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    Effects of Stray Currents on Performance of Metallic Reinforcements in Reinforced Earth Structures

    Sankey, John E. / Anderson, Peter L. | Transportation Research Record | 1999

    For two decades, designers of railway systems worldwide have found Reinforced Earth to be ideally suited for support of track beds and

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    Metro-North’s Cortlandt Station: Regional Intermodal Success Story

    Bennett, Christopher K. | Transportation Research Record | 1999

    The Metro-North Commuter Railroad was created in 1983 to operate, maintain, and manage the commuter railroads that were abandoned by

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    Do North American Railroads Understand Their Costs?: Implications for Strategic Decision Making

    Resor, Randolph R. / Thompson, Gregory L. | Transportation Research Record | 1999
    train and engine workforce and through abandonment of a large part of the national rail network. Reductions in the workforce and in track ...

    Estimation of Investment in Track and Structures Needed to Handle 129 844-kg (286,000-lb) Railcars on Short-Line Railroads

    Resor, Randolph R. / Zarembski, Allan M. / Patel, Pradeep K. | Transportation Research Record | 2001
    determine the quantities of track materials, bridge repairs, and replacements needed to handle heavier cars. Using standard railroad industry unit ...

    Behavior of Railway Bridges and Other Railway Infrastructure in Three Strong to Great Earthquakes in 2001

    Byers, William G. | Transportation Research Record | 2004
    other railroad structures, there was widespread damage and destruction of masonry buildings, severe damage to a pedestrian viaduct over a ...

    New Decision Support System for Optimization of Rail Track Maintenance Planning Based on Adaptive Neurofuzzy Inference System

    Dell'Orco, Mauro / Ottomanelli, Michele / Caggiani, Leonardo et al. | Transportation Research Record | 2008

    It is well known that maintenance planning affects, in general, the life of the structures, material wear, and quality of service. In

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    Stress Dependence of Ultrasonic Guided Waves in Rails

    Bartoli, Ivan / Phillips, Robert / Coccia, Stefano et al. | Transportation Research Record | 2010
    railway owners and operators. This paper presents numerical results on the dynamic behavior of CWRs subjected to a static axial stress. The ...

    Investigation of Geogrid-Reinforced Railroad Ballast Behavior Using Large-Scale Triaxial Testing and Discrete Element Modeling

    Mishra, Debakanta / Qian, Yu / Kazmee, Hasan et al. | Transportation Research Record | 2014
    effective remedial measure when railroad track structures are susceptible to track geometry defects resulting from excessive movement and particle ...

    Research into Integrity of Glazing for Passenger Rail Equipment

    Gordon, Jeffrey / Llana, Patricia / Severson, Kristine et al. | Transportation Research Record | 2016
    cars slid on their sides after leaving the track. The windows were pushed inside the cars and created openings that allowed occupants to be ...

    Full-Scale Model Testing on Ballasted High-Speed Railway: Dynamic Responses and Accumulated Settlements

    Li, Wei / Bian, Xuecheng / Duan, Xiang et al. | Transportation Research Record | 2018

    High-speed trains generate much higher vibrations in track structures than conventional trains and intensive train passages (e.g., on

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    Evaluation of Railway Ballast Permeability Using Machine Vision–Based Degradation Analysis

    Huang, Haohang / Moaveni, Maziar / Schmidt, Scott et al. | Transportation Research Record | 2018
    ballast may cause reduced lateral and longitudinal stability, ineffective drainage, and excessive settlement of track structures, all of which ...

    Monitoring and Modeling Railway Structures on High-Speed Lines with Asphalt Concrete Underlay: A Study on the Bretagne–Pays de la Loire Line

    Khairallah, Diana / Chupin, Olivier / Blanc, Juliette et al. | Transportation Research Record | 2020

    The design and durability of high-speed railway lines is a major challenge in the field of railway transportation. In France, 40 years

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    Assessment of the Simultaneous Use of Asphalt Concrete and Foam Concrete as a Full Cross-Section Layer in the Substructure of the China Railway Track System (CRTS) III Slab Ballastless Tracks

    Klomranok, Thanut / Su, Qian | Transportation Research Record | 2023
    substructure of the high-speed railway ballastless track. AC is designed as a waterproof layer and is placed as part of the top surface layer of the ...

    Experimental Study on Compression Failure of Type II Ballastless Track Slab Based on Optical Fiber Sensing

    Xuebing, Zhang / Yang, Quan / Zhizhou, Zheng et al. | Transportation Research Record | 2024

    Ballastless track structures are widely employed in high-speed rail networks because of their superior safety and durability. Among the

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