THE GREAT TRUCK RACE: TEMPORARILY ON HOLD
While some guidelines are starting to emerge, though not always clearly, from the FRA-sponsored Truck Design Optimization Project, the appraisal of premium (including radial) freight-car trucks is intended to compare them with each other and with the conventional designs already tested. The economic justification of the higher-cost Type II designs is not always easy to demonstrate, although an analytical technique has been developed.
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Availability:
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Corporate Authors:
Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
508 Birch Street
Bristol, CT United States 06010 - Publication Date: 1981-4-27
Media Info
- Features: Figures; Photos;
- Pagination: p. 40
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Serial:
- Railway Age
- Volume: 182
- Issue Number: 8
- Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
- ISSN: 0033-8826
- Serial URL: http://www.railwayage.com
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Analysis; Costs; Development; Economic analysis; Freight cars; Rail (Railroads); Research; Research projects; Ride quality; Road tests; Trucks; Vehicle design; Vehicle maintenance; Wear; Wheels
- Uncontrolled Terms: Cost analysis; Research and development
- Old TRIS Terms: Freight car maintenance; Type i trucks; Type ii trucks
- Subject Areas: Design; Economics; Finance; Maintenance and Preservation; Motor Carriers; Railroads; Research; Vehicles and Equipment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00335054
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jul 9 1981 12:00AM