RAIL CAR COMPONENT DEFECT DETECTION USING PITLESS RAILWAY SCALES (A FEASIBILITY STUDY PLAN)

This report presents a feasibility study plan to help establish the practicality of utilizing modified pitless-in-motion rail scale systems to detect faulty railroad car components and component systems. This plan considers detecting critical components and performance conditions such as: lateral and vertical rail forces, defective wheels, brakes and bearings, centerplate friction, consist speed, hunting, creep, rock and roll.

• Corporate Authors:

  Raskin (SH) Corporation

  P.O. Box 402426
  Dallas, TX  United States  75240

  Federal Railroad Administration

  Office of Research and Development, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Raskin, S H
• Publication Date: 1980-9

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 101 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Defects; Detection and identification; Detectors; Feasibility analysis; Freight cars; Inspection; Journal bearings; Load cells; Monitoring; Railroad cars; Railroad facilities; Sensors; Strain gages; Structural plates; Weight indicators; Wheels
• Old TRIS Terms: Center plates; Freight car component performance; Freight car inspection; Track scales; Wayside; Wheel defects
• Subject Areas: Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00326380
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: FRA/ORD-79/50 Final Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: DOT-FR-8003
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Dec 30 1981 12:00AM