Slab Track at Facility for Accelerated Service Testing: Performance and Serviceability

Details

• Creators:
  Rakoczy, Anna M. ; Dick, Stephen
• Corporate Creators:
  Transportation Technology Center, Inc. ; United States. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of Railroad Policy and Development
• Corporate Contributors:
  Portland Cement Association
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Concrete slab track
  • Axle loads
  • Service life
  • Wheelsets (Railroads)
  • Slab track
  • track geometry
  • instrumented wheelsets
  • heavy axle load
  • HAL
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT/FRA/ORD-18/02
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Colorado
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of Railroad Policy and Development
• NTL Classification:
  NTL-RAIL TRANSPORTATION-Rail Planning and Policy
• Description:
  The Transportation Technology Center, Inc., with funding by the Portland Cement Association and the Federal Railroad Administration, documented the available records associated with the performance of the concrete slab track section in the High Tonnage Loop at the Facility for Accelerated Service Testing (FAST) at the Transportation Technology Center near Pueblo, CO. The concrete slab track section was retired in August 2014, after more than 10 years of satisfactory performance under heavy axle load train operations at FAST. The report provides the results of analysis and discussion of available maintenance and test records gathered during the slab track’s service life. It also includes a discussion about the visual inspection of the slab and fastening systems before and during demolition of the slab.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DTFR53-11-D-00008
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/35578/dot_35578_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 6.08 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Federal Railroad Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:a8c98552ddea5d455dad615f41edd63c3c57a921bbda1cdc6d2e2f869c69aab3