A COMPARISON OF LOCOMOTIVE HAULED TRAINS AND ELECTRIC MU CARS. TECHNICAL CONSIDERATIONS

Since 1969 the Penn Central Railroad has been operating a Metroliner fleet of sixty-one self powered electric cars (MU) between New York City and Washington, D.C. The fleet is operated on an hourly schedule in both directions and is presently providing a service of 198 trains per week. The Metroliners were designed for maximum speed of 160 miles per hour and have a short term power rating of 2500 horsepower per car at the wheels.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presented at the 1976 Joint ASME/IEEE Railroad Technical Conference, Chicago, Illinois, April 6-8, 1976.
• Corporate Authors:

  Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

  3 Park Avenue, 17th Floor
  New York, NY  United States  10016-5997
• Authors:
  • Marchetti, J W
• Publication Date: 1976-3-8

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: 6 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Adhesion; Drag; Freight terminals; High speed rail; Intermodal terminals; Locomotive operations; Maintenance management; Maintenance practices; Multiple unit trains; Planning; Reliability; Scheduling; Train operations; Train track dynamics
• Old TRIS Terms: Locomotive hauled; Train performance
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Railroads; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00131627
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
• Report/Paper Numbers: C76 461-9 IA
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 14 1976 12:00AM