Arrangement for improving railway vehicle traction, especially in winter, has sanding devices connected to blower that cleans rail surface before sanding device, heating arrangement for both devices

摘要

The arrangement has at least one sand reservoir (13) and at least one sand feeder on the v railway vehicle with sand channel outlet openings directed onto a region of rail in front of a wheel of the railway vehicle. Each sanding device (1) is connected to a blower (17) that cleans the rail surface before the sanding device and a heating device (18) for both devices in a compact arrangement.