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Wheel Failure Mechanisms of Railroad Cars-- Final Report - Volume 1 (Summary Report)

This report summarizes an extensive research program into the causes of wheel thermal failure. Results of material property tests, review of failure data, dynamometer tests, roll dynamics unit, track tests, and theoretical and experimental stress analysis show that heat-treated wheels of designs...

Peacekeeper Rail Garrison Test of Engineering Model Maintenance Car

Tests were performed on the Peacekeeper Rail Garrison Maintenance Car {MC), according to specifications in Chapter XI of the AAR's, Manual of Standards and Recommended Practices. The unloaded MC was subjected to limited service worthiness testing. The tests, performed on the loaded MC, included...

Results from the Car Coupling Impact Tests of Intermodal Trailers and Containers

Results are presented from the car coupling impact and lift/drop tests which were conducted during April 1985 at the Transportation Test Center, Pueblo, Colorado, under the Safety Evaluation of Intermodal and Jumbo Tank Hazardous Material Cars Program. The program was conducted to develop...

Grease Evaluations using the Hi-Rail Lubrication System at FAST

Previous testing of lubrication systems at the Facility for Accelerated Service Testing (FAST) have stimulated a general interest in grease performance. The hi-rail grease test was conducted to evaluate four types of lubricant when used with a hi-rail track lubricator. In this test, the grease...

Overview - FAST Lubrication Study

From October 1983 to November 1984, a lubrication study funded -by the Federal Railroad Administration was conducted by the Association of American Railroads at the Facility for Accelerated Service Testing (FAST) at the Transportation Test Center in Pueblo, Colorado. The FAST Lubrication Study...

JPL Capabilities for the Railroad Wheel Failure Mechanisms and Test Facility Project

This report denotes the capabilities of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), an operating division of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). The capabilities are demonstrated through an introduction to JPL and Caltech, a history of JPL, a description of the Energy and Technology...

The Kansas Test Track

The Federal Railroad Administration and the Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe Railway Company are jointly sponsoring the construction of a test track as part of the railroad's heavy tonnage main line in Kansas. The objective of the project is a determination of the levels of increased train...

Railroad Tank Car Fire Test: Test No. 7

A fire test was conducted on a one-fifth scale model pressurized railroad tank car on 7 February 1973, The test, designated as Test Number 7, was conducted by the Ballistic Research Laboratories for the Federal Railroad Administration of the United States Department of Transportation at the White...

Broad Agency Announcement – BAA 2015 Appendix C – Research Topics

BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT BAA-2015

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