INNOVATION CAR INFLUENCE ON ROLLING STOCK PERFORMANCE IN FREIGHT TRAINS

Abstract

PURPOSE. The problem of increasing the railroads capacity reserves and their efficient use is still relevant. As in many aspects the reserves are almost depleted it is especially important to use technical and technological approaches providing the greatest multiplicative effect in the rolling stock productivity increase for solving the set task. In this sense, the most preferable way is the intensive development with the implementation and active use of the innovation rolling stock in freight trains. It allows to raise performance indicators within the existing limitations of the railway infrastructure. RESULTS. The article has considered the innovation car influence on the enlarged indicators of high-performance use of the freight train rolling stock. Structural advantages of the innovation freight cars are given. The complex systems of innovation car efficiency indicators providing the aggregate multiplicative effect of the growth of freight rolling stock performance are formed. The results of model calculations of rolling stock performance indicator variations depending on the operation of innovation gondola cars in freight trains for one production cycle are shown. CONCLUSIONS. Conducted researches and obtained modeling results show that operation efficiency of freight rolling stock should be considered taking into account the factors of positive influence resulting from the introduction of innovation cars.