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Railroad Right-of-Way Incident Analysis Research

Locations of railroad right-of-way incidents in this research were identified as hotspots. These can be defined as highway-rail grade crossings or locations along the railroad right-of-way where collision or trespassing risk is unacceptably high and intervention is justified because the potential...

Vital Positive Train Control Research and Development—Final Report

The Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI), in cooperation with, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), the Railroad Research Foundation (RRF), and the Mission Systems and Sensors (MS2) Division of the Lockheed Martin Corporation (LMC) conducted research and development (R&D)...

Track Inspection Time Study

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Fatigue Crack Growth and Fracture Behavior of Bainitic Rail Steels

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Passenger Train Braking Model Development – Phase I

Transportation Technology Center, Inc., identified the requirements for developing a passenger train braking performance model, which herein results in submission of a stand-alone model requirements document, a summary of responses to an industry survey of passenger equipment and brake hardware,...