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Showing 1 to 20 of 467 for “"Railroad"”.
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The Railroad in American Poetry
… For over 150 years poets have used railroad imagery in an attempt to enter into the universal experience of trains. This thesis will examine the remarkably strong hold the railroad image has had on the consciousness of poets, ranging from the Transcendentalists to contemporary …
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Designing robust railroad blocking plans
On major domestic railroads, a typical general merchandise shipment, or commodity, may pass through many classification yards on its route from origin to destination. At these yards, the incoming traffic, which may consist of several shipments, is reclassified (sorted and grouped together) to be …
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The Bangor and Piscataquis Railroad
Thesis: B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil Engineering, 1868
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Geography of the Illinois Terminal Railroad
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Computer vision for railroad track inspection
In railroad track inspection, the inspection images contain periodically occurring components. Computer vision has recently been applied to several railroad applications due to its potential to improve the efficiency, objectivity, and accuracy when analyzing large databases of acquired video and …
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Terminal problem of an industrial railroad
Thesis: B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Business and Engineering Administration, 1925
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Locomotion : a railroad museum for Chattanooga
… associative memories. Through the design of a railroad museum on abandoned railroad lines in Chattanooga, Tennessee, this thesis seeks to define an architecture that is integrated with the industrial landscape in an interdependent relationship. Using the museum as a design mechanism, the …
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Railroad operating plans : development and evaluation.
Thesis: M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil Engineering, 1978
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Evaluating flexibility in railroad construction projects
… aims to valuate flexibilities in a large-scale railroad construction project. In general, a railroad construction project involves a large amount of flexibilities due to its long construction period and conflicts among various participants. Therefore, railroad construction projects require …
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The Gould southwestern railroad system, 1878-1892
… Southwestern rail stock price movements to his railroad ventures in the Southwestern United States. It is the purpose of this study to present a historical review of Gould's acquisitions in the southwest and to explore the implications of these ventures on the public and business sectors of the …
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The railroad and warehouse commission of Missouri
… with which this paper deals is the methods of railroad regulation in Missouri. The railroad corporation was the first of a class of public utility corporation was the first of a class of public utility corporations to demands serious treatment. In its importance to the general public, it still …
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Recovering Capital Expenditures: The Railroad Industry Paradox
… methods and makes contributions in each area. Railroad maintenance strategies that rely more heavily on capital investment are more cost effective. Infrastructure capital spending is caused by current and future output, and is therefore a short run marginal cost. Railroad marginal cost formulae …
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Railroad decision support tools for track maintenance
The North American rail system requires billions of dollars annually to be maintained in proper working order. Therefore, it is critical that maintenance is performed on the right components, at the right time, and in the right location. Application of decision support tools that use objective …
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Risk mitigation models for a Japanese railroad
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1996.
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A Union Railroad Station for Austin, Texas
Thesis (M.Arch.) Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture, 1949.
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Residual stress measurement in railroad car wheels
… for discriminating good and bad (overheated) railroad car wheels is proposed. This criterion can replace the conventional “four inch" discoloration rule. The procedure for the new discrimination criterion is based on the fluctuations of the azimuthal residual stress in the tread of the wheel. …
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