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Johnson, Larry R. Putting maglev on track. Issues in science and
technology, v. 6, spring 1990: 71-76. Thompson, Louis S. High-speed rail. Technology review, v. 89, Apr.
1986: 32-43, 70.
Subject headings used by the Library of Congress, under which books on high speed trains can be located in most card, book, and online catalogs, include the following:
Allen, G. Freeman. The fastest trains in the world. New York,
Scribner, c1978. 159 p. Benefits of magnetically levitated high-speed transportation for
the United States: report. Prepared by the Maglev Technology Advisory
Committee, reporting to the Committee on Environment and Public
Works, United States Senate. Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off.,
Congressional Sales Office, 1989. 30 p. (Senate print, 101-47) Potter, Stephen. On the right lines? The limits of technological
innovation. New York, St. Martin's Press, 1987. 208 p. U.S. passenger rail technologies. Washington, Congress of the U.S.,
Office of Technology Assessment; U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1984. 105
p.
High Speed Rail Association. Yearbook. [1985?]- Washington, The
Association. annual. High speed rail in the Midwest: an economic analysis. Herbert Baer
and others. Chicago, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, 1984. 94 p.
Michigan. Legislature. House of Representatives. Ad Hoc Committee
on High Speed Rail. Interim report. Lansing, Mich., The Committee,
1986. 90 p. United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology.
Subcommittee on Transportation, Aviation, and Materials. Advanced
rail technology: report. Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1982.
46 p. Vaughan, John A. M. The power of the HSTs. Poole, Eng., Oxford
Pub. Co., c1983. ca. 100 p. Zel'kin, G. G. Flying trains. Translated from the Russian by M.
Edelev. Moscow, Mir Publishers, c1986.
Boldea, I., and S. A. Nasar. Linear motion electromagnetic systems.
New York, Wiley, c1985. 482 p. Jayawant, B. V. Electromagnetic levitation and suspension techniques.
London, E. Arnold, 1981. 140 p. Pennsylvania high speed rail feasibility study. v. 1. Preliminary
report, phase 1. Parsons Brinckerhoff/Gannett Fleming for the Pennsylvania
High Speed Intercity Rail Passenger Commission. Harrisburg, The
Commission, 1985. 1 v. (various pagings) Report of the international seminar held in Hanover, Federal Republic
of Germany, on 12th-14th April 1986 on the topic: high-speed traffic
on the railway network of Europe. Paris, European Conference of
Ministers of Transport; Washington, Sales agents, OECD Publications
and Information Centre, 1986. 123 p. Rhodes, R. G., and B. E. Mulhall. Magnetic levitation for rail
transport. Oxford, Eng., Clarendon Press; New York, Oxford University
Press, 1981. 103 p. (Monographs on cryogenics, 1) Sinha, P. K. Electromagnetic suspension: dynamics & control.
London, P. Peregrinus on behalf of the Institution of Electrical
Engineers, c1987. 290 p. (IEE control engineering series, 30) Stollery, J. L. The aerodynamic problems of advanced ground transport:
a report by the Aerodynamics Working Group of the AGT Panel. Swindon,
Eng., Science Research Council, 1978. 106 p. Transport without wheels. Edited by E. R. Laithwaite. Boulder,
Colo., Westview Press, 1977. 322 p. Use of existing highway right-of-way for high speed rail transportation.
Richard L. Peterson and others. College Station, Texas Transportation
Institute, Texas A&M University System; Springfield, Va., National
Technical Information Service, 1985. 190, A1-A82, B1-B15 p. (Texas
Transportation Institute, Texas A&M University System. Research
report, 418-1F)
International Conference on Maglev & Linear Drives, Las Vegas,
Nev., 1987. International Conference on Maglev & Linear Drives,
Bally's, Las Vegas, May 19-21, 1987. Sponsored by the Institute
of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Vehicular Technology Society,
Canadian Institute of Guided Ground Transport, Queen's University;
in cooperation with Fourth International Convention on High Speed
Rail. New York, IEEE, c1987. 246 p. International Conference on Maglev & Linear Drives, Vancouver,
B.C., 1986. International Conference on Maglev & Linear Drives:
an Expo '86 Specialized Periods endorsed event, joint session with
the Fourth World Conference on Transport Research, Ming Court Hotel,
Vancouver, British Columbia, May 14-16, 1986. Sponsored by the Institute
of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Vehicular Technology Society;
co-sponsored by Transportation Development Centre, Transport Canada
and Canadian Institute of Guided Ground Transport, Queen's University.
New York, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, c1986.
