2 Active Components for Nonbogie Stock （2活性成分Nonbogie股票）.pdf

Part 4 Section 2 ROLLING STOCK Issued May 2002 2 Active Components for Non-bogie Stock 2.1 Introduction prototype in the steam age! However, modern practice is now increasingly rejecting the separate On a model railway, wagons have to fulfil two functions. underframe for monocoque construction. In model making, the wagon or coach body can • to look like the prototype and be made from any suitable material. Its main • to behave like the prototype. functions, other than looking like the prototype, This section concerns the choice and arrangement are to locate the active components in the correct of those components which make the vehicle relative positions and to enable the model to perform on the track. The cosmetic parts are dealt behave in a prototypical manner on the track. The with in Part 4, Section 4. body itself must have sufficient strength and The principles outlined are cross-standard and rigidity to withstand the considerable forces and apply to all non-powered vehicles. shock loading which it will be subjected to when running on a layout. Materials, which have been 2.2 Wagon Component Parts found