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1
May
1978
Technical Reports
Analysis for NPRM : Strobe Lights on Locomotives
Subject
Best Practices,
Analysis
Keywords: Economic Analysis; Benefit-Cost Analysis; Effectiveness Analysis
Abstract: This regulatory analysis was prepared using the procedures developed in Railroad Safety'Economics: A Guidebook for the Analysis of Regulations (prepared by IOCS Inc., for the...
Report Number
FRA-OPPD-79-4; DOT FR -750-5226
Office
RRD
1
Apr
1978
Technical Reports
Railroad Research Bulletin - Spring 1978 Volume 5, Number 1
Subject
Best Practices
Keywords: Rail Transportation, Advanced Systems, Bibliography and Documentation, Abstracts, High Speed Ground Transportation
Abstract: This publication contains 1,045 abstracts of journal articles and research reports and descriptions of computer programs and magnetic data tapes. It also has 531 summaries of...
Report Number
FRA/ORD-78/14
Office
RRD
1
Mar
1978
Technical Reports
14th Annual Railroad Engineering Conference Proceedings, "R&D and Railroading: 1977"
Subject
Best Practices
Keywords: Railroad Technology, Technical Proceedings
Abstract: This report constitutes the proceedings of the three day railroad engineering conference held at the University of Southern Colorado on October 18-20, 1977. Conference papers...
Report Number
FRA/ORD
Office
RRD
1
Dec
1977
Technical Reports
Users' Manual for Asymmetric Wheel/Rail Contact Characterization Program
Subject
Best Practices
Keywords: Wheel/Rail Geometry, Profile Principle Curvature, Wheel Profile, Wheelset, Rail Profile, Quasi-Linearization
Abstract: Wheel/rail geometric constraint relationships, such as the effective conicity and gravitational stiffness, strongly influence the lateral dynamics of railway vehicles. The...
Report Number
FRA/ORD-78/05
Office
RRD
1
Oct
1977
Technical Reports
Railroad Research Bulletin - Autumn 1977 Volume 4, Number 2
Subject
Best Practices
Keywords: Rail Transportation, Advanced Systems, High Speed Ground Transportation, Bibliography and Documentation, Abstracts
Abstract: This publication contains 1,269 abstracts of journal articles and research reports and descriptions of computer programs and magnetic data tapes. It also has 581 summaries of...
Report Number
FRA/ORD-77/66
Office
RRD