STANDARD LIGHT RAIL VEHICLE

This paper summarizes the results of a joint agency cooperative effort to develop the National Standard Light Rail Vehicle for surface-subway passenger transport. Selected vehicle performance characteristics, design criteria and design features are described.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Contributed by the Intersociety Committee on Transportation for presentation at the Intersociety Conference on Transportation, Denver, Colo., Sept. 23-27, 1973.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Mechanical Engineers

  Two Park Avenue
  New York, NY  United States  10016-5990
• Authors:
  • Muehlberger, R F
• Publication Date: 1973-9

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 12 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Light rail vehicles; Passenger cars; Rapid transit; Standards; Streetcars
• Subject Areas: Public Transportation; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00051409
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ASME Journal of Mechanical Engineering
• Report/Paper Numbers: 73-ICT-80 Paper
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 9 1982 12:00AM