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Tank Car Vent and Burn Process Study: Phase II
The Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI), under the Federal Railroad Administration's Hazmat Transportation Safety Research and Development Strategic Plan, conducted a study of vent and burn as a method of hazardous materials incident mitigation. The purpose of the study was to develop...Investigate and Compile a Record of Regulations/Policies Used by Transportation Modes to Monitor the Affect of Medical Condition on Employee Performance
The Office of Safety's fatigue program is structured on addressing a multitude of factors and concerns that affect the safety of the railroad industry's employees and their quality of life. Among these factors or concerns is the role of medical conditions, including prescription and over-the-...Accident Severity Prediction Formula for Rail-Highway Crossings
This report describes the development of formulas which predict the severity of accidents at public rail-highway crossings. They employ the previously developed DOT accident prediction formula, U.S. DOT-AAR National Rail-Highway Crossing Inventory, and the FRA accident files. With these new...National Railroad-Highway Crossing Inventory : Update Manual
The purpose of this manual is to establish a set of procedures that will provide an- up.to-date and accurate database for: 1. A National Railroad-Highway Crossing Information enter (the Center) data file to be maintained by the Federal Railroad Administration. 2. Data files maintained by each...Railroad-Highway Safety Part I: A Comprehensive Statement of the Problem
This report represents Part I of the combined study effort of the Federal Administration and Federal Highway Administration and was submitted to the Congress in October 1971 in response to the Railroad Safety Act of 1970. It identifies the extent and nature of the safety problem associated with...Railroad-Highway Safety Part II: Recommendations for Resolving the Problem
Part I of this report described the extent and nature of the safety problem associated with railroad-highway grade crossings nationwide. Part II contains a further analysis of the matters covered in Part I and makes recommendations for improving safety at both public and private crossings of...Demonstration of Commercial-Off-The-Shelf Change Detection on Railway Images
This study, conducted jointly by ENSCO, Inc. and Harris Corporation, assessed the potential benefits of applying commercially available change detection software to railway machine vision images. Change detection involves registering “Before” and “After” images on a pixel-by-pixel basis to...