| Wk | Tuesday | Thursday | Readings |
| 1: 8/22 | Scope of Systems: History (cont.) | Scope of Systems: History |
Text (24p.): Ch. 1 (1-6), Ch. 2 (7-14), Ch. 17 (241-250) |
| 2: 8/29 | Government Role, Adminstration, and Finance | Transportation Analysis |
Text (18p.): Ch. 19 (263-268), Ch. 18 (251-262) |
| 3 | Location Problem/Economic Analysis/Environmental | Queueing and Delay at a Railroad Crossing |
Text (0p.): none |
| 4 | Motive Power/Locomotive | Field Trip to Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad |
Text (44p.): Ch. 4 (55-80), Ch. 6 (105-124) |
| 5 | Design: Horizontal Curves (circular, spirals) | Geographic Information Systems |
Text (4p.): Ch. 3 (29-32) |
| 6 | Train Resistance/Car Types/Davis |
Spiral design and layout (rain date week 7) Check out the Solutions to Lab 6 (Excel97 file) |
Text (31p.): Ch. 2 (14-27), Ch. 5 (87-103) |
| 7 | Design: Vertical Curves, Grades, Controlling Grade, Velocity Profiles | Classification Yards and Capacity |
Text (0p.): none |
| 8 | Midterm Exam #1 | Exam Review | |
| 9 | Rail Location and Preliminary Design References | Rail Location and Preliminary Design |
Text (0p.): none |
| 10 | Design of the Rail Cross Section | Rail Location and Preliminary Design (cont.) |
Text (14p.): Ch. 3 (32-45) |
| 11 | Guest Lecture | Rail location and preliminary design (cont.) | |
| 12 | Construction/operations cost and techniques | Rail location and preliminary design (cont.) |
Text (9p.): Ch. 3 (46-54, track) |
| 13 | Operations | Rail Location and Preliminary Design (cont.) |
Text (52p.): Ch. 7 (125-150, signals), Ch. 11 (197-202, terminals), Ch. 14 (221-224, unit trains), Ch. 15 (225-236, intermodalism), Ch. 16 (237-240, packages) |
Thanksgiving Recess |
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| 14 | Operations: Rail Safety | Rail Location and Preliminary Design: Oral Presentation of Results |
Text (7p.): Ch. 20 (269-275) |
| 15 | Exam Review | Rail Location and Preliminary Design: Oral Presentation of Results | |
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