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The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) sponsored a project, performed by Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI), to research the feasibility of an Onboard Broken Rail Detection (OBRD) concept. A parallel long term track impedance characterization effort was undertaken with the...
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) previously demonstrated advanced, remotely controlled, electro-mechanical systems, such as hand brakes, angle cocks, and cut levers that can contribute to increased safety and improved efficiency of freight railroad operations. The main impediment to...
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) conducted a side impact test of a surrogate DOT-113 tank car at the Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI) to evaluate the performance of the tank car under dynamic impact conditions and to provide data for the verification and refinement of a...
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) sponsored Alion Science and Technology to conduct a project to examine cab system automation displays and the risk of human error.
The purpose of this work was to demonstrate improved system performance on a selected automated system by implementing a function allocation methodology that enables design of a display interface for that system that makes best use of human as well as machine capabilities.
Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI) evaluated the performance of several No. 20 fixed-point frogs on Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) in Kentucky. This effort was part of the Heavy Axle Load (HAL) Revenue Service Test Program jointly supported by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)...