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Railroad issues.

Title
Railroad issues.
Author
National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board.
Publication
Washington, D.C. : Transportation Research Board, 1992.

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Additional Authors
  • Kassabian, Naomi.
  • National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board. Committee on Freight Transportation Planning and Marketing.
  • National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board. Committee on Intercity Rail Passenger Systems.
  • National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board. Committee on Railroad Track Structure System Design.
  • National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board. Committee on Electrification and Train Control Systems for Guided Ground Transportation Systems.
  • National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board. Committee on Railway Maintenance.
Description
v, 82 pages : illustrations, charts, maps; 28 cm.
Series Statement
Transportation research record, 0361-1981 ; no. 1341
Uniform Title
Transportation research record ; 1341.
Subject
  • Railroads > Passenger traffic
  • Railroads > Freight
  • Railroad engineering
  • Railroads
  • railroads (infrastructure)
  • Passenger trains
  • Freight trains
  • Railroad transportation
Note
  • "Rail."
  • "A peer-reviewed publication of the Transportation Research Board."
  • Papers sponsored by Committee on Freight Transportation Planning and Marketing, Committee on Intercity Rail Passenger Systems, Committee on Railroad Track Structure System Design, Committee on Electrification and Train Control Systems for Guided Ground Transportation Systems, and Committee on Railway Maintenance.
  • "Senior editor: Naomi C. Kassabian"--Title page verso.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
  • Part 1, Passenger Rail Issues. Boston-New York commuter and intercity rail improvement potential / John B. Hopkins, John A. Harrison -- Forecasting high-speed rail ridership / Daniel Brand (and 3 others) -- Implications of high-speed rail on air traffic / Kenneth R. Buckeye -- Changing long-distance passenger markets in a deregulated environment / Bruno Parolin, Adrian Harrington.
  • Part 2, Freight Rail Issues. Freight service quality cost economics and a hypothetical railroad example / David G. Brown -- Applying statistical process control methods in railroad freight classification yards / Ray A. Mundy, Randy Heide, Charles Tubman -- Definition of homogeneous segments on the basis of condition data : general approaches and specific application to rail maintenance / Roemer M. Alfelor, Sue McNeil -- Heat-hardened rails produced from rolling heat / Alfred Moser, Peter Pointner -- Turnout rehabilitation with bituminous concrete underlayments / Jerry G. Rose.
ISBN
  • 0309052076
  • 9780309052078
LCCN
92025493
OCLC
  • ocm26211221
  • 26211221
  • SCSB-9124872
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library