TRUCK DESIGN - A SYSTEMS APPROACH TO SOLVING PROBLEMS

The responsibility for freight-car truck design is difficult to fix. After examining the functions of various agencies involved in design, truck problems are examined. Two areas for improved truck performance are modification of existing trucks to improve reliability and complete redesign to improve performance.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Proceedings of the 12th Annual Railroad Engineering Conference held at Pueblo, Colorado, October 23-24, 1975. The complete volume is RRIS 02 132958, Pricing is for the complete volume: Repr. PC $6.75, Microfiche$2.25, NTIS PB-252968/AS.
• Corporate Authors:

  Federal Railroad Administration

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  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Hawthorne, V T
• Conference:
  • Proceedings of the 12th Annual Railroad Engineering Conference held at Pueblo, Colorado, October 23-24, 1975. The complete volume is RRIS 02 132958, Pricing is for the complete volume: Repr. PC $6.75, Microfiche$2.25, NTIS PB-252968/AS.
• Publication Date: 1975-10

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 74-78

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bolsters; Car trucks (Railroads); Design; Development; Motor vehicle dynamics; Research; Suspension systems; Trucks
• Uncontrolled Terms: Design criteria; Research and development
• Old TRIS Terms: Truck and bolster systems; Truck behavior
• Subject Areas: Design; Motor Carriers; Railroads; Research; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00132967
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Railroad Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: FRA OR&D 76-243
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jun 5 1976 12:00AM