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Impact Test of a Diesel Multiple Unit Fuel Tank

On June 28, 2016, the Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) Office of Research, Development and Technology performed a dynamic impact test of a fuel tank from a Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU) rail vehicle with support from the Department of Transportation’s John A. Volpe National Transportation...

Performance of No. 20 Frogs of Various Designs in Revenue Service

Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI) tested and evaluated the performance of four No. 20 fixed-point frogs on the Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) track as part of the jointly funded Association of American Railroads (AAR) and Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Heavy Axle Load (HAL)...

Full-Scale Shell Impact Test of a DOT-117 Tank Car

On September 28, 2016, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) conducted a full-scale shell impact test of a DOT-117A100W (DOT-117) tank car at the Transportation Technology Center (TTC) in Pueblo, CO. The shell of the car was struck at the mid-length by a 297,000 pound ram car, which was...