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FRATE, Volume I: User's Manual

FRATE (Freight Car Response Analysis and Test Evaluation) is the name of a digital computer program which numerically solves the structural dynamic equations of motion of a single railroad freight car excited by wheel/rail interface motions. The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has sponsored...

Vertical Shaker System Laboratory Tests of Trailer on a Flatcar (CR-124)

This report describes full scale Trailer on a Flatcar (TOFC) optimization tests performed during 1976 on the Vertical Shaker System at the Rail Dynamics Laboratory, Pueblo, CO. The purpose of these tests was to evaluate the effect of TOFC system component changes on lading vibration levels and...

General Vehicle Test Instrumentation Manual

A General Vehicle Test System (GVTS) has been developed by the Transportation Systems Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts to facilitate rail transit vehicle testing at the Transportation Test Center, Pueblo, Colorado. This system was designed to be responsive to requirements specified in the...

General Vehicle Test Instrumentation Evaluation

A General Vehicle Test System (GVTS) has been developed by the Transportation Systems Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts to facilitate rail transit vehicle testing at the Transportation Test Center, Pueblo, Colorado. This system was designed to be responsive to requirements specified in the...

Test Results Summary Report for DODX Railcar Stability Test

This document outlines the test results of the DODX Stability Test. The purpose of these tests was to insure compliance of the DODX railcars for different car loadings with the Pittsburgh Naval Reactors amended American Association of Railroads Specification D-65.

Facility for Accelerated Service Testing: the First Experiment

The Facility for Accelerated Service Testing (FAST) is a track loop located at the DOT Transportation Test Center at Pueblo, Colorado. A train operating around the loop for up to 16 hours per day exposes track and equipment components under test to loads approximately ten times as rapidly as in...

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)...