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A rubber-tyred metro or rubber-tired metro is a form of rapid transit system that uses a mix of road and rail technology. The vehicles have wheels with rubber tires that run on a roll way inside guide bars for traction. Traditional, flanged steel wheels running on rail tracks provide guidance through switches and act as backup if tyres fail ...
Single axle running gear on a self-discharging hopper. In railway terminology the term running gear refers to those components of a railway vehicle that run passively on the rails, unlike those of the driving gear. Traditionally these are the wheels, axles, axle boxes, springs and vehicle frame of a railway locomotive or wagon. [1]
Some rubber-tyred metros feature special wheelsets with rubber tyres outside of deep-flanged steel wheels, which guide the bogie through standard railroad switches and keep the train from derailing if a tyre deflates. The system was originally conceived by Michelin for the Paris Métro; the first line opened in 1956.
Micheline train at the Cité du train museum in Mulhouse, France Micheline tyre and rim. Michelines were a series of rubber-tyred trains developed in France in the 1930s by various rail companies and rubber-tyre manufacturer Michelin. Some Michelines were built in the United States by the Budd Company. [1]
Running wheels (also known as road wheels or tractor wheels): positioned on the top of the rail, bearing the weight of the train. Side friction wheels: positioned on a horizontal plane, either inside or outside of the rails. These hug the sides of the rail, keeping the train centered. Up-stop wheels (also known as underfriction wheels or up ...
Rubber-tyred tram in Clermont-Ferrand, France. A rubber-tyred tram (also known as tramway on tyres, French: tramway sur pneumatiques) is a development of the guided bus in which a vehicle is guided by a fixed rail in the road surface and draws current from overhead electric wires (either via pantograph or trolley poles).
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Budd's fluted stainless-steel, rubber-tired railcar, the Silver Slipper, in 1933; it is sometimes credited as the first streamlined passenger train. The Budd–Michelin rubber-tired rail cars were built by the Budd Company in the United States between 1931 and 1933 using French firm Michelin's "Micheline" rail car design.