SANTA FE MEASURES TRACK CONDITIONS WITH NEW CAR

The Santa Fe has placed in service a highly sophisticated track geometry inspection car with a combination of significant features. The car will constantly monitor and record ten different track characteristics-surface and alignment of both rails, twist, gage, superelevation, distance and speed. Data will be produced for immediate identification and also for later analysis.

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/4175009
• Corporate Authors:

  Murphy-Richter Publishing Company

  20 North Wacker Driver
  Chicago, IL  United States  60606
• Publication Date: 1973-11

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: 1 p.
• Serial:
  • Progressive Railroading
  • Volume: 16
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: Trade Press Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0033-0817
  • Serial URL: http://www.progressiverailroading.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Data collection; Inspection; Inspection cars; Minicomputers; Quality control; Railroad tracks; Stability (Mechanics); Structural design
• Identifier Terms: Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company
• Uncontrolled Terms: Track geometry; Track stability
• Old TRIS Terms: Track quality
• Subject Areas: Design; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00053844
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 3 1976 12:00AM