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Industry Response to Safety Advisories

On December 4, 2015, President Obama signed into law the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) (Pub. L. 114-94). The FAST Act in section 11406(e), “Speed Limit Action Plans,” requires the Secretary of the Department of Transportation (Secretary) to submit a report to Congress on...

Amtrak Fiscal Year 1991 Grant Request & Justification

Amtrak requests an FY91 grant of $684.0 million to continue operation of its existing national system, provide a portion of the funding required for current critical capital needs and a major equipment order to provide much needed capacity, and to allow for the continued reduction of federal...

Measurement of Wheel Load Environment of a Standard 3-piece Truck

To increase the understanding of the conditions under which wheel rolling contact fatigue (RCF) damage accumulates, wheel load environment data was collected from a car running in revenue service and analyzed to assess the predicted wheel RCF damage using shakedown theory. The car used for the...