STANDARD LIGHT RAIL VEHICLE SPECIFICATION -- CONTRACT SECTION -- REVISED TO INCLUDE ADDENDA 1 THROUGH 4

THIS SPECIFICATION DESCRIBES A STANDARD UNITED STATES LIGHT RAIL VEHICLE (TECHNICALLY DEFINED AS ELECTRIC MULTIPLE-UNIT ARTICULATED SUBWAYSURFACE LIGHT RAIL CARS). PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS AND DESIGN CHARACTERISTICS CONTAINED IN THIS SPECIFICATION WERE DEVELOPED IN COOPERATION WITH MASS TRANSIT OPERATORS, CONSULTING ENGINEERS, AND THE URBAN MASS TRANSPORTATION ADMINISTRATION. THIS REPORT DETAILS CONTRACTUAL INFORMATION FOR POTENTIAL MANUFACTURERS OF THE LIGHT RAIL VEHICLES. THE CONTRACT SPECIFICATIONS WERE DEVELOPED BY THE LIGHT RAIL VEHICLE COMMITTEE (BSFC) WHICH WAS COMPRISED OF OPERATING PROPERTIES IN BOSTON AND SAN FRANCISCO. SPECIFIC CONTRACT DOCUMENTS INDEXED IN THIS REPORT INCLUDE GENERAL INFORMATION FOR BIDDERS AND THE INVITATION TO BID, BSF COMMITTEE AGREEMENT, PROPOSAL TO MANUFACTURE LIGHT RAIL VEHICLES FOR BSFC, CONTRACTS, PERFORMANCE BOND, AND POWER OF ATTORNEY. /UMTA/

• Corporate Authors:

  Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

  10 Park Plaza
  Boston, MA  United States  02116

  San Francisco Municipal Railway

  949 Presidio Avenue, Room 204
  San Francisco, CA  United States  94115

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1972-10

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 178 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bids; Contracts; Design standards; Electric railroads; Manufacturing; Railroad cars; Railroad transportation; Specifications
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223942
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Urban Mass Transportation Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: Final Rept
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 15 1973 12:00AM