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1
Jul
1976
Technical Reports
Freight Car Truck Design Optimization: Economic Analysis Report - Phase I
Subject
Freight Operations,
Evaluation
Keywords: Operating Costs, Operating Conditions, Cost Performance Evaluation, Improved Freight Car Investment Evaluation, Cash Flow
Abstract: This report summarizes the truck economic research accomplished during Phase I of the Federal Railroad Administration's three-phase Truck Design Optimization Project (TDOP). In...
Report Number
FRA/ORD-76/287.I
Office
RRD
1
Jul
1976
Technical Reports
Rail Transit System Cost Study
Subject
Evaluation
Keywords: Rapid Rail, Light Rail, Commuter Rail, Cost Analysis
Abstract: The Transportation Systems Center serves as Systems Manager for the Rail Supporting Technology Program of the Urban Mass Transportation Administration. One task under this...
Report Number
UMTA-MA-06-0025-76-3
Office
RRD
1
Jun
1976
Technical Reports
Pilot Study for the Characterization and Reduction of Wheel/Rail Loads - Field Measurement and Data Reduction Plan
Subject
Track/Train Interactions,
Evaluation
Keywords: Load Measurement Instrumentation, Track Dynamic Response, Vehicle Dynamic Response
Abstract: This report was prepared as part of the Improved Track Structures Research Program sponsored by the Office of Rail Safety Research of the Federal Railroad Administration. A survey...
Office
RRD
1
May
1976
Technical Reports
In-Service Performance and Costs of Methods for Control of Urban Rail System Noise: Experimental Design
Subject
Locomotive Standards (Safety & Noise),
Evaluation
Keywords: Resilient Wheels, Damped Wheels, Rail Grinding, Noise Reduction, Cost Analysis, Wheel-Rail Noise
Abstract: This report presents an experimental design for a project to evaluate four techniques for reducing wheel-rail noise on urban rail transit systems: (a) resilient wheels, (b) damped...
Report Number
UMTA-MA-06-0025-76-4
Office
RRD
1
Apr
1976
Technical Reports
Ninth Report on the Railroad Technology Program
Subject
Evaluation
Keywords: Railroad Technology, Railroad Research, R&D, Transportation Test Center
Abstract: A report on the Federal Railroad Administration's activities carried out under the High Speed Ground Transportation (HSGT) Act of 1965 as amended and extended, for the Secretary...
Report Number
FRA-OR&D 76-245
Office
RRD