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Most of the recent discussion and proposed legislation concerning Maglev assumes that U.S. industry has a strong interest in Maglev and will be willling to take a proactive, costsharing role in the development of Maglev systems. As part of the preliminary feasibility studies on Maglev, the Federal...
This report documents the testing of a top of the rail lubricant applied in computer-controlled quantities. This system, the SENTRAEN
2000™, was developed by Tranergy. The testing was carried out over CSXT operated track between Corbin, KY and Cartersville, GA on
various train runs from February...
Performance standards for Electronically Controlled Pneumatic (ECP) freight brake systems for use on the
North American railroads are being developed by working groups composed of personnel from the railroad
industry, the railroad supply industry, and AAR technical staff. Draft specifications (S-...
This report describes a novel method to determine three-dimensional (3-D) residual stresses in railroad rails. The method uses
Moire and Twyman/Green interferometry to measure the deformation of rail slices during a stress relief process which is
accomplished by thermal annealing (heat treatment...