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1
Oct
1971
Technical Reports
The Kansas Test Track
Subject
Facilities & Test Equipment,
Tracks & Structures
Keywords: Track Stability, Improved Track Structures, Track Instrumentation
Abstract: The Federal Railroad Administration and the Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe Railway Company are jointly sponsoring the construction of a test track as part of the railroad's...
Report Number
FRA-RT-72-08
Office
RRD
1
Aug
1971
Technical Reports
Embankment Support for a Railroad Test Track: Design Studies
Subject
Facilities & Test Equipment
Keywords: Geology, Topography, Vibration-measurement, Clay, Bedrock, Soil Strain Measurements
Abstract: The events and considerations leading up to the production of an embankment design for the support of the Kansas test track are described. Included are discussion of: site...
Report Number
FRA-RT-72-07
Office
RDI-21
1
Sep
1970
Technical Reports
Heat-Assisted Tunnel Boring Machines
Subject
Facilities & Test Equipment,
Tracks & Structures
Keywords: Tunneling Machine Performance, Laser Technology, Excavation
Abstract: A study was performed to determine: a) the increase in tunneling machine performance in hard rock resulting from heat weakening of the rock in advance of the tunneling machine...
Report Number
FRA-RT-71-63
Office
RDI-22
1
Oct
1969
Technical Reports
A Program Definition Study for Rail-Highway Grade Crossing Improvement
Subject
Grade Crossing Technology,
Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Warning Systems,
Highway-Rail Grade Crossings
Keywords: protective devices; train operating costs; net benefits
Abstract: This study describes the status of grade crossing inventories and improvement programs, assesses the cost of crossing improvements, and develops a 5-year research program.
Report Number
FRA-RP-70-2
Office
RDI-23
1
Mar
1969
Other Reports
Grumman Project 483 Tracked Air Cushion Research Vehicle
Subject
Facilities & Test Equipment
Keywords: Air Cushion Vehicles
Abstract: This document contains a table of contents and summary of the final report on the Tracked Air Cushion Research Vehicle to the Department of Transportation under the contract DOT-...
Report Number
FSR-ST-4
Office
RRD