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Other Reports
Model State Legislation - Railroad Trespass Prevention
Keywords: Model Legislation, Model State Legislation, Model Law
Abstract: The purpose of this Act is to prevent accidents and casualties to persons who unlawfully enter upon railroad property, and otherwise to enhance the safety of transportation by...
Other Reports
Model State Legislation - Railroad Vandalism Prevention
Keywords: Model Legislation, Model State Legislation, Model Law, Vandalism
Abstract: The purpose of this Act is to prevent acts of vandalism to railroad property which affect the health, safety, and welfare of the traveling public, the neighboring community, and...
Technical Reports
Nucars Modeling in Support of Freight Car Tolerance Side Bearing Clearance Test
Keywords: Secondary Suspensiong Configurations, High C.G. Cars, Wheel/Rail Coefficient, Spring Stiffness, Hydraulic Damping
Abstract: The objective of this investigation was to support previous (1993) on-track testing and analystical modeling to further determine the effect of side bearing clearance in the...
Technical Reports
Engineering Data on Selected North American Railroad Passenger Car Trucks
Keywords: Rail Transportation, Rail Vehicle Dynamics, Vehicle-Track Interaction
Abstract: This report presents the results of an effort to compile truck and population data for the U.S. fleet of railroad passenger cars, and to describe the different passenger car truck...
Technical Reports
Experimental Study of Residual Stresses in Rail by Moire Interferometry
Keywords: Rail, Rail Stress, Track
Abstract: The residual stresses in rails produced by rolling cycles are studied experimentally by moire interferometry. The dissection technique is adopted for this investigation. The basic...