GUIDANCE ON THE BRAKING REQUIREMENTS FOR HAULING UNBRAKED MULTIPLE UNITS IN FREIGHT TRAINS

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17-09-2013

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Part 1 - Introduction
Part 2 - Hauling Multiple Units in Freight Trains
Part 3 - Composition and Marshalling of the Freight Train
Part 4 - Determining Available Brake Performance
Part 5 - Gradient Restrictions on Train Formations
Part 6 - Freight Train Division Scenarios and Braking Performance
Part 7 - Multiple Unit Temporary Through Brake Pipe
Part 8 - Static Brake Tests
Part 9 - Operational Procedures
Appendix A - Determining the Brake Performance for Operation on Gradients
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Gives additional guidance where a multiple unit, consisting of four or more vehicles, is to be moved in its dedicated freight train and that they will not be marshalled into a longer general freight train formation.

DocumentType	Standard
PublisherName	Rail Safety and Standards Board Limited
Status	Current

BS EN 15220-1 : 2008	RAILWAY APPLICATIONS - BRAKE INDICATORS - PART 1: PNEUMATICALLY OPERATED BRAKE INDICATORS
EN 15807:2011	Railway applications - Pneumatic half couplings
UIC 540 : 6ED 2014	BRAKES - AIR BRAKES FOR FREIGHT TRAINS AND PASSENGER TRAINS

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RSSB GM/GN2607 : ISSUE 1

GUIDANCE ON THE BRAKING REQUIREMENTS FOR HAULING UNBRAKED MULTIPLE UNITS IN FREIGHT TRAINS

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