Your benefits

• Enhance your knowledge of the fundamental concept of rolling stock and its sub-systems
• Gain a good understanding of the technical complexities, costs, reliability and maintainability of rolling stock 
• Improve your awareness for the implications of management challenges in this area and increase your ability and confidence to act by examining possible solutions 

Course content
This course provides you with a comprehensive overview of the principle elements of rolling stock, the basics of vehicle technology, and technical considerations specific to the mode of transport and element of rolling stock. Furthermore, it looks at traction systems, explains fundamentals of electrical engineering and electronics, and includes insights into reliability and management challenges. It leads to you being able to develop an understanding of the technical complexities, costs, reliability and maintainability of rolling stock.

• Basic elements of rolling stock  
• Short history of the railway traction design 
• Terminology for railway transport traction systems and their components 
• Basic electric and electronic engineering as found in traction systems 
• Technical consideration of a specific element of rolling stock   
• Traction basic physics   
• Electric traction and sources  
• Undercarriage principles and science 
• Management challenges 

IMPORTANT NOTICE
DB Rail Academy focuses solely on offering training courses to larger groups from companies. If you and your company are interested in this course, please contact us via email: db-railacademy@deutschebahn.com so we can plan the next steps with you.