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Accelerating Implementation of ECP Emulator Technology

One of the major barriers to implementation of Electronically Controlled Pneumatic (ECP) brake technology is a freight car’s interchange requirement, i.e., it should run in trains made of interchange qualified car. An overlay ECP or an ECP emulator can address this barrier. This project advanced an...

Shared-Use of Railroad Rights-of-Way

This report responds to a provision in the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act of 2015 (FAST Act) that directed the U.S. Secretary of Transportation to evaluate passenger and freight rail systems’ shared-use of railroad rights-of-way and the operational, institutional, and legal...