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28 Jun 2022

Other Reports

State Inventory Contacts - Grade Crossing Inventory

Author
Federal Railroad Administration

Subject Highway-Rail Grade Crossings

Keywords: crossing, inventory, state, contact

Office
RRS

21 Apr 2021

Reference Materials

Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Accidents - Flyer - Law Enforcement

Author
Drug and Alcohol Program

Subject Drug and Alcohol Program, Highway-Rail Grade Crossings

Keywords: Police, Law Enforcement

Abstract:

Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Accidents - Flyer - Law Enforcement

27 Jan 2021

Other Reports

FRA Monitoring Procedures

Author
Federal Railroad Administration

Subject Passenger Rail

Keywords: Monitoring Procedures; MP

Abstract:

Note: These two documents will be replaced by an updated version at the end of August 2014. Please check back at that time.

Office
RPD-10

28 May 2019

Reference Materials

An Implementation Guide for Wayside Detector Systems

Author
Federal Railroad Administration

Subject Rolling Stock

Keywords: Bearing temperatures, calibration, Dynamic Ratio, DR, Hot Box Detectors, HBD, Truck Hunting Detector, THD, wayside detector systems, wheel flats, Wheel Impact Load Detector, WILD, Wheel Temperature Detector, WTD

Abstract: The guide briefly reviews different wayside detector systems in North America’s rail network, including Acoustic Bearing Detectors (ABD) (Trackside Acoustic Detection System [TADS...

8 Oct 2018

Other Reports

Fatal Accident Patterns - Hours of Day

Author
Office of Railroad Safety

Subject Signal and Train Control

Keywords: FAMES

Office
RRS