267 p. International Conference on Maglev Transport Now and for the Future,
Solihull, Eng., 1984. International Conference on Maglev Transport
Now and for the Future, St. John's Hotel, Solihull, 9-10 October
1984. Sponsored by the Railway Division of the Institution of Mechanical
Engineers, the Institution of Civil Engineers, and the Institution
of Electrical Engineers. London, Published for the Institution of
Mechanical Engineers by Mechanical Engineering Publications, 1984.
218 p. (I Mech E conference publications, 1984-12) Symposium '86: the First Lunar Development Symposium combined with
the First U.S. Maglev Transportation Conference, Resorts International
Hotel/Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey, September 22-24, 1986:
proceedings of a conference. Sponsored by the Engineers Club of
Philadelphia (technical program), American Mag-Lev, Inc. (industry
sponsor), in cooperation with NASA/Johnson Space Center, Solar System
Exploration Division and others. Edited by G. Merrill Andrus. Pitman,
N.J., Lunar Development Council, c1987. 1 v. (various pagings)
Abstracting and Indexing Services that index relevant journal articles and other literature are listed below. Consult a reference librarian for location of these items in the Science Reading Room
Journals that often contain articles relevant to high speed rail transportation include:
Bachman, John A. HSR vehicle performance characteristics. Journal
of transportation engineering, v. 115, Jan. 1989: 48-56. Brand, Nicholas M., and Marc M. Lucas. Operating and maintenance
costs of the TGV high-speed rail system. Journal of transportation
engineering, v. 115, Jan. 1989: 37-47. T Gaede, Peter-Jürgen. Project design of a MAGLEV system with
shortstator linear motor propulsion. Journal of advanced transportation,
v. 17, spring 1983: 49-56. Klimenko, E. Yu., and others. Superconducting magnet for high speed
ground transportation. Cryogenics, v. 30, Jan. 1990: 41-45. Nice, David C. Consideration of high-speed rail service in the
United States. Transportation research, part A: general, v. 23A,
Sept. 1989: 359-365. Silverman, Fred J., and Darwin G. Stuart. Assessment of high-speed
rail options in Florida. Journal of advanced transportation, v.
19, winter 1985: 271-292. Wayson, R. L., and W. Bowlby. Noise and air pollution of high-speed
rail systems. Journal of transportation engineering, v. 115, Jan.
1989: 20-36. Zicha, Jan H. High-speed rail track design. Journal of transportation
engineering, v. 115, Jan. 1989: 68-83.
Technical Reports and other types of literature are indexed in the following guides:
Selected Technical Reports sold by the National Technical Information Service, Springfield, Virginia 22161, include the following: Eastham, Tony R., and Howard T. Coffey. Opportunities and prospects
for Maglev in North America. Argonne, Ill., Argonne National Laboratory,
1989. 5 p. Hull, John R. Attractive levitation for high-speed ground transport
with large guideway clearance and alternating-gradient stabilization.
Argonne, Ill., Argonne National Laboratory, 1989. 17 p. Rote, Donald M., and others. The U.S. market for high-speed maglev
vehicles. Argonne, Ill., Argonne National Laboratory, 1989. 9 p.
Schoendorfer, David L., and Edward K. Morlok. Cost characteristics
of tilt-rotor, conventional air and high speed rail short-haul intercity
passenger service. Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, May
1985. 113 p. (NASA-CR-181421)
Selected materials available in the Science Reading Room pamphlet boxes include the following: Andrus, G. Merrill, and George T. Gillies. MAGLEV: transportation for the 21st century. Civil engineering, v. 57, Apr. 1987: 65-67. Davis, Dwight B. High-speed trains: new life for the iron horse? High technology, v. 4, Sept. 1984: 28-39, 77. Fairweather, Virginia. A supertrain solution? Civil engineering, v. 60, Feb. 1990: 50-53. Guyard, Michel. The fastest train on earth: France's TGV hits 300 mph, smashing the world record. French advances in science & technology, v. 4, spring 1990: 6-9. High-speed intercity transportation technology. Automotive engineering, v. 97, Sept. 1989: 33-37. Itzkoff, Donald M. Why high speed plans languish. Railway age, v. 189, July 1988: 61-62. Katauskas, Ted. Maglev will fly in the U.S. Research & development, v. 31, Nov. 1989: 22-25. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick. How to lose: the story of maglev. Scientific American, v. 261, Nov. 1989: 130. Murray, Charles J. Maglev comes to America. Design news, v. 45, Sept. 18, 1989: 82-87. United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Water Resources, Transportation, and Infrastructure. The President's proposal for magnetic levitation transportation. Hearing ... March 9, 1990. Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1990. 74 p. (Senate Hearing, 101-599)
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