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1
Feb
1995
Technical Reports
Nucars Modeling in Support of Freight Car Tolerance Side Bearing Clearance Test
Subject
Track/Train Interactions
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...
Office
RRD
1
Nov
1994
Technical Reports
Engineering Data on Selected North American Railroad Passenger Car Trucks
Subject
Track/Train Interactions
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...
Office
RRD
1
Sep
1993
Technical Reports
Experimental Study of Residual Stresses in Rail by Moire Interferometry
Subject
Track,
Tracks & Structures,
Track/Train Interactions
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...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-94/02
Office
RRD
1
May
1993
Other Reports
Final Report on Magnetic and Electric Field Testing of the French Train A Grande Vitesse-Atlantique (TGV-A) Rail Systems Volume I- Analysis
Subject
Maglev,
Tourist Railroads
Keywords: Magnetic, Electric, Field testing, Transit Authority Metrorail System
Abstract: The safety of magenetically levitated (maglev) and high speed rail (HSR) trains proposed for application in the United States is the responsibility of the Federal Railroad...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-93/03.I
Office
RDI-20
28
Oct
1992
Technical Bulletins
Jurisdiction Over Tourist / Scenic / Excursion Railroads
Subject
Enforcement,
Tourist Railroads
Abstract: Regarding Technical Bulletin G-91-14, "Jurisdictional Policy Toward Tourist and Plant Railroads", attached herewith is a subsequest letter from Administrator Carmichael, dated...
Bulletin Number
G-92-16
Discipline
General