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1
Feb
1982
Technical Reports
Truck Design Optimization Project (TDOP) Phase II: Final Report
Subject
Freight Operations
Keywords: Freight Car Trucks, Performance Characteristics, Test Specifications, Economics, Cost/Benefit Analysis, Fuel Consumption
Abstract: The overall objectives of the TDOP Phase II are to provide technological and economic bases for assessing freight car truck performance and design, and to generate uniform...
Report Number
FRA/ORD-81/48
Office
RRD
1
Nov
1981
Technical Reports
Engineering Data Characterizing the Fleet of U.S.Railway Rolling Stock Volume II: Methodology and Data
Subject
Freight Operations,
Hazardous Materials,
Rail and Infrastructure Integrity
Keywords: Freight car; Freight wheels; ladings
Abstract: This report contains engineering parameter descriptions of major and distinctive freight vehicle configurations covering approximately 96% of the U.S. freight vehicle fleet. This...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-81/75.II
Office
RDI-20
1
Sep
1981
Technical Reports
Railroad Classification Yard Technology-Computer System Methodology: Case Study… Potomac Yard
Subject
Freight Operations
Keywords: Classifiaction yard, Computers, Design, Operations, Performance, Evaluation, Hardware, Cost
Abstract: This report documents the application of the railroad classification yard computer system methodology to Potomac Yard of the Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad Company...
Report Number
FRA/ORD-81/61
1
Sep
1981
Technical Reports
Truck Design Optimization Project (TDOP) Phase II: Guideline Test Specifications for Freight Car Trucks
Subject
Freight Operations
Keywords: Field Tests, Laboratory Tests, Performance Regimes, Lateral Stability, Trackability, Ride Quality, Steady State Curve Negotiation
Abstract: Under the Federal Railroad Administration-sponsored Truck Design Optimization Project Phase II, a set of standard test specifications were developed to evaluate and characterize...
Report Number
FRA/ORD-81/36-II
Office
RRD
1
Aug
1981
Technical Reports
Truck Design Optimization Project (TDOP) Phase II: Performance Specification for Type II Freight Car Trucks
Subject
Freight Operations
Keywords: Performance Regimes, Performance Characteristics, Lateral Stability, Trackability, Ride Quality, Steady State Curve Negotiation
Abstract: One of the important goals of the Truck Design Optimization Project (TDOP) Phase II is to provide the railroad industry with a basis for performance specifications for the new...
Report Number
FRA/ORD-81/36-I
Office
RRD