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Locomotive to Automobile Baseline Crash Tests

Four Locomotive to Automobile Crash tests were performed by the Dynamic Science Division of Ultrasystems at DOT's High Speed Ground Test Center under contract to the Transportation Systems Center, which is conducting the work for the Federal Railroad Administration. This report documents these...

General Vehicle Test Plan (GVTP) for Urban Rail Transit Cars

The General Vehicle Test Plan provides a system for general vehicle testing and for documenting and utilizing data and information in the testing of urban rail transit cars. Test procedures are defined for nine categories: 1) Performance; 2) Power Consumption; 3) Power System Interaction; 4)...

Freight Car Truck Design Optimization: Literature Search - Volume III

Volume III of the TDOP Literature Search contains the sections entitled: "Truck Performance" and "Literature Search Title Index." The section dealing with truck performance contains: an introduction dealing with literature selected for reprinting, reprints of articles judged particularly...

Freight Car Truck Design Optimization: Literature Search - Volume II

Volume II of the TDOP Literature Search contains the sections entitled: "Truck Components” and "Track-Train Dynamics As Related To Truck Performance." Each of the two sections contains: an introduction dealing with literature selected for reprinting, reprints of articles judged particularly...

Freight Car Truck Design Optimization: Literature Search - Volume I

This document serves as an introduction to the literature known to be available and relevant to rail freight car trucks, their components and performance characteristics. In connection with the Federal Railroad Administration sponsored research in Truck Design Optimization a literature search...