Railroads
Des Moines Transload Facility
The Des Moines Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (DMAMPO) will construct the Des Moines Transload Facility (the Transload Facility) in Des Moines, IA, to reduce the volume of freight trucked within a 150-mile radius. The Transload Facility will use Class I and II freight rail shippers to...
Reference-Free Estimates of Railroad Bridge Displacement under Revenue Service Traffic
A top bridge research priority for railroad owners is to determine bridge displacements under in-service train loadings. Recent studies have demonstrated that displacement data assists railroad owners in prioritizing maintenance, repair, and replacement policies. However, displacement...
Preventing Stop Signal Overruns: Good Practices for Passenger Railroads
See Also: Stop Signal Overruns (SSO) & Near Miss: An Investigation Template for Passenger Railroads
Stop Signal Overruns (SSO) & Near Miss: An Investigation Template for Passenger Railroads
See Also: Preventing Stop Signal Overruns: Good Practices for Passenger Railroads
Measuring the Displacement Environment Between a Locomotive and Trailing Car
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) funded a project conducted by Transportation Technology Center, Inc.’s (TTCI) Association of American Railroads’ (AAR) Natural Gas Fuel Tender (NGFT) Technical Advisory Group (TAG) in developing industry standards for NGFT tenders. The objective was to...