e. Windows
f. Insulation
g. Painting and Sound damping
h. Fixing / connecting elements

2- Car body fittings

a. Front/End car body fittings
b. Roof car body fittings
c. Underframe car body fittings
d. Lateral car body fittings

3- Guidance (Bogies and running gear)

a. Motor bogie
b. Trailer bogie
4- Power System
a. Power supply
b. Power generation
c. Power conversion
d. Power dissipation
e. Power storage

5- Propulsion
a. Traction Control Unit (TCU)
b. Gear box
c. Traction motor
d. Mechanical transmission
e. Power converter

6- Auxiliary systems
a. Air supply system
b. Hydraulic system
c. Auxiliary electric system
d. Main Auxiliary Converter equipment
e. Low Voltage Power Supply / Battery Charger equipment
f. Special Aux. Converter equipment
g. Battery equipment
h. External supply system
i. Cooling unit for power and drive systems
j. Fire protection system
k. Sanding equipment
l. Horn
m. Flange lubrication device

7- Braking System
a. Brake control system
b. Friction brake equipment
c. Wheel Slip Protection (WSP) equipment
d. Magnetic track brake equipment
e. Emergency brake equipment
f. Eddy current brake equipment

8- Interiors
a. Interior architecture
b. Interior equipment
c. Toilet system
d. Engine room
e. Catering system

9- On board vehicle control

a. Electronic Train Control System (ETCS)
b. Train Control Management System (TCMS)
c. Heritage Automatic Train Protection (ATP) unit
d. Automatic Train Operation (ATO) unit
 e. Fault data logger
f. Heritage juridical recorder unit
g. Voice recorder
h. System, capture unit
i. Video surveillance
j. Electronic rear mirror

10- Passenger information System (PIS)

a. Public Address System
b. Safety Alarm Systems
c. Central Passenger information System (PIS) unit
d. Driver-Machine Interface (DMI) for train/travel information
e. Seat reservation
f. Billing System
g. Trackside equipment

11- Communication systems

a. Train to wayside communication system
b. Onboard communication system

12- Cabling and Cabinets

a. Cabling
b. Cabinets

13- Door System

a. External doors
b. Internal doors

14- Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning (HVAC)

a. Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning (HVAC) control unit
b. Air conditioning system
c. Heating system
d. Air ventilation and distribution system
e. Air intake
f. Exhaust air unit
g. Pressure protection system

15- Tilt System

a. Tilt Control Unit
b. Actuating System
c. Pantograph tilt system
d. Tilt monitoring and detection

16- Lighting
a. Emergency lighting system
b. Exterior lighting system
 c. Interior lighting system

17- Coupler
a. Front coupler
b. Intermediate coupler
c. Emergency coupler (Towing coupler)

Source: iris-rail.org

Bogie
In mechanics terms, a bogie is a frame work which carrying wheels attached to coaches. The
bogie, or truck as it is called in the US, comes in many shapes and sizes but it is in its most
developed form as the motor bogie of an electric or diesel locomotive or an EMU.   Here it has to
carry the motors, brakes and suspension systems all within a tight envelope.  It is subjected to
severe stresses and shocks and may have to run at over 300 km/h in a high-speed application.

Bogie Frame

Can be of steel plate or cast steel.  In this case, it is a modern design of welded steel box format
where the structure is formed into hollow sections of the required shape.

Bogie Transom

Transverse structural member of bogie frame (usually two off) which also supports the carbody
guidance parts and the traction motors.

Brake Cylinder

An air brake cylinder is provided for each wheel.  A cylinder can operate tread or disc brakes. 
Some designs incorporate parking brakes as well.   Some bogies have two brake cylinders per
wheel for heavy duty braking requirements.  Each wheel is provided with a brake disc on each
side and a brake pad actuated by the brake cylinder.  A pair of pads is hung from the bogie
frame and activated by links attached to the piston in the brake cylinder.  When air is admitted
into the brake cylinder, the internal piston moves these links and causes the brake pads to press
against the discs.  A brake hanger support bracket carries the brake hangers, from which the
pads are hung.

