Technical Reports

Tests of the Amtrak SDP-40F Train Consist Conducted on Chessie System Track: Executive Brief

This report describes results of tests of an SDP-40F train consist conducted on Chessie System track during June, 1977. The test consisted of the operation of two test trains intended to be typical of AMTRAK passenger consists, one powered by two SDP-40F's and the other by two E-8's, over a...

Tests of the Amtrak SDP-40F Train Consist Conducted on Chessie System Track

This report describes tests of an SDP-40F train consist conducted on Chessie System track during June, 1977. The tests consisted of the operation of two typical AMTRAK passenger consists, one powered by two SDP-40F's and the other by two E-8's, over a variety of track conditions. The objectives...

Test Results Report - Ride Quality Testing of an Amcoach on Wooden and Concrete Tie Sections

This report covers the collection of ride quality data on an Amcoach while traveling on wooden and concrete tie sections in the area of Boston, MA and Aberdeen, MD on the Northeast Corridor. The purpose of the test was to compare the ride quality of an Amcoach when riding on wooden and concrete...

SLRV Engineering Tests at Department of Transportation Transportation Test Center: Volume IV - Data Logs

In May 1973, Boeing Vertol Company was awarded a contract to build Light Rail Vehicles to a specification sponsored by Department of Transportation's Urban Mass Transportation Administration, and identified a Standard Light Rail Vehicle (SLRV). Engineering testing on the SLRV was conducted by...

SLRV Engineering Tests at Department of Transportation Transportation Test Center: Volume III - Ride Quality, Noise, and Radio Frequency Interference Tests

SLRV Engineering Tests at Department of Transportation Transportation Test Center: Volume I - Introduction

In May 1973, Boeing Vertol Company was awarded a contract to build Light Rail Vehicles to a specification sponsored by Department of Transportation's Mass Transportation Administration, and identified a Standard Light Rail Vehicle (SLRV). Engineering testing on the SLRV was conducted by Boeing...

Railroad Research Bulletin: Autumn 1979 - Volume 6, Number 2

This publication contains 1,244 abstracts of journal articles and research reports and descriptions of computer programs and magnetic data tapes. It also has 467 summaries of ongoing research activities in the railroad field. The material, selected from , current railroad literature and other...

Railroad Research Bulletin: Spring 1979 - Volume 6, Number 1

This publication contains 1078 abstracts of journal articles and research reports and descriptions of computer programs and magnetic data tapes. It also has 442 summaries of ongoing research activities in the railroad field. The material, selected from current railroad literature and other...

Postmortem Investigation of the Kansas Test Track, Volume II

The Kansas Test Track (KTT) was comprised of nine different track systems, which were founded on a designed embankment. The KTT subgrade experienced premature failure in-service, and KTT operations were terminated in June 1975 after approximately six months of traffic. A postmortem investigation of...

Mechanical Impedance Evaluations of the Kansas Test Track: Pretraffic and Posttraffic Tests

The Kansas Test Track (KTT) was comprised of nine different track systems whose dynamic response was measured in two series of impedance tests. Pretraffic impedance testing was done in 1973, before the KTT was opened to traffic, and a second (posttraffic) test series was carried out in 1975...

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