TRAIN HANDLING AND OVERTURNED RAIL

The Canadian Pacific Railway recently used the EMD's dynamometer car to explore the problem of harmonic roll and over-turned rail. The problem is particularly bad in the Rockies. The tests indicated several methods by which train handling procedures could be improved to reduce the chance of a derailment.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Murphy-Richter Publishing Company

  20 North Wacker Driver
  Chicago, IL  United States  60606
• Publication Date: 1974-8

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 33-34
• Serial:
  • Progressive Railroading
  • Volume: 17
  • Issue Number: 8
  • Publisher: Trade Press Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0033-0817
  • Serial URL: http://www.progressiverailroading.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Derailments; Railroad tracks; Structural design; Train track dynamics
• Identifier Terms: Canadian Pacific
• Uncontrolled Terms: Track geometry
• Subject Areas: Design; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00080772
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Canadian National Railways, Headquarters Library
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 27 1976 12:00AM