TECHNICAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL RAILROAD TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER SEMINAR. NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, JANUARY, 1977

Contents: Welcome and introduction to FRA's International Technology Exchange Program, R.E. Parsons; An overview of Department of Transportation's International Cooperation Program, B.A. Ramundo; Observations of 1975 U.S. Railroad Electrification Delegation visit to USSR, M.D. Meeker; Status of European electric traction technology, A.N. Addie; Recent European advances in achieving unity power factor, M. Guarino; A summary of U.S.-Poland cooperative research programs in railroad technology, R.M. McCafferty; Track maintenance and safety in the USSR, R.F. Beck; Observations of the USSR Shcherbinka Test Track Facility and the Lossino-Ostrovskaya Track Buckling Facility, D.P. McConnell; Rail practices in the USSR, D.H. Stone; Rail flaw detection, state-of-the-art in the USSR and its possible U.S. application, H. Ceccon; Track performance in the USSR, R.M. McCafferty; Concluding remarks, R.E. Parsons.

• Corporate Authors:

  Federal Railroad Administration

  Office of Research and Development, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1977-1

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: 62 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cooperation; Defects; Detection and identification; Electric locomotives; International; International compacts; Maintenance of way; Railroad electrification; Railroad rails; Railroad tracks; Railroads; Research; Safety; Technology; Test facilities; Train track dynamics
• Uncontrolled Terms: Rail flaw detection
• Geographic Terms: Europe; Former Soviet Union
• Old TRIS Terms: Lossino-ostrovskaya test track; Shcherbinka test track; Track research; Track response investigations; Track safety; Unity power factor
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Railroads; Research; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00165083
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Proceeding
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Nov 23 1977 12:00AM