Final locomotive
Closing locomotives (Slz), traction vehicles working in Switzerland at the end of the train or Q-Lok for short , are single or multiple powered traction vehicles . As closing locomotives, locomotives are transferred to a train station at the end of a train, where they are needed. The transfer of traction vehicles as a tail or as a leader locomotive avoids empty locomotives and saves train paths . A closing locomotive should only exert enough pulling power to move itself. It is coupled to the wagon train and connected to the continuous main air line . Must the locomotive at the end of the train because of largeMoving wagon mass more than its own weight, it is considered a pushing locomotive .
The following are to be distinguished from:
- Push-pull locomotives that transmit impact forces
- non-working locomotives, which are used as wagons in the train in addition to the locomotive for transfer.
Setting down a closing locomotive takes less time than uncoupling a leader locomotive . However, in the case of a locomotive at the end of the train, it is usually not possible to use a multi-unit control that may be present.
Literature and web links
- Railroad Lexicon . 5th edition. Transpress VEB Verlag, Berlin 1978, p. 623 (keyword: final locomotive ) .
- Swiss Driving Regulations (FDV) A2016 Federal Office of Transport (FOT), July 1, 2016 (PDF; 3 MB). R 300.5, Section 1.3 Aligning the locomotives
- Bruno Lämmli: The locomotive in service. In: www.lokifahrer.ch. Retrieved July 1, 2017 .