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1
Oct
1984
Technical Reports
Development of Hybrid Cost Functions From Engineering and Statistical Techniques: The Case of Rail - Phase II Final Report - Executive Summary
Subject
Evaluation
Keywords: Cost Analysis, Railroad Operations Analysis, Scale Economies
Abstract: Cost analysis is important in every transportation industry, to the firms or agencies which provide service, to regulatory bodies, and to public policy makers. In the past,...
Report Number
DOT/OST/P-30/85/008
Office
RRD
1
Sep
1984
Other Reports
Railroad Employee Fatalities Investigated by the Federal Railroad Administration in 1982
Subject
Employee Fatalities
Keywords: Railroad Safety, Incident Reports, Accident Reports
Abstract: This report represents the Federal Railroad Administration's findings in the investigation of railroad employee fatalities during 1982. Not included are fatalities that occurred...
Office
RRS
1
Sep
1984
Technical Reports
Safety Margin Testing of a 70-Ton Boxcar with Shifted Plywood Lading: Summary Results
Subject
Facilities & Test Equipment
Keywords: Boxcar Vibration Testing, Boxcar Dynamics, Lading Dynamics, Freight Car Truck Data
Abstract: Tests were performed at the Transportation Test Center, Pueblo, Colorado, in a joint Association of American Railroads (AAR) and Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) effort in...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-84/15.01
Office
RRD
1
Sep
1984
Technical Reports
Safety Margin Testing of a 70-Ton Boxcar with Shifting Plywood Lading: Test Results Data
Subject
Facilities & Test Equipment
Keywords: Boxcar Vibration Testing, Boxcar Dynamics, Lading Dynamics, Freight Car Truck Data
Abstract: Tests were performed at the Transportation Test Center, Pueblo, Colorado, in a joint Association of American Railroads (AAR) and Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) effort in...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-84/15.02
1
Sep
1984
Technical Reports
Strain-Life Fatigue Analysis
Subject
Rail and Infrastructure Integrity
Keywords: Design Methodology, Local Plastic Strains, Materials
Abstract: The strain-life approach to characterize the fatigue behavior of materials and its applications to railroad equipment design have been investigated. A logical means of accounting...
Report Number
R-589
Office
RRD