CIVA-UT Model Validation for Rail Flaw Inspection Simulation

In 2022, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) contracted with Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI) to conduct validation studies of CIVA software’s rail models for hand-held, angled beam, shear vertical wave (SW) inspections. The research team generated side-drilled holes (SDHs) at...

Guidance on Railroad/Employee Consultation Requirements in 49 CFR Parts 270 and 271

Titan Transportation 242 Program Approval Letter

Titan Transportation 240 Program Approval Letter

Buckingham Branch Railroad Engineer Cert Program Approval letter

Aberdeen Carolina & Western Railway Congestion Mitigation Project: Finding of No Significant Impact

Grade Crossing Safety and Railroad Trespass Prevention Workshop Agenda

Corridor Identification and Development Program—Solicitation Preview

Sled Tests Using the THOR-50M ATD and Quasi-Static Tests of Workstation Tables for Passenger Trains

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 collision. MGA Research Corporation performed six...

Fully Scalable Train Braking Simulation Environment

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 support a virtualized fully scalable train braking...