Summary of development and application of draft buff indicator

Details

• Creators:
  Sussman, E. Donald
• Corporate Creators:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Freight Cars Freight Trains System Design
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT-TSC-RR828-78-4
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Edition:
  Project memorandum
• Corporate Publisher:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
• NTL Classification:
  NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-SAFETY AND SECURITY ; NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Human Factors
• Abstract:
  This memorandum summarizes the development and use of the
  
  Draft Buff Indicator, a prototype system for sensing, recording,
  
  and displaying freight train "slack action" or inter-car
  
  movement. The prototype, developed by the Transportation
  
  Systems Center as part of the International Government Industry
  
  Research Program on Track Train Dynamics, has been use-tested
  
  by four major railroads. This memorandum describes the basic
  
  design of the system, the railroads' experiences with it, and
  
  the prognosis for future use. A more detailed description of the system may be
  
  found in Report No. DOT/ORD-77-53 entitled "Development of a
  
  System to Display and Record Slack Action in Freight Trains."
  
  
• Format:
  PDF
• Collection(s):
  Volpe Center
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:94b7b7cb244c164fb07bc20a48d81a7923ff1b4af25174ff91fd0ac08558d396
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/8580/dot_8580_DS1.pdf
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