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Technical Reports
Railroad Electrification Activity: A Summary Report, 1980-1981
Keywords: Electrified Railroads, Cost-Effectiveness, Railway Engineering, Economic Studies of Alternative Traction Power, International Trends in Railway Construction, Railroad Management
Abstract: This report reviews the status of railway electrification in North America and selected countries worldwide, for the period June, 1980 through June, 1981. Included in the report...
Technical Reports
Handbook for the Measurement, Analysis, and Abatement of Railroad Noise
Keywords: noise propogation, sound measurement
Abstract: This handbook gathers together in one place the necessary background material, the required measurement and analysis procedures, and the currently available abatement techniques...
Technical Reports
Ninety Fifth Annual Report Transport Statistics in the United States
Keywords: Statistics
Abstract: A listing of transport statistics for the year ending on December 31, 1981.
Reports to Congress
Department of Transportation Systems Safety Plan for Improving the Management of Railroad Safety Programs
Keywords: Inspections, Training, Regulations and Enforcement, Railroad Safety
Abstract: [From the Executive Summary] This report has been prepared by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) which has responsibility for railroad safety laws within the Department of...
Technical Reports
An Experimental Evaluation of a Full-Scale Single-Sided Linear Induction Motor with Different Reaction Rails: Volume I - Test Results
Keywords: High Speed Ground Transportation, Rail Car Propulsion Systems, LIMRV
Abstract: This document is the final volume in a series of reports presenting the results of an extensive test program involving the linear induction motor research vehicle (LIMRV)....