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Rail transportation requires infrastructure, vehicles, motive power and energy to move goods and people. Each of these factors interacts to affect the efficiency, energy requirements and economics of railroad operation. This course covers the influences of rail traffic, railway location, track alignment, (distance, gradient, curvature), motive power, mechanics of train operation, train energy calculation, acceleration and braking, rail vehicle and train design; and an introduction to vehicle/track interaction.

Texts | Hay 1982. Railroad Engineering - Part 1: Principles of Location and Operation
Course notes, other readings, and selected chapters from Armstrong 1998. "The Railroad, What it is, What it Does"

Course Catalog | CEE 498RT is typically offered in the Fall semester