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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By
  • Duane Otter
  • Stephen Dick
  • Anna Rakoczy
Tags:
  • deck plate girder
  • fatigue analysis
  • fatigue life
  • riveted girder
  • steel bridge
  • stress cycles
  • stress measurement
By
  • Matt DeGeorge
  • Scott Cummings
  • Tony Sultana
Tags:
  • Brakes
  • gauge
  • gladhand
  • hose
  • wear
By
  • Tony Sultana
Tags:
  • bearing
  • blockage
  • cross brace
  • frame key
  • HBD
  • obstruction
  • wayside detection
  • Wheels/Maintenance
By
  • Michael McHenry
Tags:
  • Crossties and Fasteners
  • engineered polymer composite tie
  • EPC tie
  • FAST®
  • lateral track resistance
  • single tie push test
By
  • Michael McHenry
  • Joseph LoPresti
Tags:
  • Crossties and Fasteners
  • engineered polymer composite tie
  • EPC tie
  • FAST®
By
  • Anna Rakoczy
  • Duane Otter
  • Stephen Dick
Tags:
  • Bridges
  • equivalent Cooper loading
  • intermodal
  • net truck vertical forces
  • NTV
  • short spans
  • vertical loads
  • wheel impact load detectors
  • WILD
By
  • Matthew Witte
  • Brian Lindeman
Tags:
  • machine vision inspection
  • New Vision
  • TFDS
  • truck component inspection
  • undercarriage inspection
  • Wayside Detection & Car Identification
By
  • Matthew Witte
  • Richard Chaparro
  • Abe Meddah
Tags:
  • automated rail car inspection
  • defect detection
  • machine vision
  • truck component inspection
  • Wayside Detection & Car Identification
  • wayside inspection
By
  • Matthew Witte
  • Abe Meddah
  • William GeMeiner
Tags:
  • automated rail car inspection
  • defect detection
  • machine vision
  • truck component inspection
  • Wayside Detection & Car Identification
  • wayside inspection
By
  • Benjamin Bakkum
  • Rafael Jimenez
  • David Davis
Tags:
  • Flange Climb
  • maintenance practices
  • switch inspection
  • turnouts & special trackwork
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