Using modeling and simulation users can apply realistic interactions with their synthetic environments representing real world. In this study the synthetic environment is a hardware railroad model representing a miniature replica of a full-size railroad system under study. The hardware model is tested by means of real-time adaptive software simulator consisting of two subsystems: the virtual ra...

Analyses of the effects of service conditions on the distribution of residual stresses in railroad commuter car wheels are presented. Novel software has been applied to estimate the effects of service conditions on the as-manufactured state of these wheels. Contact loads resulting from wheel and rail interaction and thermal loads from on-tread braking are considered. Results indicate that conta...

The participants in the grain logistics system need forecasts of railroad grain carloads. Although forecasting studies have been conducted for virtually every mode, no forecasting studies of quarterly railroad grain transportation have been published. The objectives of the paper are (1) specify a US quarterly railroad grain transportation forecasting model, and (2) empirically estimate the mode...

Using modeling and simulation users can apply realistic interactions with their synthetic environments representing real world. In this study the synthetic environment is a hardware railroad model representing a miniature replica of a full-size railroad system under study. The hardware model is tested by means of real-time adaptive software simulator consisting of two subsystems: the virtual ra...

Attractive train schedules are quite important for the success of public rail transport. We consider schedules which are repeated after some xed time period. Periodicity is a well accepted, convenient attribute of all major railroad systems. Since trains share the public railroad network, we have to handle many connicting demands. Increasing competition from transportation alternatives as well ...

As a next generation of Global System for Mobile Communications – Railway (GSM-R), 3rd Generation Partnership Program (3GPP) Long Term Evolution (LTE)/ LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) is considered for railroad wireless communication, i.e., LTE-Railway (LTE-R). Railroad wireless communication has its own requirements and functions since railroad wireless communication is very closely related to safety. In...

Since the invention of train, problem train noise has been a constraint on development trains. With increases in speed, main from high-speed trains changed rolling to aerodynamic noise, and level frequency range have also significantly. This paper provides comprehensive overview recent advances noise. Firstly, composition is summarized; next, research methods for which include real tests, wind ...

In the 1930s, amidst concern about the ability of existing pension programs to provide former railroad workers with adequate assistance in old age, Congress established a national Railroad Retirement system. This system is primarily administered by the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB), which is an independent federal agency charged with providing benefits to eligible employees of the railroad in...

The object of this study is the processes occurrence, exposure to, and redistribution loads in supporting structure a removable module for transportation long cargoes. To adapt platform cars to loads, it proposed introduce with elastic-friction connections structure. In order select optimal profiles module, terms minimal material consumption, calculation was carried out Lira software package. B...

consider an individual’s Railroad Retirement benefit, other than the tier I benefit, in dividing property in a divorce case. This would treat Railroad Retirement benefits like other pension benefits. The only benefits paid to divorced spouses under the Railroad Retirement system are tier I benefits. Tier I benefits would continue to be immune from garnishment, attachment, assignment, levy, or o...