Researchers crash-tested off-the-shelf wheelchair securement devices in a train-to-train impact test at the Transportation Technology Center in Pueblo, Colorado, on August 11, 2022. Two wheelchair securement devices and one backboard (baseline...

A previously developed methodology for reducing the physical scale of test articles for fire performance testing of rail car floors was benchmarked using a series of large-scale tests and validated finite element simulations. The simulations showed...

Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (MxV Rail), through a research project funded by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA),  developed a Concept of Operations (ConOps), documented the infrastructure design, and developed software to...

The industry safety standard for fixed workstation tables on passenger railcars, APTA PR-CS-S-018-13, draft Rev. 2, provides two options for test procedures and requirements when evaluating crashworthy tables for protecting passengers during a...

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today awarded over $4 million to three projects in two states to upgrade and safeguard rail infrastructure. These investments in communities will play a crucial role in...

This document highlights the complex nature of rail suicide data collected from international peer-reviewed articles, and from the United States. The purpose of this effort is to identify the types of rail suicide data that exist, and to understand...

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) contracted Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI) to expand on existing mechanics-based ballast condition forecasting models. This report demonstrates how one of the mechanics-based models performs...