NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY DESIGN GUIDELINES. NEW CAR ENGINEERING

The project was designed to develop a revised and updated series of handbooks covering various aspects of the design, construction, and equipment of a modern rail rapid transit system. This document contains information on new car engineering.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Prepared in cooperation with Tri-State Regional Planning Commission, New York. Paper copy also available in set of 12 reports as PB-251 641-SET, PC$70.00.
• Corporate Authors:

  New York City Transit Authority

  370 Jay Street
  Brooklyn, NY  United States  11201

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  Office of Research, Development and Demonstration
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Tri-State Transportation Commission

  100 Church Street
  New York, NY  United States  10007
• Publication Date: 1975-3

Media Info

• Pagination: 269 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air brakes; Brakes; Building materials; Concrete finishing; Construction; Control devices; Control systems; Couplers; Design; Door handles; Doors; Equipment assemblies; Fabrication; Frames; Guidelines; Handbooks; Human factors; Human factors engineering; Motors; Painting; Passenger cars; Propulsion; Railroad cars; Rapid transit; Rapid transit cars; Safety equipment; Systems engineering; Technology; Traction; Traction drives; Trucks; Undercarriages; Vehicle design; Vehicle frames; Vehicle power plants
• Identifier Terms: New York City Transit Authority
• Uncontrolled Terms: Design criteria
• Geographic Terms: New York (State)
• Old TRIS Terms: Assembling; Braking systems; Door operating mechanisms; Passenger car design; Propulsion controls; Rapid transit railways; Underframes
• Subject Areas: Construction; Design; Motor Carriers; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00133295
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: Tech. Rpt., UMTA-IT-09-0014-75-10
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jun 23 1981 12:00AM