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1
May
1981
Technical Reports
Passenger Train Equipment Review Report: Volume 2. Propulsion System Components and Future Train Energy Consumption
Subject
Passenger Rail
Keywords: Rail Vehicles and Components, Propulsion Systems, Electrification
Abstract: Early in 1977, the Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Research and Development, initiated the Improved Passenger Equipment Evaluation Program (IPEEP), which was designed...
Report Number
FRA/ORD-81/45.2
Office
RRD
1
Feb
1981
Technical Reports
Vibration Level Data: Brighton-New York City Transit Authority
Subject
Passenger Rail
Keywords: Ground-Born Vibration, Noise Control, Rapid Transit Systems, Structural Vibration, Vibration Level Measurements
Abstract: This report documents the results of a vibration measurement program conducted on 14-15 August 1980 in the Midwood Section of Brooklyn, New York, next to the tracks of the...
Report Number
UMTA-MA-06-0099-81-2
Office
RRD
1
Dec
1979
Technical Reports
Urban Rapid Rail Vehicle and Systems Program Engineering Test of ACT-1 Vehicle at Transportation Test Center
Subject
Evaluation,
Passenger Rail
Keywords: Advanced Train Concept, TTC, Test Track, Instrumentation System
Abstract: This document contains a description of the ACT vehicles as delivered to UMTA, including major changes incorporated during testing at the Transit Test Center (TTC), Pueblo,...
Report Number
UMTA-IT-06-0026-79-3
Office
RRD
1
Apr
1979
Technical Reports
ACT-1 Advanced Concept Train Development Program, Phase II: Design, Fabrication, and Functional Test
Subject
Passenger Rail
Keywords: Urban Transportation, Rapid Rail Transit, Train Car Design, Train Propulsion Systems, Energy Storage Systems
Abstract: The overall goals of the ACT-1 program were to enhance the attractiveness of urban rail transit and to apply advanced technology in elevating the state of the art of rapid rail...
Report Number
UMTA-IT-06-0026-79-2
Office
RRD
1
Apr
1979
Technical Reports
Engineering Data on Selected High Speed Passenger Trucks (Reprint)
Subject
Passenger Rail
Keywords: Spring Mass, Unsprung Mass, Stiffness, Damping, Passenger Car
Abstract: The purpose of this Project is to compile a list of high speed truck engineering parameters for characterization in dynamic performance modeling activities. Data tabulations are...
Report Number
FRA/ORD-78/29
Office
RRD