Proceedings of the 2005 ASME/IEEE Joint Rail Conference (IEEE Cat. No.05CH37657)

In mature industries like the rail business, technology is lifeblood for evolving products and services to meet rail system and customer demands. These technical papers focus on research and testing for industry advancement. They are state-of-the-art papers reflecting the best and most current work in the field relating to the electrical and mechanical aspects of rail rolling stock and infrastructure. Many of the papers provided here address safety either directly or indirectly. The information in this conference is critical to the advancement of the freight and passenger rail industry.