THE KANSAS TEST TRACK

The Federal Railroad Administration and the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company are jointly sponsoring the construction of a test track as part of the railroad's heavy tonnage main line in Kansas. The objective of the project is a determination of the levels of increased train stability provided by 8 specimens of incrementally improved track support. A further objective is a definition of the cost-benefit relationship associated with each augmentation of stability. The various test segments are defined, associated instrumentation requirements are outlined, and progress to data described. (Author)

• Record URL:
  https://railroads.dot.gov/elibrary/kansas-test-track
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Prepared in cooperation with The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Co.
• Corporate Authors:

  Federal Railroad Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1971-10

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Pagination: 33 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Ballast (Railroads); Benefit cost analysis; Construction; Precast concrete; Railroad ties; Railroad tracks; Recording instruments; Soil stabilization; Subgrade (Pavements); Test facilities; Test tracks
• Identifier Terms: Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company; U.S. Federal Railroad Administration
• Geographic Terms: Kansas
• Subject Areas: Construction; Geotechnology; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00039303
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: FRA-RT-72-08 Prog Rpt
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Nov 24 1973 12:00AM