The report summarizes the observations and findings of a seven-member delegation that visited the U.S.S.R. in August 1977 to participate in the sixth meeting of the Joint American-Soviet Railroad Working Group and to study and observe Soviet practices, procedures, and equipment used in designing, testing, manufacturing, and, to some degree, operating passenger and freight cars (including refrigerator cars). The delegation visited Soviet railroad facilities and related institutions in the Moscow, Kiev, Riga, and Leningrad areas, rode on intercity passenger trains, and conferred with numerous Soviet railroad officials. The delegation's observations and findings, together with some already published background data, are presented in this report in the form of detailed accounts of Soviet freight car maintenance activities, passenger car construction and maintenance, and refrigerator car manufacture and operations. The report also includes information on the Shcherbinka test loop and the Railway Engineering Institute (Leningrad), the full text of the recording of proceedings of the sixth working group meeting, and the titles and abstracts of the Soviet documents presented to the delegation.


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    Title :

    Report of August 1977 U. S. Railroad Delegation's Visit to the U.S.S.R. to Study Soviet Rolling Stock Technology


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    1979


    Size :

    57 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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