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.

• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/32572
• Corporate Authors:

  SRI International

  333 Ravenswood Avenue
  Menlo Park, CA  United States  94025-3493

  Federal Railroad Administration

  Office of Research and Development, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• 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