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Railroad Software-Defined Radio
Transportation Technology Center, Inc. assessed the potential use of a software-defined radio to meet the current and future wireless communication needs of the U.S. railroad industry. FRA funded this project due to the high level of complexity involved in developing requirements and a preferred...
Development of Enhanced Overlay Positive Train Control (EO-PTC)
Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI), with support from the Federal Railroad Administration, researched a new mode of train control proposed to increase operational efficiency where Positive Train Control (PTC) equipment has been installed and is operational. TTCI developed a concept of...
Side Impact Test and Analyses of a DOT-105 Tank Car – 6 X 6 Inch Indenter
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) conducted a side impact test on a DOT-105 tank car at the Transportation Technology Center (TTC) to evaluate its performance under dynamic impact conditions and to provide data for the verification and refinement of a computational model. The tank car...
49 CFR Part 299: Texas Central Railroad High-Speed Rail Safety Standards
Below is the pre-publication version of the final rule and ROD as submitted for publication to the Federal Register.’
Trespass Risk in Quiet Zones
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, under the direction of the DOT’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Office of Research, Development and Technology, studied the effects of the implementation of quiet zones on trespass accidents...