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Technical Reports
Summary Statistics of the National Railroad-Highway Crossing Inventory for Public At-Grade Crossings : Second Edition
Abstract: This report presents statistical summaries of characteristics for public grade crossings as of May 1978 to aid in funding allocation for future crossing improvements.
Technical Reports
Users' Manual for Kalker's "Exact" Nonlinear Creep Theory
Keywords: Creepage, Creep Forces, Spin Moment, Steady-State Rolling, Hertz Contact, Computer Program
Abstract: The conversion of the computer program, "A Programme for Three-Dimensional Steady State Rolling" developed by Professor J. J. Kalker, from the original Algol language to FORTRAN...
Technical Reports
Analysis for NPRM : Strobe Lights on Locomotives
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...
Technical Reports
Railroad Research Bulletin - Spring 1978 Volume 5, Number 1
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...
Technical Reports
14th Annual Railroad Engineering Conference Proceedings, "R&D and Railroading: 1977"
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...