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1
Feb
1986
Technical Reports
Laboratory and Field Testing of NYCTA Power Frequency Track Circuits
Subject
Signal and Train Control
Keywords: AC Propulsion Control Systems; Electromagnetic Interference; Power Frequency Signaling System
Abstract: This report addresses the possible electromagnetic interference between the electronic AC propulsion control systems and the signaling and train control systems. The potential...
Report Number
UMTA-M A-06-0153-85-12
Office
RRD
1
Feb
1986
Technical Reports
Wheel Unloading of Rail Vehicles Due to Track Twist
Subject
Tracks & Structures
Keywords: nadal's limit
Abstract: An analysis is presented describing the effect that track twist has on the loads carried by the wheels of a rail car. Wheel unloading is determined as a function of the difference...
Report Number
DOT/FRNORD-85/14
Office
RRD
1
Feb
1986
Technical Reports
Monitoring Devices for Railroad Emergency Response Team
Subject
Hazardous Materials
Keywords: Spills, Photo-Ionization, Gas Chromatograph Mass-Spectrometer
Abstract: This report examines new devices and technologies either commercially available or being developed which might have application to the railroad hazardous material spill response...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-8 6/0 2
1
Jan
1986
Reports to Congress
The President's 1984 Annual Report : To the Congress on the Administration of the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970
Subject
Safety Regulatory Analysis,
Statutory Mandates
Abstract: The President's 1984 Annual Report describes the efforts of the Department of Transportation and the Federal Railroad Administration to improve railroad safety through the...
1
Jan
1986
Technical Reports
Wheel Failure Mechanisms of Railroad Cars- Interim Report
Subject
Evaluation
Keywords: Wheel Failure, Low Stress Wheel Designs, Residual Stress Fields, Heat Loss, Flange, Back Rim Crack
Abstract: This Interim Report of the FRA sponsored Wheel Failure Mechanism Program was prepared in fulfillment of contractual requirements to provide a major mid-term technical progress...
Office
RRD