Research Catalog

Innovation in classification yard technology : proceedings of the Third Railroad Classification Yard Workshop.

Title
Innovation in classification yard technology : proceedings of the Third Railroad Classification Yard Workshop.
Author
National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board.
Publication
Washington, D.C. : Transportation Research Board, 1983.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Filter by

1 Item

StatusVol/DateFormatAccessCall NumberItem Location
Request for On-site UseRequest Scan
How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?
no.927TextUse in library TE7 .H5 no.927 no.927Off-site

Details

Additional Authors
  • Kassabian, Naomi.
  • National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board. Committee on Rail Freight Classification Terminal Design.
  • Railroad Classification Yard Workshop (3rd : 1983 : Toronto, Ont.)
Description
vii, 67 p. : ill.; 29 cm.
Series Statement
Transportation research record, 0361-1981 ; 927
Uniform Title
Transportation research record ; 927.
Subject
  • Railroad yards > Congresses
  • Railroad yards
Genre/Form
Conference papers and proceedings.
Note
  • Reports presented at the 62nd annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Introduction / James A. Wetzel -- On the behavior of long cuts with uneven load and axle distribution in classification yards / H. Koenig -- Empirical results from freight car rollability study / William A. Stock, Mary Ann Hackworth, Peter J. Wong -- Classification yard computer control systems / Yinghua Min, Lianlong Yang -- Effect of measurement errors on car rollability distribution in a yard / Robert K. Liang -- Semiautomatic operation for upgrading intermediate-size hump yards / Robert E. Heggestad -- A computer for your old hump yard? / Joseph A. Rice -- The VR-IV retarder control system / David C. Conway -- Developments in the application of the Dowty continuous-control method / Arthur W. Melhuish -- Canadian National Railway's terminal interactive model (TRIM) / George P. Engelberg -- TRIM simulation of Canadian National Railways' Thornton Yard / J.L. Zadel --Engineering design and operational study of Coyotepec Yard / Santiago Cardoso-Contreras, Peter J. Wong -- A modular approach to classification yard control / Robert Kubala, Don Raney.
ISBN
  • 0309036178
  • 9780309036177
LCCN
84008213
OCLC
  • ocm10726866
  • 10726866
  • SCSB-9125471
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library