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Technical Reports
Discrete Element Modeling of Railroad Ballast Behavior
Keywords: Ballast behavior, discrete element modeling, DEM, Discrete Element Method, triaxial test, fouling, dynamic train loading, ballast degradation and image analysis
Abstract: An innovative integrated computational-experimental laboratory testing framework has been developed at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to evaluate clean and fouled...
Technical Reports
The Impact of Participatory Safety Rules Revision on Incident Rates, Liability Claims, and Safety Culture in the U.S. Railroad Industry
Keywords: Railroad safety culture, safety rules revision, safety rules consolidation, compliance, Federal Employer’s Liability Act, FELA, incident rates, liability claims, lessons learned
Abstract: The Federal Railroad Administration Human Factors Research and Development Program sponsored a lessons learned study to examine the impact of safety rules revision on safety...
Compliance Manuals
Railroad Workplace Safety Compliance Manual: Chapter 4 – Roadway Maintenance Machine Safety
Abstract: This chapter of the Railroad Workplace Safety Compliance Manual provides guidance for Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and State personnel to ensure railroads and...
Compliance Manuals
Roadway Maintenance Machine Safety Compliance Manual
Abstract: This chapter of the Railroad Workplace Safety Compliance Manual provides guidance for
Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and...
Technical Bulletins
"Quiet" Power Tools
Keywords: Part 214; power operated tools; lone worker; individual train detection