TECHNICAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE ENERGY MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP, HELD AT CHICAGO, IL ON NOVEMBER 8, 1979

A report on the technical proceedings of the Federal Railroad Administration's Energy Management Workshop is presented. This first Energy Workshop concentrated on the use and reliability of train performance simulators. A review of research conducted by DOT and DOE in the area of rail fuel efficiency is presented.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Prepared in cooperation with Department of Energy, Washington, DC., Transportation Systems Center, Cambridge, MA., and MITRE Corp., Bedford, MA.
• Corporate Authors:

  Kearney (A. T.), Incorporated

  Alexandria, VA  United States 

  Federal Railroad Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1980-2

Media Info

• Pagination: 13 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Economic efficiency; Energy; Energy consumption; Freight transportation; Fuel consumption; Mathematical models; Meetings; Performance evaluations; Railroad trains; Railroads; Resistance (Mechanics); Train operations; Transportation operations
• Uncontrolled Terms: Efficiency; Transportation management
• Old TRIS Terms: Energy intensiveness; Train performance calculator; Train resistance
• Subject Areas: Economics; Energy; Freight Transportation; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00313194
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: FRA/ORD-80/18 Final Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: DOT-FR-9051
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: May 7 1980 12:00AM