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Broken Rail and Rollout Detection to Support QMB Operations

Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI) collaborated with a railroad advisory group to progress a track circuit concept that supports the Quasi-Moving Block (QMB) method of train control. TTCI performed proof-of-concept testing, capacity analysis, hazard analysis, and requirements...

Machine Vision Data Products for the Automated Track Inspection Program

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Office of Railroad Safety’s Automated Track Inspection Program (ATIP) uses machine vision inspection technology along with Track Geometry Measurement and Gage Restraint Measurement Systems to thoroughly evaluate track. Algorithms trained to detect...