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1
Jul
1976
Technical Reports
Freight Car Truck Design Optimization: Economic Analysis Report - Phase I
Subject
Freight Operations,
Evaluation
Keywords: Operating Costs, Operating Conditions, Cost Performance Evaluation, Improved Freight Car Investment Evaluation, Cash Flow
Abstract: This report summarizes the truck economic research accomplished during Phase I of the Federal Railroad Administration's three-phase Truck Design Optimization Project (TDOP). In...
Report Number
FRA/ORD-76/287.I
Office
RRD
1
Jul
1976
Technical Reports
Rail Transit System Cost Study
Subject
Evaluation
Keywords: Rapid Rail, Light Rail, Commuter Rail, Cost Analysis
Abstract: The Transportation Systems Center serves as Systems Manager for the Rail Supporting Technology Program of the Urban Mass Transportation Administration. One task under this...
Report Number
UMTA-MA-06-0025-76-3
Office
RRD
1
Jul
1976
Technical Reports
Study of Friction and Creep Between Steel Wheels and Rails
Subject
Track/Train Interactions
Keywords: Adhesion, Traction, Contact Zone
Abstract: A systematic experimental, parametric and similitude investigation of the friction and creep behavior of a steel wheel rolling on a steel rail is given. Laboratory investigation...
Report Number
FRA/OR&D-76/271
Office
RRD
11
Jun
1976
Technical Bulletins
Title 49 CFR, Part 218, Blue Signal Protection of Workmen
Subject
Roadway Worker Protection
Abstract: Inquiries have been received relative to the applicability to employees of the Federal Railroad Administration of the requirements contained in 49 CFR, Part 218, Subpart B --Blue...
Bulletin Number
TB -76-58
Discipline
General
7
Jun
1976
Technical Reports
A Metallurgical Investigation of a Full-Scale Insulated Rail Tank Car Filled with LPG Subjected to a Fire Environment
Subject
Hazardous Materials
Abstract: An analysis of the failure of an insulated rail tank car, RAX 202, which had been tested to failure in a fire environment at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, was requested...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-75/52
Office
RRD