Railroad Classification Yard Technology Manual. Volume I : Yard Design Methods

Wong, P. J.; Sakasita, M.; Stock, W. A.; Elliott, C. V.; Hackworth, M.A.

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Railroad Classification Yard Technology Manual. Volume I : Yard Design Methods

1981-02-01
By Wong, P. J. ; Sakasita, M. ; Stock, W. A. ; ...

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Creators:

Wong, P. J. ; Sakasita, M. ; Stock, W. A. ; Elliott, C. V. ; Hackworth, M.A.
Corporate Creators:

SRI International
Corporate Contributors:

John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.) ; United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of Research and Development
Subject/TRT Terms:

Classification Yards Computer Programming Decision Making Economic Analysis Freight Cars Manuals Railroad Cars Railroad Traffic Control Railroad Yards Surveying Traffic Engineering
Publication/ Report Number:

FRA/ORD-81/20.I ; PB81-200560
Resource Type:

Tech Report
Geographical Coverage:

United States
Edition:

Final report; March 1981
Corporate Publisher:

United States. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of Research and Development
Abstract:

This volume documents the procedures and methods associated with the design of railroad classification yards. Subjects include: site location, economic analysis, yard capacity analysis, design of flat yards, overall configuration of hump yards, hump yard track and switch layout, hump profile design, and hump trim-end design.
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Funding:

DOT-TSC-1337
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Federal Railroad Administration Volpe Center
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