Engineering data characterizing the fleet of U.S. railway rolling stock. Volume II, Methodology and data.

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• Alternative Title:
  Engineering parametric characterization of the U.S. fleet of railway rolling stock.
• Creators:
  Przybylinski, P.G. ; Anderson, G.B.
• Corporate Creators:
  Pullman Standard Company
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Data Collection Fleet Management Freight Cars Graphs Histograms Life Cycle Analysis Life Cycle Costing Locomotives Maintainability Maintainability (Engineering) Mechanical Loads Methodology Passenger Cars Railroad Cars--Dynamics Railroad Safety Railroad Tracks--Research--Methodology Railroad Trains--Loads Reliability Reliability (Engineering) Rolling Contact Rolling Stock Rolling Stock--Research--Methodology Safety Factor In Engineering Simulation Standards Statistical Analysis Statistics--Charts, Diagrams, Etc. Statistics--Data Processing Surveys Train Track Dynamics Wheelsets (Railroads)

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• Publication/ Report Number:
  FRA/ORD/81/75.2
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of Research and Development
• Abstract:
  This report contains engineering parameter descriptions of major and distinctive freight vehicle configurations covering approximately 96% of the U.S. freight vehicle fleet. This data has been developed primarily for use in analytical simulation modeling of rail vehicles to analyses of vehicle/track dynamic interaction dynamics. To characterize loaded freight vehicles, representative ladings and average load conditions were defined, and load-dependent characterizations were developed for each major vehicle/lading combination. Freight truck design data was assembled and correlated with carbody descriptions, and some typical freight vehicle wheel profiles were defined based on a field measurement survey. Population data and estimates of total annual mileage traveled by each vehicle and vehicle/lading combination are also provided.
  
  Engineering parameter descriptions of major locomotive and passenger vehicle design groups are also provided.
  
  The concept of generically similar railcar configurations is also introduced as a practical and cost effective approach to analyzing large numbers of vehicles in rail system dynamics studies.
  
  Volume I - is user oriented containing (a) a summary description of data developed, (b) a detailed data directory to facilitate access to data contained in appendices of Volume II, and (c) supplemental comments on elements of the detailed methodology.
  
  Volume II - contains the fleet characterization data and describes the detailed methodology used to generate the data.
  
  
• Format:
  PDF
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:cfa7e777ea220a5bfb0568d5600417624259034323294dcef211ce3d888fd699
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/23143/dot_23143_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.42 MB ]