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Cost-Benefit Analysis of Alternative Fuels and Motive Designs

This project was funded by the Federal Railroad Administration to better understand the potential cost and benefits of using alternative fuels for U.S. freight and passenger locomotive operations. The framework for a decision model was developed by Transportation Technology Center, Inc., to...

Crippling Load Test of Budd Pioneer Car 244, Test 3

This report summarizes Test 3, a crippling load test on Budd Pioneer Car 244, conducted on June 28, 2011. Before the crippling load test, Transportation Technology Center, Inc., conducted two 800,000-pound (lb) quasi-static tests on Car 244 in accordance with Code of Federal Regulations 49 CFR 239....