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CP-KCS Merger Proceeding (FD 36500) – FRA/DOT Filing 304005

Filing 304005 by DOT & FRA; submitted Feb. 28th, 2022: Administrator Amit Bose provided written satisfaction of the CPKC Safety Integration Plan (SIP) and stated that the new entity provides reasonable assurance of safety consistent with government regulations. The FRA will monitor CP’s SIP...

Finite Element Analysis of APTA Passenger Rail 8G Structural Seat Test

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) sponsored researchers at the Volpe Center to perform finite element analyses (FEA) of 8g dynamic crash tests with a commuter rail 2-passenger seat design and Hybrid-III family anthropomorphic test devices (ATDs). The simulations analyzed (1) residual (i....

Finite Element Model Validation of THOR-50M ATD for APTA Table Test

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) sponsored Volpe Center researchers to validate a publicly available finite element (FE) model of the Test device for Human Occupant Restraint 50th Percentile Male (THOR-50M) anthropomorphic test device (ATD) in LS-DYNA. The model used selected data from...

Finite Element Analysis of APTA Passenger Rail 8G Injury Seat Test

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) sponsored researchers at the Volpe Center to perform finite element analyses (FEA) of 8g dynamic crash tests using a commuter rail 2-passenger seat design with different sized Hybrid-III anthropomorphic test devices (ATDs) including: (1) 50th percentile...

Short Line Safety Institute: 2022 Systematic Review

SLSI conducts an annual analysis to assess the status of safety culture in the industry. This report summarizes findings from a systematic review of the 18 SLSI Safety Culture Assessment Reports created in 2022 and discusses industry trends in the strengths and gaps related to safety culture...