FRA TO GET BRITISH RESEARCH RESULTS

A two year contract has been signed with British Railways to provide the Federal Railroad Administration with the results of existing and projected technical research. The areas covered in the contract include track dynamics, track characteristics such as roughness, ballast, concrete ties, etc. and data on rail vehicles. The contract is designed to avoid duplicate research in the United States and Great Britain.

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/1586268
• Corporate Authors:

  Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

  P.O. Box 350
  Bristol, CT  United States  06010
• Publication Date: 1974-5-13

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 14
• Serial:
  • Railway Age
  • Volume: 175
  • Issue Number: 9
  • Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0033-8826
  • Serial URL: http://www.railwayage.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Quality control; Railroad tracks; Technology; Train track dynamics; Vehicle dynamics
• Identifier Terms: British Rail; U.S. Federal Railroad Administration
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• Old TRIS Terms: Track quality
• Subject Areas: Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00054921
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Canadian National Railways, Headquarters Library
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 15 1974 12:00AM