The Second Train Set for the Yamanashi Test Line

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Toshio HIROTA
General Manager, Vehicle Engineering Div.,
Maglev Systems Development Dept.

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On October 26, 1997, the second train set for the Yamanashi Test Line was transported to the Yamanashi train depot separately from the vehicle manufacturing factories. These cars and bogies were designed by a project team consisting of the Railway Technical Research Institute and the Central Japan Railway Company. After checking various equipment and systems separately at Yamanashi train depot, we are planning to perform test runs.
We intend to perform the tests under the following conditions using the second train set:
(1)Mechanical vibration measurements of an SCM-resiliently-mounted bogie.
(2) High-speed passing of two trains at a relative speed of 1,000 km/h.
(3) Test runs using a 5-cars set by rearrangement of trains.
(4) Checking of centralized inductive power-collection equipment.
(5) Checking of central traffic control systems for two-train test runs.

Table 1: MLX01 general parameters

	the first train set	the second train set
Maximum test speed	550 km/h	�©
Width	Body part 2,900 mm Bogie part 3,220 mm	�©
Height	Levitated run 3,280 mm Wheel run 3,320 mm	�©
Body length	Leading car 28,000 mm Standard intermediate car 21,600 mm	Leading car 28,000 mm Standard intermediate car 21,600 mm Long intermediate car 24,300 mm
Train length	77.6 m	101.9 m
Seating capacity (seat arrangement)	Leading car bound for Kofu 46 Leading car bound for Tokyo 30 (2+2 reclining seats, rotatable)	Long intermediate car 70 (2+2 reclining seats, rotatable) Standard intermediate car 62 (no seats)
Bogie type	SCM-rigidly-mounted bogie	SCM-rigidly-mounted bogie and SCM-resiliently-mounted bogie
Test equipment	Sliding frictional shoe brake Tire prerotation gear equipment	Active suspension equipment Centralized inductive power-collection equipment
Superconducting magnets	4 coils per side Same poles on both sides (700 kA)	�©
Brake system	Regenerative brake(primary) Wheel disk brake, Aerodynamic brake	�©

MLX01-3 soon after arrival at the Yamanashi train depot.

MLX01-3 being placed next to the first train set inside the Yamanashi train depot.