High Speed Train Cab

The High-Speed Train (HST) driver s cab is manufactured by British Rail Engineering Ltd (BREL) at their Litchurch Lane Works, Derby. 

The complete cab consists of a shell, floor, and bulkhead together with various other fittings such as valence panels, doors, windows, desk, seats, and instrument console. The shell and bulkhead are constructed from GRP skins with polyurethane (PU) foam core, the floor consists of GRP skinned rigid PVC foam, and the other fittings are straightforward GRP laminates. 

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Similarly, special SMC formulations were developed for the ERF Lorry cab, and in the case of the High-Speed Train cab, the hand lay-up process is developed. In the following sections of this chapter various aspects of these processes are discussed at greater length, and some comparisons are made, especially between SMC and the hand lay-up process which may compete with one another. 

Heat shrinkable plastics, 305, 306 in high-voltage application, 310 High impact polystyrene, 5, 111 High speed train cab, 184-95 constructional details, 187 design considerations, 184-91 foam cores, 192 impact resistance, 186 materials, 191 material selection, 186 moulds, 192... 

Polyurethanes, 57, 62, 119-26 basic reactions, 120-22 catalysts, 124 chain extenders, 124 development of a new specification, 157 foams, 125, 135, 187 foam core in high speed train cab, 192 isocyanate, 120, 122 materials, 122 perlon, 121 polyols, 123 polyesters, 123 polyethers, 123 in printed gaskets, 149 properties, 125... 

Structural and interior components for aeronautic, automotive and railway equipment floors, radomes, bodies of buses and coaches (Neoplan), front-end components, drivers cabs, partition walls, luggage racks in high-speed trains. 

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