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Passenger Car Crippling End-Load Test and Analyses
The Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI) performed a series of full-scale tests and a finite element analysis (FEA) in a case study that may become a model for manufacturers seeking to use the waiver process of Tier I crashworthiness and occupant protection standards to qualify railcars...
Northeast Corridor Intercity and Commuter Rail Service Coordination Study
On Oct 5, 1978, congress required, in the form of a provision in the Amtrak Improvement Act of 1978, that the Secretary of Transportation submit "a report on the conflict between the needs of the commuter rail passenger service and the needs of the intercity rail passenger service in the...