Primary Suspension Coil

A steel coil spring, two of which are fitted to each axlebox in this design.  They carry the weight
of the bogie frame and anything attached to it.

Motor Suspension Tube

Many motors are suspended between the transverse member of the bogie frame called the
transom and the axle.  This motor is called “nose suspended” because it is hung between the
suspension tube and a single mounting on the bogie transom called the nose.

Gearbox

This contains the pinion and gearwheel which connects the drive from the armature to the axle.

Motor

Normally, each axle has its own motor.  It drives the axle through the gearbox.  Some designs,
particularly on tramcars, use a motor to drive two axles

Neutral Section Switch Detector

In the UK, the overhead line is divided into sections with short neutral sections separating them. 
It is necessary to switch off the current on the train while the neutral section is crossed.   A
magnetic device mounted on the track marks the start and finish of the neutral section.   The
device is detected by a box mounted on the leading bogie of the train to inform the equipment
when to switch off and on.

Secondary Suspension Air Bag

Rubber air suspension bags are provided as the secondary suspension system for most modern
trains.  The air is supplied from the train’s compressed air system.

Wheel Slide Protection System Lead to Axlebox

Where a Wheel Slide Protection (WSP) system is fitted, axleboxes are fitted with speed sensors. 
These are connected by means of a cable attached to the WSP box cover on the axle end.

Shock Absorber (Damper)

To reduce the effects of vibration occurring as a result of the wheel/rail interface.

Axlebox Cover

Simple protection for the return current brush, if fitted, and the axle bearing lubrication.

Source: railway-technical.com
Platform Screen Doors (PSD)
Platform screen doors (PSDs) and platform edge doors (PEDs) at train or subway stations screen
the platform from the train. They are a relatively new addition to many metro systems around
the world, some having been retrofitted to established systems. They are widely used
in Asian and European metro systems.

Door types
Although the terms are often used interchangeably, platform screen doors are full height, total
barriers between the station floor and ceiling, while platform edge doors are full height but do not
reach the ceiling and thus do not create a total barrier.

Platform screen doors

These doors help to:

a. Prevent accidental falls off the platform onto the lower track area, suicide attempts
and homicides by pushing.
b. Prevent or reduce wind felt by the passengers caused by the piston effect which could in some
circumstances make people fall over
c. Reduce the risk of accidents, especially from service trains passing through the station at high
speeds.
d. Improve climate control within the station (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning are more
effective when the station is physically isolated from the tunnel).
e. Improve security — access to the tracks and tunnels is restricted.
f. Lower costs — eliminate the need for motormen or conductors when used in conjunction
with Automatic Train Operation, thereby reducing manpower costs.
g. Prevent litter build up on the track, which can be a fire risk.
h. Improve the sound quality of platform announcements, as background noise from the tunnels and
trains that are entering or exiting is reduced.

Their primary disadvantage is their cost; installing a system typically costs several million USD
per station. When used to retrofit older systems, they limit the kind of rolling stock that may be
used on a line, as train doors must have exactly the same spacing as the platform doors; this
results in additional costs due to depot upgrades and otherwise unnecessary purchases of rolling
stock.
The doors also pose their own safety risks. The primary risk is that people may be trapped
between the platform doors and the train carriage, and be subsequently crushed when the train
begins to move. Cases of this happening are rare, and may depend upon door design.

Automatic platform gate

Automatic platform gates (or platform edge doors or half-height platform screen doors as referred to
by some manufacturers) are chest-height sliding doors at the edge of railway platforms to
prevent passengers from falling off the platform edge onto the railway tracks. Like full-height
platform screen doors, these platform gates slide open or closed simultaneously with the train
doors.
Half-height platform gates are cheaper to install than platform screen doors, which require more
metallic framework for support. Some railway operators may therefore prefer such an option to
improve safety at railway platforms and, at the same time, keep costs low and non-air-
conditioned platforms naturally ventilated. However, these gates are less effective than full
platform screen doors in preventing people from intentionally jumping onto the tracks.