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1
Jul
1980
Technical Reports
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Blue Line Vehicle Evaluation
Subject
Evaluation
Keywords: Rail Vehicles, Rapid Transit Vehicles, Noise, Brakes, Performance, Ride Quality
Abstract: The report presents the results of engineering tests carried out on a pair of rapid transit cars for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. The tests were performed at...
Report Number
FRA/TC-80/05
Office
RRD
1
Jul
1980
Technical Reports
Measurement of Wheel/Rail Forces at the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Subject
Track/Train Interactions
Keywords: Wheel/Rail Wear, Urban Transit Vehicles, WMATA
Abstract: Under the direction of the Urban Mass Transportation Authority (UMTA) measurements of wheel/rail forces were made in August 1979 by the Transportation Systems Center (TSC) with...
Report Number
UMTA-MA-06-0025-80-7
Office
RRD
1
Apr
1980
Technical Reports
Design of Dead-Wire Instrumentation Package for Use on Electrified Railroad Test Track at Transportation Test Center
Subject
Evaluation
Keywords: True Contact Force, Pantograph Head Inertinal Force, Aerodynamic Forces, Contact Wire Stagger, Pantograph Head Trajectory, Static Contact Force
Abstract: This report describes an instrumentation package designed to perform geometry measurements on a catenary system and to identify areas requiring adjustment, to perform maintenance...
Report Number
DOT-FR-80-03
Office
RRD
1
Apr
1980
Technical Reports
TOFC Lading Response Analysis for Several Track Profiles and Hunting Conditions
Subject
Evaluation
Keywords: Freight Car Dynamic Response, Trailer-on-Flat-Car, Rock and Roll, FRATE, Computer Program
Abstract: The computer program FRATE is a non-linear, time domain digital computer program developed under Federal Railroad Administration sponsorship for the purpose of studying freight...
Report Number
FRA/ORD-80/3
Office
RRD
24
Mar
1980
Technical Reports
Evaluation of Rail Wear at the Facility for Accelerated Service Testing
Subject
Rail and Infrastructure Integrity,
Best Practices
Abstract: The rail metallurgy experiment at the Facility for Acceleration Service Testing (FAST) is intended to provide information on the wear and failure behavior of a variety of rail...
Report Number
FAST/TTC/TN-80/04
Office
RRD