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A history of Southern Pacific Railroad in San Francisco.

• Intro
• Preface
• Contents
• 1 Introduction to Energy-Efficient Train Operation
• 1.1 Background of Railway Energy Consumption
• 1.2 Projects in Railway Energy Efficiency
• 1.2.1 European Projects
• 1.2.2 Selected National Projects
• 1.3 Energy Saving Methods in Railways
• 1.4 Book Chapter Structure
• References
• 2 Energy-Efficient Strategies for Train Operation
• 2.1 Introduction
• 2.1.1 Background of Train Operation
• 2.1.2 Approaches of Energy-Efficient Train Operation
• 2.2 Energy-Efficient Train Control
• 2.2.1 Train Driving Control in Railway Systems

• 2.2.2 Relationship Between Driving Strategy and Energy Consumption
• 2.2.3 Factors Related to the Train Motion
• 2.2.4 Algorithms for Optimal Train Control
• 2.3 Energy-Efficient Train Timetable
• 2.3.1 Train Timetable of Railway System
• 2.3.2 Relationship Between Train Timetable and Traction Energy
• 2.4 Optimisation of Train Timetables for Regenerative Braking
• 2.4.1 Feedback of RBE
• 2.4.2 Relationship Between Train Operation and Feedback RBE
• 2.4.3 Categories of Integrated Optimisation Methods
• 2.5 Energy-Efficient Driving Considering ESSs
• 2.5.1 ESS in Railway System

• 2.5.2 Control of ESSs During Train Operation
• 2.6 Substation-Based Energy-Efficient Strategy for Train Operation
• 2.6.1 Advantage of Substation-Based Energy-Efficient Strategy
• 2.6.2 Principle of Substation-Based Energy-Efficient Strategy
• 2.7 Conclusion
• References
• 3 Energy-Efficient Driving for a Single Train
• 3.1 Introduction
• 3.2 Modelling the Motion of a Train
• 3.2.1 Tractive Effort
• 3.2.2 Braking Effort
• 3.2.3 Resistance Forces
• 3.2.4 Gradient Forces
• 3.2.5 Track Curvature Forces
• 3.2.6 Transformed Track Forces for Long Trains
• 3.2.7 Equations of Motion

• 3.2.8 Energy Use
• 3.3 Minimising Energy with On-Time Arrival
• 3.3.1 Formulating an Optimal Control Problem
• 3.3.2 Pontryagin's Principle
• 3.3.3 Optimal Control Modes
• 3.3.4 Transitions Between Modes
• 3.3.5 Optimal Journeys on a Straight, Level Track
• 3.3.6 Steep Inclines and Steep Declines
• 3.3.7 Speed Limits
• 3.4 Journey Duration and Energy
• 3.5 Regeneration
• 3.6 Using More Power to Save Energy
• 3.7 Intermediate Time Constraints and Timing Windows
• 3.8 Driving Advice Systems
• 3.9 Conclusion
• References
• 4 Energy-Efficient Train Timetabling
• 4.1 Introduction

• 4.2 Minimum Running Time Calculation
• 4.2.1 Problem Formulation
• 4.2.2 Optimality Conditions
• 4.2.3 Illustrative Example
• 4.3 Energy-Efficient Train Trajectory Optimization Between Stops
• 4.3.1 Problem Formulation
• 4.3.2 Optimality Conditions
• 4.3.3 Illustrative Examples
• 4.4 Energy-Efficient Train Timetabling Over Multiple Stops
• 4.4.1 Problem Formulation
• 4.4.2 Optimality Conditions
• 4.4.3 Illustrative Example
• 4.5 Energy-Efficient Timetabling of Multiple Trains Over a Corridor
• 4.5.1 Problem Formulation
• 4.5.2 Solution Procedure
• 4.5.3 Illustrative Examples
• 4.6 Conclusions

