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Technical Reports
Techniques for Improving the Railroad Maintenance-of-Way Equipment Evaluation Process
Keywords: Track Equipment, Maintenance-of-way Evaluation, Maintainability, Operability, Reliability
Abstract: This report presents the results of a study of techniques for improving the railroad maintenance-of-way equipment evaluation process. The approach involved a review of existing...
Technical Reports
Analysis of Data from the First Wheel Experiment at the Facility for Accelerated Service Testing: Final Report
Keywords: FAST, Freight Car Wheels, TTC
Abstract: The Facility for Accelerated Service Testing (FAST), located at the Transportation Test Center near Pueblo, Colorado, is a joint government/ industry program for accelerated...
Technical Reports
Measurement of Friction Snubber Forces in Freight Car Trucks
Keywords: Freight Car Trucks, Friction Snubbing, Truck Design Optimization Project
Abstract: The report describes the design and construction of a set of transducers intended to measure the normal forces (column loads) and friction forces applied by the four friction...
Technical Reports
Effects of Rail Vehicle Size: A Special Bibliography
Keywords: Freight Car, Car Design, Axle Loading, High-Capacity Car, Lateral Dynamics, Rail Stress, Suspension Systems, Abstracts
Abstract: This document contains abstracts of documents related to the size, weight, or length of rail vehicles. These abstracts are drawn from the magnetic tape files of the Railroad...
Technical Reports
Improved Passenger Equipment Evaluation Program
Keywords: Rail Tracks, Rail Vehicle Suspension, Radial Tracks, Carbody Construction, Finite Element Analysis
Abstract: The status of two foreign rail technologies is analyzed in this second of four semiannual reports. The two technologies are Trucks and Carbody Construction. Trucks are discussed...