Design of High-Throughput Hump Yards

Gardiner, K W; Ross, D W; Siddioee, M W; Wong, P. J.

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Design of High-Throughput Hump Yards

1969-06-01
By Gardiner, K W ; Ross, D W ; Siddioee, M W

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Gardiner, K W ; Ross, D W ; Siddioee, M W ; Wong, P. J.
Corporate Creators:

Southern Pacific Company
Corporate Contributors:

United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Railroad Administration
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Resource Type:

Tech Report
Geographical Coverage:

United States
Edition:

Final Report- Phase 1
Corporate Publisher:

Stanford Research Institute
Abstract:

This report covers the work done during a six-month study of design of hump yards to achieve increased throughput. The basic functions of hump yard operation were analyzed and those factors that limit throughput were studied in detail. A modified yard design and freight car control policy was developed that will make possible the design of a hump yard with throughputs ranging from 300 ft to 500 ft of car/min. An evolutionary hump yard design is outlined to permit initial operation at 300 ft of car/min with the capability of increasing this to 400 or 500 ft of car/min by the addition and relocation of the control retarders.
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[PDF - 26.73 MB]
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Federal Railroad Administration
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urn:sha256:e9157a5e3afb2d7bd4f78c9f315beba0b2d734d734a953cf2d966d6264f478b2

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