This book is closely related to the energy conservation problem of rail transport systems, focusing on reducing the energy consumption of train operation. The system process of train operation is analyzed and the relationship between train operation and energy consumption is introduced. The fundamental theories, modelling and application of technologies for energy-efficient train driving are presented, discussing timely topics such as energy-efficient train control and timetabling, integrated timetabling and regenerative braking, and maximizing regenerated energy usage with energy storage systems. In addition, the modelling and application of a traction power simulation platform is introduced, to calculate the detailed energy flow over a railway network. The book is enriched with a set of practical examples to illustrate the performance of the proposed methods in improving energy efficiency of both urban and long-distance trains. Overall, the book provides a timely guide to professionals in the railway industry, and to researchers and graduate students in transport, electrical and control engineering

• 1940: unification: IRT and BMT join the IND, creating one subway system
• 1941: a strike and a pioneering labor agreement
• 1941: Dyre Avenue subway extension opens
• 1941-1948: Third Avenue transit: rails to rubber
• 1944 and 1950: goodbye to Brooklyn Bridge rails
• 1947-1948: private to public bus operations
• 1948: goodbye to the nickel
• 1947-1956: final decade for Brooklyn trolleys
• 1950: farewell, Lexington Avenue
• 1953-1968: The TA, tokens, and TWU triumphant
• 1953: last double-deck buses operate on Fifth Avenue
• 1954-1956: The BMT and IND begin a courtship
• 1955: sunshine returns to Third Avenue
• 1956: Fifth Avenue coach becomes number one
• 1957-1959: IRT West Side improvement
• 1962: Fifth Avenue coach suddenly disappears
• 1964: World's Fair, Blue Subways, stainless steel subways
• 1966: Mike Quill's last hurrah
• 1967: The BMT and IND marry forever
• 1968: The MTA is created and express buses appear.

"Chronicle of twenty specific events in the history of New York's mass transit systems between 1940 and 1968, including large numbers of rare photos. 1940 to 1968 was chosen because those years bracket two sea change events - the June 1940 subway unification, and the March 1968 inception of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)"--Provided by publisher

• Building (and Not Building) New York City's Subway System
• Sound to Shore : The Unbuilt Brooklyn-Queens Crosstown Line
• Why the No. 7 Line Stops in Flushing
• The Battle of the Northeast Bronx, Part 1
• Buy Land Now, Ride the Subway Later
• Ashland Place and the Mysteries of 76th Street
• To the City Limits and Beyond
• The Battle of the Northeast Bronx, Part 2
• Building the Line That Almost Never Was
• Other Plans, Other Lines, Other Issues in the Postwar Years
• What Happened to the Rest of the System?
• Appendix A : The 1944 Service Plan
• Appendix B : The 1947 2nd Avenue Service Plan
• Appendix C : The Cast of Characters.

It took more than four years to build the subway line from City Hall to West 145th Street in Harlem. Things rarely went that quickly ever again. This book explores the often dramatic stories behind the city's unbuilt or unfinished subway lines, shedding light on a significant part of New York City's history that has been almost completely ignored. By focusing on the unbuilt lines, the author illustrates how the existing subway system is actually a Herculean feat of countless political compromises.

• Mechanical and civil engineering papers
• Electrical engineering papers

• Electrification
• Energy efficiency and sustainability
• Planning and development
• Rail equipment engineering
• Railroad infrastructure engineering
• Safety and security
• Service quality and operations research
• Signal and train control engineering
• Special sessions
• Urban passenger rail transport

• Railroad infrastructure engineering
• Rail equipment engineering
• Signal and train control engineering
• Service quality and operations research
• Planning and development
• Safety and security
• Energy efficiency and sustainability
• Urban passenger rail transport
• Electrification
• Vehicle track interaction

• Mechanical and civil engineering papers
• Electrical engineering papers

• Railroad infrastructure engineering.
• Rail equipment engineering.
• Signal and train control engineering.
• Service quality and operations research.
• Planning and development.
• Safety and secuirty

• Railroad infrastructure engineering
• Rail euipment engineering
• Signal and train control engineering
• Service quality and operations research
• Planning and development
• Safety and security
• Energy efficiency and sustainability
• Urban passenger rail transport

