A multipurpose train performance calculator: volume II - programmers' reference manual. Final report

Technical Report · Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1978

OSTI ID:5669815

Heilman, H; Kahrs, C; Williams, G

This manual documents a train performance calculator (TPC) program which simulates the operation of a passenger train over a rail route. The input for the program is the track data for the route, the characteristics of the locomotive, the type and number of cars, and the number of passengers. The output from the TPC is in the form of tables showing speed, time and fuel used; and in the form of graphs showing speed, time, and fuel used versus distance traveled. The TPC has been in use for two years to study the energy intensity of AMTRAK trains in the New York to Buffalo corridor.

• Research Organization: Union Coll., Schenectady, NY (USA). Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• DOE Contract Number: DOT-FR-8027
• OSTI ID: 5669815
• Report Number(s): PB-296393
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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