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Research Results
Rail Safety Training for Law Enforcement
Keywords: LERT, QNA, crossing, training, video
Abstract: The Rail Safety Training Course for Law Enforcement is a video-based training for emergency dispatchers that teaches them how to safely respond to rail accidents.
Technical Reports
Quasi-Static Research Testing of Workstation Tables
Keywords: Passenger rail car, workstation tables, energy absorption, interior crashworthiness, train collision safety
Abstract: Sharma & Associates, Inc. (SA) performed quasi-static destructive loading tests on two different designs of passenger workstation tables in accordance with the requirements of...
Technical Reports
Data Analysis for Maintenance-of-Way Worker Fatigue
Keywords: Fatigue, work schedule, maintenance-of-way, sleep pattern, alertness, shiftwork, hours of service, biomathematical fatigue model
Research Results
Rail Temperature Control System for Improved Railway Safety
Keywords: passive control, thermal adsorption, steel railroad stress reduction, maximum temperature reduction, buckling
Abstract: Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI) has developed a tunable passive solution for limiting the maximum temperature of railroad track. The Rail Temperature Control System (RTCS)...
Technical Reports
Material and Manufacturing Requirements for Freeze-Thaw Durable Concrete Railroad Ties, Appendices A Through C
Keywords: Concrete consolidation, air void system, freeze-thaw durability, concrete crosstie
Abstract: Appendix A documents additional rheological data taken on concrete during vibration; while Appendix B depicts the measured and predicted temperature and relative humidity of...