| QR 1997 Vol.38 No.2 | 
| MESSAGE | 
| Buildup of Cooperative Setup in Railway Technologies of Japan | ||
| R.YAMADA | ||
| NEWS | 
| Start of Maglev (MLX01) Test Run | ||
| Development of Nb3Sn Persistent Current Switch for Magnetohydrodynamic Propulsion Ship | ||
| K.NEMOTO, T.YAZAWA, S.MIYAKE, K.SUGAWARA | ||
| REVIEW | 
| Railway Materials Performance Evaluation and Diagnostics |Present Status and Future Problems- | ||
| K.KIRIMURA | ||
| PAPERS | 
| The Developent of Damping Properties of Magnetic-Vibration-Damper(MVD) | ||
| H.SATO, M.HANSAKA, N.MIFUNE | ||
| An Evaluation Test for Influences of the Pait-Film Upon Self-loosening of Fasteners | ||
| Y.SATOH, T.NAGATOMO, H.MACHIDA, S.ENDOH, T.ENARI, K.KIRIMURA, T.KIGAWA | ||
| Nondestructive Evaluation of Hoop Stress in Rolling Stock Wheels | ||
| K.KASHIWAYA, H.SAKAMOTO, S.YOSHIDA | ||
| The Basic Friction and Wear Characteristics of Brake Disks and Linings in Train Breakes on the Narrow-Gage Lines | ||
| T.MIYAUCHI, T.TSUJIMURA | ||
| Development of Metal/Carbon Composite Pantograph Contact Strips for the Shinkansen Electric Vehicles | ||
| S.KUBO, H.TSUCHIYA, J.IKEUCHI | ||
| Effect of Material Combination of Metallic Contact Strip and Contact Wire on Wear Characteristics | ||
| S.AOKI, K.FUKUHARA | ||
| Magnetic Properties of YBaCuO Superconductors by Micro-Hall Probe | ||
| H.FUJIMOTO | ||
| OTHER PAPERS | 
| Analysis on Acoustic Characteristics of Aerodynamic Sounds from Surface Irregularities | ||
| A.SAGAWA, J.MATSUO, E,MAEBASHI, Y.SUZUKI | ||
| Development of Database System for Railway Track Maintenance Management, Micro LABOCS for Windows and its Features | ||
| A.YOSHIMURA, Y.YOSHIDA, M.KAMIYAMA | ||
| SUMMARIES | ||
| Summaries of RTRI REPORT (in Japanese) | ||
| ANNUAL INDEX | ||
| Annual Index: Subjects Vol.38,No.1 No.2 (1997) | ||