Technical Reports

Safety of High Speed Guided Ground Transportation Systems: Magnetic and Electric Field Testing of the French Train A Grande Vitesse (TGV) Volume II- Appendices

The safety of magnetically Levitated (maglev) end high speed rail (HSR) trains proposed for application in the United States is the responsibility of the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA). A franchise has been awarded to the Texas High Speed Rail Corporation to operate a 200 French Train a...

Commuter Rail Seat Testing and Analysis

The need to determine the structural integrity and passenger safety provided by existing commuter rail seats was identified by the Construction/Structural Subgroup of the American Public Transportation Association's (APTA) Passenger Rail Equipment Safety Standards (PRESS) Task Force. Recognizing...

Automated Rail Based Wheel Gauge- Phase I Report

IEM personnel conducted face to face interviews with senior officials with three major transits and four Class I railroads. We also conducted extensive phone and mail surveys soliciting the opinion of representatives of all the Class I railroads, all major private car owners and all the leading...

Acquisition and Analysis of Wayside Acoustical Noise & Infrared Heat Signatures associated with Roller Bearing Defect Progression

Under FRA Task Order #30A, Work Effort 2, Short Term Test, twenty-four Class F 100-ton roller bearings with a range of cone bore/axle interference fit tolerances and end clamp loads were operated until failure, or for a maximum of 5,000 miles under loaded cars on the RTT at TTC, Pueblo. In an...

Passenger Trains on Freight Railroads

An agenda for the Passenger Trains on Freight Railroads conference held at the Washington Marriott Hotel on October 16-17, 2001.

Northern Indiana/Northwestern Ohio Routing Study

Intercity passenger rail service through Northern Indiana and Ohio plays an important role in the Midwest Regional Rail Initiative (MWRRI). The MWRRI is an on-going effort involving nin Midewest states, Amtrak, an dthe Federal Railraod Administration to investigate and develop an improved and...

Ride Quality Evaluation of High Speed Trains on the Northeast Corridor

A portable system to allow collection and analysis of carbody vibration data according to ISO standard 2631 was designed and built. This system allowed the FRA to record and compare the ride quality performance of foreign and domestic high speed trains operating in revenue service on the Northeast...

Review and Analysis of Railroad Passenger Car Waste Retention Systems, Volume I: Report and Appendices A and B

The traditional practice of dumping railroad toilet and other waste directly onto the tracks is still used on most passenger cars operated by Amtrak. However, this practice is being questioned and legislation to require full waste retention systems is under consideration. This report has been...

California State Rail Plan

Government Code Section 14036 requires the California Department of Transportation (the Department) to complete a 10-year State Rail Plan with both passenger and freight rail elements. The law also provides that the State Rail Plan be updated every two years. The passenger rail element of the...

High Speed Rail (HSR) in the United States

There are two approaches to High Speed Rail: improving existing tracks and signaling to allow trains to travel somewhat faster, typically to as much as 110 miles per hour, generally on track shared with freight trains; and building new tracks dedicated exclusively to high speed passenger rail...

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