U.S.-U.S.S.R. RAIL INSPECTION INFORMATION EXCHANGE

This trip report describes the results and conclusions of the U.S. delegation resulting from the U.S.-U.S.S.R. Rail Inspection Information exchange tour of the Soviet Union, August 24 through September 1, 1975. This information exchange was conducted under protocol agreements developed in 1974 between the Ministry of Railroads of the U.S.S.R. and the Federal Railroad Administration of the U.S. Department of Transportation. The objective of this information exchange was to achieve a technical description of Soviet rail inspection technology and practice and to learn of recent R&D efforts for nondestructive inspection (NDI) of rail. The pertinent areas included: contemporary rail NDI systems, planning and scheduling of rail inspection, inspection of track components other than rail, methods for measurement of rail stresses, and recent R&D efforts in rail NDI. This report is divided into five sections: itinerary, description of devices and techniques, applicability of Soviet technology to U.S. rail NDI, effectiveness of the information exchange, and recommendations for future exchanges.

• Record URL:
  https://railroads.dot.gov/elibrary/us-ussr-rail-inspection-information-exchange
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• Corporate Authors:

  Batelle Memorial Institute/Pacific Northwest Labs

  Battelle Boulevard, P.O. Box 999
  Richland, WA  United States  99352

  Transportation Systems Center

  55 Broadway, Kendall Square
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02142

  Federal Railroad Administration

  Office of Research and Development, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Becker, F L
• Publication Date: 1977-6

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Pagination: 90 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Defects; Detection and identification; Flaw detection; Information, data, and knowledge; Inspection; Magnetic materials; Materials tests; Nondestructive tests; Quality control; Railroad rails; Railroad tracks; Stresses; Technology; Technology assessment; Ultrasonic tests; Welds
• Uncontrolled Terms: Information exchange; Magnetic tests; Rail flaw detection
• Geographic Terms: Former Soviet Union; Russia (Federation)
• Old TRIS Terms: Rail inspection; Rail stress
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00167341
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT-TSC-FRA-77-6 Final Rpt., FRA/ORD/77-35
• Contract Numbers: DOT-TSC-979
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Dec 8 1978 12:00AM