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
  • Kenneth Rownd
  • Darrell Iler
  • Curtis Urban
Tags:
  • advanced suspensions
  • multi-level railcars
  • premium suspensions
  • ride-quality performance requirements
  • transporting automobiles
Date Posted:
By
  • Dingqing Li
  • William Shust
  • Randy Thompson
  • Joy Cooke
Tags:
  • identify weak spots on track
  • interface of tie and ballast
  • panel shifting
  • track buckling
  • track maintenance practices
Date Posted:
By
  • Kevin Sawley
  • Joseph Kristan
Tags:
  • 430 hardness Brinell
  • angular inclusions
  • dry gage-face wear
  • strain-gage measurements
  • uniform microstructure
  • web saw-cutting measurements
Date Posted:
By
  • Dingqing Li
  • David Read
  • Gerald Miller
Tags:
  • confining stress applied
  • degree of saturation
  • soil dynamic strength
Date Posted:
By
  • Thomas Guins
  • Jeffrey Chapman
  • William Robert
  • Carl Martland
Tags:
  • 33-ton axle loads
  • 53-foot aluminum cars
  • improved suspension trucks
  • maximize net weight per unit of train length
Date Posted:
By
  • Thomas Guins
Tags:
  • equipment maintenance
  • fuel consumption
  • Phase III of FASTĀ®/HAL implementation program
  • reduction in rail grinding
  • tangent rail life
  • track capital & maintenance
  • truck-rebuild cycle
  • wheel-set life
Date Posted:
By
  • Fred Carlson
  • A. John Peters
Tags:
  • design
  • environmental requirements
Date Posted:
By
  • Joseph LoPresti
  • Duane Otter
  • Daniel Tobias
  • Douglas Foutch
Date Posted:
By
  • John Elkins
  • Randy Thompson
  • William Shust
Date Posted:
By
  • Steven Chrismer
  • William Shust
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