Technology Digests

MxV Rail’s Technology Digest e-Library spans over 30 years of research and testing for the Association of American Railroads (AAR). This work was made possible by the support of the AAR and its member railroads, as well as additional partners including the Federal Railroad Administration, suppliers and vendors, and allied universities.

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Date Posted:
By
  • Steven Chrismer
  • Ernest Selig
Tags:
  • alternative ballast-related maintenance & purchasing
  • BALLAST2 model
  • track settlement & roughness
Date Posted:
By
  • David Andersen
  • Som Singh
  • Firdausi Irani
Tags:
  • container & carbody load (lowest acceleration) environment
  • five-unit articulated doublestack car
Date Posted:
By
  • David Utrata
Tags:
  • monitor changes in rail stress
  • temperature
  • ultrasonic stress measurement device
Date Posted:
By
  • Fred Carlson
  • S. Mehrvarzi
Tags:
  • defective control valves
  • hot wells
  • undesired train stops
Date Posted:
By
  • M. Fec
Tags:
  • bearings
  • Steady-State Temperature Distributions in Railroad Roller Bearings
Date Posted:
By
  • Gerald Anderson
  • A. John Peters
Tags:
  • European mainline lcomotives
  • first generation (Conventional thyristor-based) three-phase AC propulsion equipoment
Date Posted:
By
  • Duane Otter
Tags:
  • component failure
  • loss of rail fastener restraint
  • loss of track geometry
  • welding & grinding of running surfaces
Date Posted:
By
  • Semih Kalay
  • W.P. O’Donnell
Tags:
  • carbody structure
  • paint spotter car and track geometry car
  • track maintenance
Date Posted:
By
  • Firdausi Irani
  • S.K. Punwani
Tags:
  • end-of-car cushioning devices specification
Date Posted:
By
  • R.K. Steele
Tags:
  • base rail metal
  • mechanical properties
  • standard thermite casting practices
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