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A top bridge research priority for railroad owners is to determine bridge displacements under in-service train loadings. Recent studies have demonstrated that displacement data assists railroad owners in prioritizing maintenance, repair, and...

In Fall 2018, FRA and the Project Proponents initiated a public and stakeholder engagement action plan to help ensure that stakeholders remained well-informed and engaged from Public Meeting #4 to the DEIS public hearing. The public and stakeholders...

The research performed for the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) previously identified six grades of steel currently used in low temperature applications that could potentially be used as truck castings. These materials are specified under the...

The Federal Railroad Administration supported the performance of semi static tests on two cracked axles as part of the Resonant Acoustic Wayside Automated Cracked Axle Detection (RAWCAD) project. The performance of detection algorithms for...

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) funded a project conducted by Transportation Technology Center, Inc.’s (TTCI) Association of American Railroads’ (AAR) Natural Gas Fuel Tender (NGFT) Technical Advisory Group (TAG) in developing industry...