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High-Speed Ground Transportation for America

High-speed ground transportation (HSGT) - a family of technologies ranging from upgraded existing railroads to magnetically levitated vehicles - is a passenger transportation option that can best link metropolitan areas lying about 100 to 500 miles apart. To provide an objective basis for transport...

MARTA "C" Car: Thermal Capacity Test

A Special Engineering Test was conducted on Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) Car 502 to determine the operating temperature at various undercar locations during worst-case simulated revenue service while operating at AW2 weight (100,000 lbs). This simulated revenue service was...