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1 Jul 1981

Technical Reports

Urban Rail Noise Abatement Program Digest

Subject Train Horn Noise

Keywords: Urban Rail, Noise Reduction, Development Projects

Abstract: The Urban Rail Noise Abatement Program provides a systematic approach to solving the urban transit noise problem. This approach has resulted in comprehensive scientific research...

Report Number
UMTA-MA-06-0099-80-3
Office
RRD

1 Jul 1981

Technical Reports

Improving Railroad Technology : A Directory of Research and Development Projects of the Federal Railroad Administration

Author
Federal Railroad Administration

Abstract: The FRA's Research and Development program has as its goals near-term improvements in products and processes which would enhance safety, improvements in the economic viability and...

Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-81/14
Office
RDI-20

1 Jul 1981

Technical Reports

Eastern European Track Structure Technology and Research

Author
A. T. Kearney, Inc.

Subject Tracks & Structures

Keywords: Ballast, Lateral Resistance, Ties, Rail Fasteners, Track Buckling, Poland, Hungary, Romania

Abstract:

Cooperative agreements between the United States and the Eastern European countries of Poland, Hungary and Romania provide for the exchange of technical research and...

Report Number
FRA/ORD-81-58
Office
RRD

1 Jul 1981

Technical Reports

Track Measurement Vehicle - TX Project Summary

Author
Carlton J. Peterson, Hal H. Vogel

Subject Evaluation

Keywords: Track Geometry, Gage Measurement, Crosslevel Measurement

Abstract:

This report summarizes the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) project to design and fabricate an advanced self-propelled track geometry inspection vehicle (TX). The TX...

Report Number
FRA/ORD-81
Office
RRD

1 Jul 1981

Technical Reports

User's Manual for FRATX1 and FRATF1 Freight Car Dynamic Analysis Computer Programs

Author
George Kachadourian

Subject Program Evaluation

Keywords: Freight Car Model, Hunting Simulation, Dynamic Loads, TOFC

Abstract: This is a user’s manual for two versions of a computer program to calculate the dynamic response of freight cars to track inputs. The basic program is nonlinear, written in...

Report Number
FRA/ORD-81-54
Office
RRD