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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
Dec
1975
Technical Reports
Freight Car Truck Design Optimization - Survey and Appraisal of Type II Trucks
Subject
Freight Operations
Keywords: Elastomer, Parallelograming, Air Spring, Car Body Supports, Ride Quality, Cost, Unstable Hunting
Abstract: This report serves as an introduction to the family of truck designs known as Type II that will be studied in connection with the Federal Railroad Administration's Truck Design...
Report Number
FRA-OR&D-76-05
Office
RRD
1
Aug
1975
Technical Reports
Freight Car Truck Design Optimization: Literature Search - Volume III
Subject
Freight Operations
Keywords: Bibliography, Truck Performance, Computer Analysis, Field Analysis, Laboratory Analysis, Title Index
Abstract: Volume III of the TDOP Literature Search contains the sections entitled: "Truck Performance" and "Literature Search Title Index." The section dealing with truck performance...
Report Number
FRA-OR&D-75-81C
Office
RRD
1
Jul
1975
Technical Reports
A Communication-Link Approach to Actuation of Grade-Crossing Motorist-Warning Systems
Subject
Grade Crossing Technology,
Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Warning Systems
Keywords: Grade-Crossing Warning Systems, Railraod-Highway Grade Crossings, Telemetry Systems
Abstract: This report explores the possibility of using radio waves, rather than track circuits, to activate grade crossing warning signals and discusses field tests of this concept.
Report Number
FRA-OR&D-75-80
Office
RRD
1
Jul
1975
Technical Reports
Freight Car Truck Design Optimization: Literature Search - Volume II
Subject
Freight Operations
Keywords: Bibliography, Design Principles, Truck Functions
Abstract: Volume II of the TDOP Literature Search contains the sections entitled: "Truck Components” and "Track-Train Dynamics As Related To Truck Performance." Each of the two sections...
Report Number
FRA-OR&D-75-81B
Office
RRD