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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  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
• 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