The work program is developed in accordance with the state educational standards of higher professional education in the areas of training of certified specialists 653300 (specialty 150200 - "Automobiles and automotive industry" , specialization 150201 - "Technical operation of cars" , 653400 (specialty 240100. 01 - 'Transportation Organization and Management', specialization 240101. 01 - "Organization of transportation" and direction of training of bachelor 551400 - "Land transport systems" . The methodological collection contains a work program, a thematic plan of lectures, topics of laboratory work, a list of basic and additional literature, a task for control work and methodological instructions for its implementation. The work program outlines the main physical, mechanical, technological and operational properties of automotive materials depending on their purpose and defines their role in maintaining the performance of rolling stock.