| Re: Description of values for powerType, transmission, controlType of RS:propulsion [message #2474 is a reply to message #2378] |
Sat, 27 June 2020 06:45  |
Joerg von Lingen
Messages: 148
Registered: May 2011
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Dear Dirk,
thanks for your contribution but I don't want to start a philosophic discussion
about "creation" of energy.
PowerType stands for the kind of energy used to be transformed into kinetic
energy on the vehicle. And in that way "steam" is correct here.
There was a reason that many railways did encode the power type in their class
numbering system. It is because of the operational impact - use on particular
tracks, different speed profiles. In addition it might affect the rolling stock
rostering due to need for refueling etc.
The transmission and much more the controlType are more of interest, if one is
needing more details about the propulsion system itself, like for energy
consumption calculations.
Concluding that since the question was raised no real need for extension of the
existing enumerations were announced there won't be any changes in the schema.
Best regards,
Joerg v. Lingen - Rollingstock Coordinator
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