WEATHER WARNINGS AND PROTECTION OF TRACK AND STRUCTURES. PART I: THE RAILROAD PERSPECTIVE ON WEATHER. PART II: HOW WEATHERDATA TRACKS THE WEATHER
This 2-part paper, presented at a conference on railroad track and structures, examines how weather affects railroad operation and looks at the WeatherData weather forecasting technology. The focus in Part I is on how railroads receive warnings of impending hazardous weather conditions and how railroads react to such warnings. In Part II, the WeatherData systems and their track-specific, storm warning services are discussed.
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Supplemental Notes:
- Full conference available on CD-ROM.
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Corporate Authors:
American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association
10003 Derekwood Lane, Suite 210
Lanham, MD United States 20706 -
Authors:
- Leeper, J
- Smith, M
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Conference:
- 1998 AREMA Track and Structures Conference
- Location: Chicago, Illinois
- Date: 1998-9-14 to 1998-9-16
- Publication Date: 1998
Language
- English
Media Info
- Pagination: 13p
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Conferences; Railroad safety; Railroad transportation; Railroads; Storms; Weather; Weather conditions; Weather forecasting
- Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Railroads;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00796049
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jul 21 2000 12:00AM