Railroads
Railroad Trespassing Suicide Prevention Grant Program
Overview: This program provides funding for targeted outreach campaigns to reduce the number of railroad-related suicides that involve railroad trespassing. FRA awards funds to projects that achieve the maximum benefits possible, thereby meeting, in part, several milestones in its National...
Full-Scale Rollover Test and Corresponding Analytical Modeling – Survivability of Top Fittings for CPC-1232 Tank Car
A full-scale rollover test was performed on a CPC-1232 tank car body to determine the survivability of the top fittings and provide a comparison to past tank car-type rollover tests. Dynamic simulations were performed prior to the test to determine appropriate test conditions and parameters....Investigating the Prominent Failure Mode of Cut Spikes Used in Elastic Fastening Systems
Under the sponsorship of the Federal Railroad Administration, researchers conducted finite element (FE) analyses at the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center from April 2018 to July 2019 to understand the underlying mechanisms contributing to the main observed failure modes of cut spikes...Appalachian NGL Hub Rail Transloading Facility
The proposed Appalachian Natural Gas Liquids (NGL) Hub Rail Transloading Facility Project (the Project) will be constructed by Ohio River Partners Shareholder LLC (doing business as Long Ridge Energy Terminal [LRET]) to support the continued need for transportation of NGL to end-use markets...