• Rail Transportation Division Wheel-rail contact characteristics on a tangent track vs a roller rig / Alexander Keylin [and others] ; A wayside system for in-situ measurements of rail neutral temperature by nonlinear ultrasonic guided waves / Claudio Nucera [and others] ; Liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a freight railroad fuel: perspective from a Western U.S. railroad / Michael E. Iden ; New concrete crosstie regulations and rail cant measurement / Arthur L. Clouse ; Speed enhancement of displacement and strain field measurement using graphics processing unit / Xianqiao Tong, Tomonari Furukawa and Saied Taheri ; Powering the trains / Michel A. Thomet ; Rail track defect detection using derivative wavelet transform / Shahyar Taheri and Saied Taheri ; Train energy and dynamics simulator (TEDS): a state-of-the-art longitudinal train dynamics simulator / David R. Andersen [and others] ; Lading effects on tank car impact response / Steven W. Kirkpatrick and Virginia Phan ; Development of analytical models for railroad tank car impact and puncture behaviors / Steven W. Kirkpatrick [and others] ; Measurement of residual stress in railway wheels with vertical split rim failures / Adrian T. DeWald, Scott Cummings and John Punwani ; Service life evaluation of fleet of municipal trains / Przemyslaw Rakoczy and Cory J. Hogan ; Emergency response training for locomotive accidents / Samiullah K. Durrani, Judith B. Gertler and S.K. (John) Punwani ; Near-race ultrasonic inspection of tapered roller bearing components for non-metallic defects / Lucas Koester [and others] ; Variable directivity acoustical warning device (AWD) as an optimized locomotive horn / Grant S. Nash [and others] ; Results of fire test of aluminum car structure Bombardier Innovia APM 300 System / Kevin Lewis [and others] ; Next generation locomotive cab / Amanda DiFiore, Abdullatif Zaouk and S.K. (John) Punwani ; Duty cycle and transport phenomenon analysis of battery storage system for hybrid locomotive application / Sarang Subhedar [and others]
• RTD Data Management Symposium Hybrid technology networking: a novel wireless networking approach for real-time railcar status monitoring / Sushanta Mohan Rakshit [and others] ; Modernizing rail inspections for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers / Chad Gartrell, Judy Reagan and Caleb Carter ; Infrastructure data management systems driven by commercial need: one company's experience / Kevin Fry ; Paperless track inspection record keeping and compliance / Tom Price [and others] ; Bearing condition monitoring using wireless technology to reduce the risk of bearing failure / Brent M. Wilson and Andrew Martin ; Challenges of integrating multidisciplinary wayside databases / Carolyne Southern, Joseph Wong and Keith Bladon

• Ride with the ghost of the Santa Fe: the legacy of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
• Too many Santa Fes!: overview of the railroad that introduced the FT
• Mechanical motion, set to music: Santa Fe steam at the dawn of the FT
• Hamilton, Winston, Kettering: the evolution of Electro-Motive
• Finally, a locomotive prime mover: the birth of the legendary 567 engine
• The Model F standard: in the end, Electro-Motive had to prove it could handle freight
• A mikado on the prairies, a mallet in the mountains: the 103 goes to work on the Santa Fe trail
• Lessons learned from the 103: what the 103 did, and did not do, on the Santa Fe
• A big coming-out party: Santa Fe rolls out its first freight diesel
• Electro-Motive goes to war: a locomotive builder serves the US Navy
• The unions and the laws: the challenges to operating efficiency
• Eighty locomotives the hard way: building the fleet one EMD order at a time
• A class by itself: the author's retrospective

"Explores the history and evolution of the FT, the train that put an end to steam locomotives in the US. Wallace Abbey is an almost legendary figure in the world of railroad and train photography. Features more than 140 photos from Abbey's collection which are either previously unpublished or rarely seen of the FT."-- Publisher's description
As war loomed in 1939, American railroads were on the precipice of transformation. The FT was a diesel-electric, semi-streamlined frreight engine that would establish a new standard for reliability, flexibility, and cost. Abbey explores the history and evolution of the FT, the train that put an end to steam locomotives in the US. He shows how the Santa Fe Railway had to throw its conservative mechanical traditions aside to bet big on the diesel. Abbey's book features photos from his collection, which are either previously unpublished or rarely seen of the FT. - adapted from jacket