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Reports to Congress
The Effects of Mounted Oscillating Lights on Leading Railroad Cars
Abstract: This document was prepared in response to the mandate contained in Section 702(c) Ci) of the Federal Railroad Safety Authorization Act of 1982, which directed the Secretary of...
Other Reports
The Second International Heavy Haul Railway Conference: Pre-Conference Proceedings
Keywords: Literature Search, Railroad Technology, Conference Proceedings
Abstract: This document compiles the papers to be presented at the Second International Heavy Haul Railway Conference from September 25-30, 1980, in Colorado Springs, CO.
Technical Reports
Observations of In-Service Wear of Railroad Wheels and Rails Under Conditions of Widely Varying Lubrication
Keywords: Wheel Flange Wear, Rail Gage Face Wear, Wear Mode Model, Metallurgy:Lubrication Interaction
Abstract: Some of the wheel and rail wear results from the current test at the Facility for Accelerated Service Testing are analyzed in the light of both adhesive and fatigue wear theories...
Technical Reports
Supplemental Standards for Technical Reports and Machine-Readable Products
Keywords: Procedures
Abstract: This document establishes standards and procedures to be followed in the handling of technical reports and machine-readable products prepared by or for the Office of Research and...
Technical Reports
Engineering Data Characterizing the Fleet of U.S.Railway Rolling Stock Volume II: Methodology and Data
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...