Visit to the Pacific Coast Terminal of the Canadian Pacific Railroad

Details

• Creators:
  Ploeger, Dale
• Corporate Creators:
  SRI International
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Railroad Facility Operations Railroad Terminals Retarder Control Yard Operations
• Publication/ Report Number:
  Project 7663-3
• Resource Type:
  Other
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States ; Canada
• Edition:
  Informal Note 18
• Corporate Publisher:
  SRI International
• Abstract:
  The purpose of the trip was to inspect the installation of ten ASEA screw-type retarders. The retarders are a part of a sulfur-wood chip dumping facility. The ASEA retarders were installed to reduce the noise caused by empty freight cars when they couple (local residents had complained.) Ten units had been installed in two groups of three set to retard cars over 4 kmh, and a final group of four set to retard cars over 1.5 kmh. Only the first six are being used, and these mostly at night. The final group of retarders was found to retard the cars too much and cause stalls.
• Format:
  PDF
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f4cb2e5377d65fa61aa095e3ff417f50d02cd69d009d37a2c6d4f9b70805eaa617eded36cd99dd55513ea86813fcc68a89b3026ff69ca061c9286250cecffd5f
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/75615/dot_75615_DS1.pdf
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