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09/30202535 DC : DRAFT JUN 2009

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BS EN 15955-1 - RAILWAY APPLICATIONS - TRACK - DEMOUNTABLE MACHINES AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT - PART 1: TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS FOR RUNNING AND WORKING
Published date

23-11-2012

Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
  1.1 General
  1.2 Validity of this European Standard
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Machine categorization
  4.1 Categories
5 Railway specific safety requirements and/or measures
  5.1 Gauge
       5.1.1 Running gauge
       5.1.2 Demountable machine in running configuration
       5.1.3 Working limit
       5.1.4 Determination of lateral limit of exceedance allowed
              on curves in working configuration
       5.1.5 Limits in lower area in working and running
              configuration
       5.1.6 Working limit in the upper area
  5.2 Interaction with the infrastructure
       5.2.1 General
       5.2.2 Main wheels
       5.2.3 Auxiliary wheels, auxiliary guides and working parts
       5.2.4 Loads applied to the ballast
       5.2.5 Loads applied to the formation
       5.2.6 Forces on structures as a function of axle load
              configurations
  5.3 Running safety equipment
  5.4 Running safety and prevention of derailment
       5.4.1 General
       5.4.2 Running safety for demountable machines running at a
              speed of 60 km/h < v =< 100 km/h
       5.4.3 Running safety for demountable machines running at a
              speed of < 60 km/h
       5.4.4 Track test for all machines
       5.4.5 Lifeguards
  5.5 Stability and prevention of overturning
  5.6 Machine frame and structure
       5.6.1 Design of the machine frame
       5.6.2 Lifting and jacking points
  5.7 Inter machine couplings
  5.8 Running gear
       5.8.1 General
       5.8.2 Distribution of the wheelset forces in running
              configuration
       5.8.3 Machine rail wheel base
       5.8.4 Rail wheel, wheel profile
       5.8.5 Rail wheel arrangements
       5.8.6 Load on rail wheels
       5.8.7 Load on rail wheels in working condition
       5.8.8 Operation of spring loaded points
  5.9 Rail wheel suspension
       5.9.1 Rail wheel suspension systems
       5.9.2 Active suspension
       5.9.3 Positively locked suspension
       5.9.4 All suspension systems
  5.10 Braking
       5.10.1 General braking requirements
       5.10.2 Specific requirements for continuous air brake system
  5.11 Driving and working cabs and places
  5.12 Controls
  5.13 Visibility and audibility of the machine
       5.13.1 Lighting in running configuration - marker lights
       5.13.2 Tail lamps
       5.13.3 Lighting with failed engine
       5.13.4 Lamp brackets
       5.13.5 Light switching arrangements
       5.13.6 Head lights
       5.13.7 Lighting in working configuration
       5.13.8 Horns in running configuration
       5.13.9 Colour of the machine
  5.14 Warning systems for personnel of traffic on adjacent lines
       in working configuration
       5.14.1 General
       5.14.2 Acoustic warning systems
       5.14.3 Optical warning devices
       5.14.4 Platform to set up a warning unit
  5.15 Electrical equipment and earth bonding
       5.15.1 Equi-potential bonding
       5.15.2 Antennae
       5.15.3 Pantograph
  5.16 Electro-magnetic compatibility
       5.16.1 Emissions from demountable machines
       5.16.2 Immunity of demountable machines from railway
              environment
  5.17 Power supply
  5.18 Failure recovery
       5.18.1 General
       5.18.2 Towing devices
       5.18.3 Emergency device
  5.19 On and off tracking
       5.19.1 General
       5.19.2 Use of turntables
  5.20 Setting up and packing away
       5.20.1 General
       5.20.2 Emergency recovery of equipment
  5.21 Mobile elevating work platform (MEWP) and excavators/loaders
       used as MEWPs
  5.22 General and railway specific attachments
       5.22.1 General
       5.22.2 General attachments for raising and lowering personnel
       5.22.3 Railway specific attachments with rail guidance wheels
  5.23 Exhaust
6 Marking and numbering of the machine
  6.1 Warning signs and pictograms
  6.2 Machine identification number
  6.3 Identification plate and details of the railway
       infrastructure where the machine is allowed to work
7 User information
8 Verification of the conformity to the requirements and/or
  particular safety measures
Annex A (informative) Special national conditions
Annex B (normative) Check list for conformity
Annex C (normative) Certificates
      C.1 Certificate of type approval to prEN xxxzz-1:2009
      C.2 Conformance control document for the technical
          requirements of prEN XXXZZ-1:2009
          C.2.1 Machine identification
Annex D (normative) Machine numbering structure
      D.1 General
Annex E (informative) Machine identification plate
Annex F (informative) Structure of European standards for track
        construction and maintenance machines
Bibliography

BS EN 15955-1

Committee
RAE/2
DocumentType
Draft
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Current

Standards Relationship
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