AC-DC ELECTRIC ROLLING STOCK AND METHOD FOR SWITCHING OPERATION PLATFORM

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an AC-DC electric rolling stock provided to an operation section composed of an AC section and a DC section, and capable of exchanging an operation platform in equipment handling common with equipment handling in exchanging the operation platform of the DC electric rolling stock provided only in the DC section.SOLUTION: An AC-DC electric rolling stock includes: a master control handle and a reverser which are respectively provided with respective operation platforms of both leading vehicles of the AC-DC electric rolling stock; a through line threaded in the whole of the formation of the AC-DC electric rolling stock; an AC-DC switching device switching an AC main circuit or a DC main circuit to constitute a main circuit; a vacuum circuit breaker protecting the main circuit; a vacuum circuit breaker input circuit connected to the through line and opening/closing the vacuum circuit breaker; and a control circuit controlling energization of the through line by operation of the master control handle and the reverser and operating the vacuum circuit breaker input circuit to control the opening/closing of the vacuum circuit breaker.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3 【課題】直流区間と交流区間からなる運行区間に供される交直流電気車であって、直流区間にのみ供される直流電気車の運転台交換時の機器扱いと共通の機器扱いで、運転台を交換できる交直流電気車を提供すること。【解決手段】交直流電気車の両方の先頭車両の運転台それぞれが備えるマスコンハンドルおよびレバーサと、交直流電気車の編成の全体に引き通される引き通し線と、交流主回路または直流主回路を切り換えて主回路を構成する交直切り換え装置と、主回路を保護する真空遮断器と、引き通し線に接続されるとともに真空遮断器を開閉する真空遮断器投入回路と、マスコンハンドルおよびレバーサの操作によって引き通し線の通電を制御し真空遮断器投入回路を動作させて真空遮断器の開閉を制御する制御回路とを備える。【選択図】図３