DEVELOPMENT OF NEW DESIGN FOR RAILROAD FLATCAR TO CARRY CARGO CONTAINERS AND HIGHWAY TRAILERS INTERCHANGEABLY

Review of approach taken to evolve new design by initial writing of set of general specifications, purchase from each of four car builders of prototype, laboratory testing and period of service testing for each prototype, writing of final specifications for production car, and final performance testing of production model; data on end wall force measurements on containers, longitudinal restraint force, and trailer kingpin forces at various speeds of coupling impacts are presented for final production design.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • ASME Meeting, November 16-20, 1969.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Mechanical Engineers

  Two Park Avenue
  New York, NY  United States  10016-5990
• Authors:
  • Brodeur, R H
• Publication Date: 0

Media Info

• Pagination: 10 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Commodities; Containers; Flat cars; Freight transportation; Trailers; Vehicle design
• Old TRIS Terms: Car design
• Subject Areas: Design; Freight Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00037165
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Report/Paper Numbers: Paper 69-WA/RR-1
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 13 2002 12:00AM