EXPERIENCE WITH A LONG DISTANCE UNIT COAL TRAIN

This paper is intended to provide an insight into the operation and maintenance experiences encountered during 7 1/2 years of operation of a unit coal train, that makes a 2164-mile round trip over a territory of varied operating and climatic conditions every 96 hr.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Contributed by the Intersociety Committee on Transportation for presentation at the Intersociety Conference on Transportation, Atlanta, Georgia, July 14-18, 1975.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Mechanical Engineers

  Two Park Avenue
  New York, NY  United States  10016-5990
• Authors:
  • Angold, J A
• Publication Date: 1975-7

Media Info

• Features: Tables;
• Pagination: 7 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Coal; Coal industry; Freight cars; Freight traffic; Gondola cars; Hunting (Dynamics); Loading facilities; Radio control; Roller bearings; Supply; Trucks; Unit trains; Vehicle components; Vehicle design; Vehicle maintenance; Wear
• Identifier Terms: Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company
• Uncontrolled Terms: Availability
• Old TRIS Terms: Car components; Freight car component performance; Freight car design; Freight car maintenance; Operating strategies; Radio remote control
• Subject Areas: Design; Freight Transportation; Maintenance and Preservation; Motor Carriers; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00130790
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
• Report/Paper Numbers: 75-ICT-4
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 7 1976 12:00AM