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1
May
1976
Technical Reports
In-Service Performance and Costs of Methods for Control of Urban Rail System Noise: Experimental Design
Subject
Locomotive Standards (Safety & Noise),
Evaluation
Keywords: Resilient Wheels, Damped Wheels, Rail Grinding, Noise Reduction, Cost Analysis, Wheel-Rail Noise
Abstract: This report presents an experimental design for a project to evaluate four techniques for reducing wheel-rail noise on urban rail transit systems: (a) resilient wheels, (b) damped...
Report Number
UMTA-MA-06-0025-76-4
Office
RRD
1
Apr
1976
Technical Reports
Ninth Report on the Railroad Technology Program
Subject
Evaluation
Keywords: Railroad Technology, Railroad Research, R&D, Transportation Test Center
Abstract: A report on the Federal Railroad Administration's activities carried out under the High Speed Ground Transportation (HSGT) Act of 1965 as amended and extended, for the Secretary...
Report Number
FRA-OR&D 76-245
Office
RRD
1
Mar
1976
Technical Reports
Freight Car Truck Design Optimization: Truck Economic Data Collection and Analysis
Subject
Evaluation
Keywords: Freight Car Truck Operating Costs, Freight Car Economic Model, Freight Car Truck Economic Data Collection
Abstract:
A first interim report covering the development of the TDOP economic methodology was published by the Federal Railroad Administration in April 1975. It contains the truck...
Report Number
FRA-OR&D 75-58A
Office
RRD
1
Feb
1976
Technical Reports
Report on the Regulatory Reform Provisions of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976
Subject
Evaluation
Keywords: 4R Act, ICC, Reforms, Rate Related Changes, Non-rate Related Changes
Abstract: This report discusses the regulatory reform provisions of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (4R Act), how the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) has...
Office
RRD
1
Dec
1975
Technical Reports
Frequency Domain Computer Programs for Prediction and Analysis of Rail Vehicle Dynamics - Volume I: Technical Report
Subject
Evaluation
Keywords: Computer Modeling Frequency, Domain Computer Programs, Lateral Dynamic Stability
Abstract: Frequency domain computer programs developed or acquired by TSC for the analysis of rail vehicle dynamics are described in two volumes. Volume I defines the general analytical...
Report Number
FRA-OR&D-76-135.1
Office
RRD