ZXA - ADC201055 (ex-VDA) Derby RTC Feb 1987
Throughout the 1980s the freight test team used a 2-axle van (ADC201055) that was often seen attached to the non-observation end of Test Car 1 during dynamic test runs. This wagon was originally a standard British Rail Railfreight (TOPS code VDA) 24.5 tonne capacity, 20ft 9inch wheelbase van, design code VD001C built in Shildon in 1976 under Lot 3856. It was one of a batch of one hundred VDA vans fitted with disc brakes, a taperleaf spring design (designated FAT13 Taperlite type suspension) and a designed maximum operating speed of 75 mile/h. The wagon was transferred to the DM&EE test department in the early 1980s and designated TOPS code ZXA.
Read about how and why trains were tested in the 80s and 90s in my RAIL VEHICLE TESTING book - ISBN-9781999935603.
© Dave Bower - Rail Vehicle Testing
ZXA - ADC201055 (ex-VDA) Derby RTC Feb 1987
Throughout the 1980s the freight test team used a 2-axle van (ADC201055) that was often seen attached to the non-observation end of Test Car 1 during dynamic test runs. This wagon was originally a standard British Rail Railfreight (TOPS code VDA) 24.5 tonne capacity, 20ft 9inch wheelbase van, design code VD001C built in Shildon in 1976 under Lot 3856. It was one of a batch of one hundred VDA vans fitted with disc brakes, a taperleaf spring design (designated FAT13 Taperlite type suspension) and a designed maximum operating speed of 75 mile/h. The wagon was transferred to the DM&EE test department in the early 1980s and designated TOPS code ZXA.
Read about how and why trains were tested in the 80s and 90s in my RAIL VEHICLE TESTING book - ISBN-9781999935603.
© Dave Bower - Rail Vehicle Testing