PARTICULARS OF CAR IMPACT AND ROAD TEST DEMONSTRATIONS

The Symington car impact test plant is briefly described. The results of a road test taken during this conference is included. The type XL-70 truck was being evaluated in the test. The portion of the test from Depew to Batavia was very good with a considerable amount of high speed running. The XL trucks gave their usual good performance, while considerable periods of truck swiveling with accompanying car nosing was noted in Car SX-107 having the A-3 trucks.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Technical Proceedings from 1964 Railroad Engineering Conference.
• Corporate Authors:

  Symington Wayne Corporation

  2 Main Street
  Depew, NY  United States 
• Authors:
  • Suckow, F G
• Conference:
  • Technical Proceedings from 1964 Railroad Engineering Conference.
• Publication Date: 1964-9-24

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 49-54

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crashes; Equipment tests; Field tests; Railroad cars; Ride quality; Rocking; Technology; Trucks; Vehicle dynamics
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Old TRIS Terms: Car impact; Car rocking; Test equipment
• Subject Areas: Motor Carriers; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00039522
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Tech Proc
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 8 1994 12:00AM