Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

dispositif de changement de régime

English translation:

brake adjusting/changeover device

Added to glossary by Tony M
Apr 24, 2010 15:01
14 yrs ago
French term

(dispositif de changement de) régime

French to English Tech/Engineering Transport / Transportation / Shipping Railway network
In conditions of use for rolling stock on Luxembourg railway network, this term occurs once within a table summarizing compliance requirements, as follows:

Dispositif de changement de régime:
Régimes: G: P: R:

It is specifically relating to the specifications of the braking system, and this particular vehicle does have a 'device for changing the régme', but only offers 'G' and 'P', not 'R'.

Despite lengthy Internet research on train braking systems, I can't seem to come up with a plausible term to search for! In particular, I can't find what we call a 'braking régime' in EN.

I have found that 'G' and 'P' stand for 'Goods' and 'Passenger' under UIC terminology, but can't seem to find a bilingual ref. anywhere to what the 'régime' bit is.
Proposed translations (English)
4 brake adjusting/changeover device

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brake adjusting/changeover device

Raillexic
A device for changing the braking system from "goods" to "paasenger" or vice versa.

I hope you has realised they were talking abut braking ?

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Note added at 17 hrs (2010-04-25 08:06:18 GMT)
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I forgot R - probably for "remorqué"
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2 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks for your help! Yes, indeed, I <i>had</i> realized they were talking about braking (as I hope I'd made clear in my question). The actual term 'régime' is still a bit of a problem, but this did give me welcome reassurance."
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