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DTIC ADA1017613: Rail and Motor Outloading Capability Study, Fort L... |
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An onsite rail and motor outloading study of Fort Lewis, |
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Washington, was conducted by the Military Traffic |
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Management Command Transportation Engineering Agency, |
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Newport News, Virginia, during the period 6 through 10 |
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February 1978. The principal objective of the study was |
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to determine the capability of the Fort Lewis rail system |
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to support the deployment of the 9th Infantry Division |
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and its support units. Another objective was to identify |
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any physical improvement, as well as any suitable |
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commercial rail facilities within the Tacoma, Washington |
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area, that would significantly increase the current |
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capability. The current rail outloading capability of |
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Fort Lewis is limited by lack of outloading plans and |
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inadequate blocking and bracing materials and handtools, |
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as well as by inadequately trained blocking and bracing |
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crews. The analyses in this study showed that, if these |
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deficiencies were corrected, existing rail trackage and |
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facilities could support an outloading rate of 291 |
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railcars (daily mobilize) per 24-hour day. At this rate, |
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the division and its support units could be outloaded in |
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approximately 10 days. This study considers options that |
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could produce 45, 99, 154, 194, or 291 loads per 24-hour |
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period, but recommends the one with the 291 yield (Plan |
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5). (author) |
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Date Published: 2019-12-23 17:35:23 |
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Identifier: DTIC_ADA1017613 |
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Item Size: 65207215 |
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Language: english |
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Media Type: texts |
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