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Dec
1976
Technical Reports
Test Plan for LRC Train Service Evaluation
Subject
Safety Performance Measures,
Evaluation
Keywords: LRC Train, Safe Operation, Curved Track, FRA Standards, Safety Standards
Abstract: This report demonstrates the performance of the LRC Train to the FRA, Burlington Northern, and the AAR in order to show safe operation at speeds in curves in excess of that...
Office
RRD
1
Dec
1976
Technical Reports
Embankment Support for Kansas Test Track- Analysis of Embankment Instrument Data
Subject
Track
Keywords: Railroad Track, Dynamic Response, Track Support, Nonconventional Structures
Abstract: Static and dynamic data collected from the embankment instrumentation at the Kansas Test Track are summarized in this report. The static data included permanent horizontal and...
Report Number
FRA OR&D 76-258
Office
RRD
1
Dec
1976
Technical Reports
Design, Development, Fabrication, and Testing of a Synchronous Condenser for a High-Power Three-Phase Traction Drive
Subject
Facilities & Test Equipment
Keywords: Power-Conditioning Unit, Three-Phase Locomotive Traction, Direct Cooling
Abstract: This report documents the synchronous machine, referred to as a synchronous condenser, which, in the tracked levitated research vehicle (TLRV), provides line commutation for...
Report Number
FRA-OR&D 76-266
Office
RRD
1
Nov
1976
Technical Reports
A Preliminary Description of Stresses in Railroad Rail
Subject
Rail and Infrastructure Integrity,
Track
Keywords: Plastic Flow; Flexural Stresses; Rail; Rail Stress; Stress; Flexural Stresses; Contact Stresses; Plastic Flow;
Abstract: One portion of the Federal Railroad Administration's (FRA) Track Performance Improvement Program is the development of engineering and analytic techniques required for the design...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-76/294
Office
RDI-20
1
Nov
1976
Technical Reports
A Survey of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Programs in the Railroad Industry
Subject
Drug and Alcohol Program
Keywords: Alcoholic Rehabilitation Programs, Industrial Alcohol Problems, Alcohol Abuse
Abstract: A survey of 20 industrial alcoholism and counseling programs run by railroad corporations covering 58 variables was made by semi-structured interviews of program directors, union...
Report Number
FRA/OPPD-OR&D 76-283
Office
RRD