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1
Apr
1973
Technical Reports
Anti-Derailment Sensor System Phase I Feasibility Study
Subject
Accident Reduction
Keywords: Railroad Cars, Accident Prevention, Warning Systems, Journal Bearings
Abstract: In the context of items of hardware which have been developed for military use, principal causes of derailments were studied to determine those amenable to anticipation...
Report Number
FRA/ORD 74/17
Office
RDI-21
1
Mar
1973
Technical Reports
Guideline Specification for Urban Rail Cars
Subject
Passenger Rail
Keywords: Guideline Specification, Rapid Transit Car Specification, Commuter Car Specification
Abstract: This document is the guideline specification to be used as the standard form for the preparation of detail procurement specifications for the design, construction and test of...
Report Number
IT-06-0027-1
Office
RDI-22
1
Feb
1973
Reports to Congress
Administration of Metroliner and Turbo-Train Projects
Subject
Passenger Rail
Keywords: Metroliner, Turbo Train
Abstract: The Federal Railroad Administration (Agency) sponsors demonstrations to deteremine whether high-speed ground transportation can improve intercity transportation. During fiscal...
1
Jan
1973
Technical Reports
Rock Fracture Research- Surfactants
Subject
Evaluation
Keywords: Tunneling, Rock Fracture, Sufactants
Abstract: In order to reduce the resistance of hard rocks to excavation by available cutters, and in order to reduce wear on cutters and thus to increase the efficiency of conventional...
Report Number
FRA-RT-73-22
Office
RRD
1
Sep
1972
Technical Reports
A Metallugical Analysis of Eleven Steel Plates Taken from a Tank Car Accident near Callao, Missouri
Subject
Hazardous Materials
Keywords: A Metallugical Analysis of Eleven Steel Plates Taken from a Tank Car Accident near Callao, Missouri
Abstract: A metallurgical analysis of eleven steel plate samples designed as Callao samples K-1, K-2, K-3, and K-5 to K-12 was requested by the Bureau of Railroad Safety, Federal...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-75/49
Office
RRD