RAILROAD CLASSIFICATION YARD TECHNOLOGY MANUAL--VOLUME I: YARD DESIGN METHODS
This volume (Volume I) documents the procedures and methods associated with the design of railroad classification yards. Subjects include: site location, economic analysis, yard capacity analysis, design of flat yards, overall configuration of hump yards, hump yard track and switch layout, hump profile design, and hump trim-end design. Volume II is concerned with the design and specification of the yard computer systems, i.e., yard inventory and process control computer systems.
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Corporate Authors:
SRI International
333 Ravenswood Avenue
Menlo Park, CA United States 94025-3493Federal Railroad Administration
Office of Research and Development, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
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Authors:
- Wong, P J
- Sakasita, M
- Stock, W A
- Elliott, C V
- Hackworth, M A
- Publication Date: 1981-3
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 280 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Analysis; Classification yards; Costs; Design; Hump yards; Information processing; Layout; Railroad yards; Retarders (Concrete); Simulation; Yard operations
- Uncontrolled Terms: Cost analysis; Design criteria; Flat yards
- Old TRIS Terms: Retarders; Yard capacity; Yard design; Yard layout; Yard simulation models; Yard throughput
- Subject Areas: Design; Finance; Freight Transportation; Railroads; Terminals and Facilities;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00341262
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: FRA/ORD-81/20.I Final Rpt., SRI Proj. 6364
- Contract Numbers: DOT-TSC-1337
- Files: NTL, TRIS, USDOT
- Created Date: Aug 15 1981 12:00AM