ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF GUIDED GROUND TRANSPORT. 1972-1973

This second annual report contains administrative reports on the organizations's operations and progress reports on the following research activities; A communications system for long trains; Guided radar for obstacle detection in guided transport systems: Signal processing aspects; Surface waveguides for guided radar and obstacle detection in guided ground transportation; Control of multi-locomotive power trains; Solid-state repeaters; A study of stresses and deformations under dynamic and static load systems in track structure and support; Track dynamics; Freezing problems during rail transportation; Effect of testing techniques on locomotive shop time and inventory; A simulation model for northern transportation planning; Canadian Freight Transport Model summary report: Phase II; Study of magnetic levitation and linear synchronous motor propulsion; An examination of the constitutional and intergovernmental aspects of a coordinated transportation policy in Canada; Arctic railway study.

• Corporate Authors:

  Canadian Institute of Guided Ground Transport

  Queen's University
  Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6,   Canada 
• Publication Date: 1973

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 174 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Communications; Couplers; Development; Forecasting; Freight traffic; Magnetic levitation; Mathematical models; Network analysis (Planning); Policy; Proximity detectors; Radar; Railroad tracks; Research; Slave locomotives; Telecommunications; Traffic forecasting; Train track dynamics; Waveguides
• Uncontrolled Terms: Research and development
• Geographic Terms: Canada
• Old TRIS Terms: Automatic coupling; Government policies; Railway to the arctic; Track structures
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Freight Transportation; Policy; Public Transportation; Railroads; Research;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00145174
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Canadian Institute of Guided Ground Transport
• Report/Paper Numbers: CIGGT-73-10
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 16 1977 12:00AM