"THE QUIET ONE," BURLINGTON NORTHERN'S NORTHTOWN YARD, MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA

Burlington Northern has applied extensive noise abatement techniques for the retarders in its Northtown Yard at Minneapolis, Minn. Methods tested or used at other BN yards and on other railroads were adopted. The control of wheel screech noise by vertical sound barriers, sand damping of retarder members, wheel damping and application of water and/or lubricants on wheels and retarder shoes is discussed.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presented at the 75th Technical Conference, AREA, Chicago, Illinois, 22-24 March 1976.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Railway Engineering Association

  59 East Van Buren Street
  Chicago, IL  United States  60605
• Authors:
  • WALKER, M B
• Conference:
  • Presented at the 75th Technical Conference, AREA, Chicago, Illinois, 22-24 March 1976.
• Publication Date: 1976

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 555-561
• Serial:
  • Volume: 77

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Design; Environmental impacts; Hump yards; Lubricants; Noise; Noise barriers; Noise control; Railroad yards; Railroads; Retarder control
• Identifier Terms: BNSF Railway
• Old TRIS Terms: Retarder noise; Wheel screech noise; Yard design
• Subject Areas: Design; Environment; Railroads; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00139944
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Bulletin 658 Proceeding
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 26 1976 12:00AM