AUTOMATIC WARNING OF TRACK MAINTENANCE GANGS. METHOD OF MEASURING THE NOISE EMITTED BY TRACK MAINTENANCE MACHINES

This report contains a summary of the "Analysis of the studies and investigations made by some railway administrations to measure the noise emitted by track maintenance mechanes". The main subject of the report concerns a "Method of measuring the noise emitted by track maintenance machines"; it was devised to ensure that its use will furnish the administrations with comparable measured values. A detailed method for noise measurements associated with track maintenance machines, which has been tested in practice, is described.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Restrictions on the use of this document are contained in the explanatory material.
• Corporate Authors:

  International Union of Railways

  Office of Research and Experiments
  Utrecht,   Netherlands 
• Publication Date: 1973-4

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 38 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash avoidance systems; Maintenance of way; Noise; Warning systems
• Old TRIS Terms: Automatic warning systems; Question a124; Track maintenance equipment
• Subject Areas: Environment; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00052513
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: International Union of Railways
• Report/Paper Numbers: A124/RP2/E
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 24 1976 12:00AM