ENERGY, COST, AND DESIGN CRITERIA FOR AMTRAK AND HIGH-SPEED PASSENGER TRAINS

In appraising possible energy, cost and design criteria for successful passenger service planning, a comprehensive review was undertaken of the literature and reports covering the 1920--1960 history and results of U. S. passenger-train operations. Some of the service showed a profit for many of these years, and the pertinent factors relating to operations, fares, design and costs are summarized. A list of apparent requisites for future service is set forth, and the technically-related concepts to accomplish this are detailed at the end. Many actual designs in the 1930--1970 evolution of modern lightweight passenger trains are analyzed on a comparative basis. Using the relationships and parameters evolved from this approach, some present and future designs are evaluated against these criteria.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Proceedings of the 1974 Joint Railroad Conference, sponsored by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Pittsburgh. Pennsylvania, 3-4 April 1974.
• Corporate Authors:

  ASME/IEEE Joint Railroad Conference, 1974

  245 East 47th Street
  New York, NY  United States  10017
• Authors:
  • RICE, R A
• Publication Date: 1974-4

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 88 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bibliographies; Energy resources; High speed rail; Passenger service
• Uncontrolled Terms: Energy crisis
• Subject Areas: Energy; Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00054723
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 24 1974 12:00AM