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Locomotive Crash Energy Management: Train-to-Train Impact Test
This report describes the results of the program’s latest impact test, conducted in August 2022: the train-to-train impact test. In this test, a CEM-equipped locomotive leading two passenger cars impacted a stationary, conventional locomotive leading two freight cars. The primary objective of...Water Mist Fire Suppression Systems Feasibility Study
The Federal Railroad Administration tasked a team from the John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center to research the technical background and use of water mist fire suppression systems in handling on-board fires in locomotives and passenger cars. The team researched the feasibility...