Performance of No. 20 Frogs of Various Designs in Revenue Service

Details

• Creators:
  Jimenez, Rafael
• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of Railroad Policy and Development
• Contributors:
  Baillargeon, Jay ; Carr, Gary
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of Research, Development, and Technology ; Norfolk Southern Corporation ; Transportation Technology Center, Inc. ; Association of American Railroads
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Frogs (Railroads)
  • Railroad tracks
  • Axle loads
  • special track work
  • turnout frogs
  • frog heel
  • frog point
  • HAL
• Publication/ Report Number:
  RR 18-04
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of Railroad Policy and Development
• NTL Classification:
  NTL-RAIL TRANSPORTATION-Rail Safety
• Abstract:
  Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI) tested and evaluated the performance of four No. 20 fixed-point frogs on the Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) track as part of the jointly funded Association of American Railroads (AAR) and Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Heavy Axle Load (HAL) Revenue Service Test Program.
• Format:
  PDF
• Alternate URL:
  https://www.fra.dot.gov/eLib/details/L19384#p1_z25_gD_lRS
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/37247/dot_37247_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.03 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Federal Railroad Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:2b073b089fda5466d6a438e855b9941a77c3226afff56125e0a70ea7dc43d3a8