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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
Jan
1976
Other Reports
Technical Documentation: 2, 3, & 4 Axle Rigid Truck Curve Negotiation Model
Subject
Track/Train Interactions
Keywords: Friction Creep, Curving Modes, External Loads, Reaction Forces
Abstract: [From the Introduction] An understanding of curve negotiation mechanics is vital from the standpoint of learning of the design and operating parameters that result in decreases...
Office
RRD
1
Jan
1976
Other Reports
National Railroad-Highway Crossing Inventory : Update Manual
Subject
Highway-Rail Grade Crossings
Abstract: The purpose of this manual is to establish a set of procedures that will provide an- up.to-date and accurate database for: 1. A National Railroad-Highway Crossing Information...
1
Jan
1976
Other Reports
Harmonic Roll Series : Volume 4 : Torsional and Flexural Car Stiffness Characteristics
Subject
Track/Train Interactions
Abstract: This manual on torsional and flexural car stiffness characteristics was developed as a joint effort of the Association of American Railroads, the Railway Progress Institute, the...
Office
RRD