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Technical Reports
FAST/HAL Rail Performance Experiment and Overview
Keywords: Rail Fatigue, Rail Wear, Rail Grinding, Rail Welding, MGT, Heavy Axle Load, High Tonnage Loop
Abstract: The Rail Performance Experiment, conducted at the Facility for Accelerated Service Testing, Transportation Test Center, Pueblo, Colorado, was performed to evaluate the effect of...
Technical Reports
FAST/HAL Turnout and Frog Performance Tests
Keywords: Components, Maintenance, Facility for Accelerated Service Testing, Heavy Axle Load
Abstract: Turnouts on the High Tonnage Loop were monitored for component failures and maintenance demand during 160 MGT of Heavy Axle Load operation at the Transportation Test Center,...
Technical Reports
FAST/HAL Track Loads Evaluation
Keywords: Facility for Accelerated Service Testing, Heavy Axle Loads, Vertical and Lateral Force
Abstract: The FAST/HAL Track Loads Evaluation was conducted to quantify vertical and lateral forces at the Facility for Accelerated Service Testing, Transportation Test Center, Pueblo,...
Technical Reports
FAST/HAL Ballast and Subgrade Experiments
Keywords: Subgrade, Heavy Axle Load, Facility for Accelerated Service Testing
Abstract: The ballast and subgrade experiments were conducted during the first 160 MGT of Heavy Axle Load (HAL) traffic to determine if the increase in axle load, 33-ton to 39-ton,...
Technical Reports
FAST/HAL Mechanical Component Performance Test
Keywords: Flange and Rim Wear, Wheel Profile, Three-Piece Trucks
Abstract: The Association of American Railroads and the Federal Railroad Administration conducted a research program to investigate the implications of operating Heavy Axle Load (HAL)...