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From 2017–2019, the Federal Railroad Administration sponsored VORtech and its project partners to develop advanced physics-based modeling of wheel-rail friction. Sub-models were established for the elastic and plastic shearing of third body layers, heating of the contacting surfaces, and effects...
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is testing a new model for enabling railroads with very small numbers of employees to join the Confidential Close Call Reporting System (C3RS). This model adopts an additional third party to support event analysis when small railroads lack the resources...
Made possible by President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, investments will further Biden Administration efforts to repair and rebuild vital infrastructure along the Northeast Corridor
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This document provides supplementary information to accompany the previously published Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) report titled Reducing Hazards Associated with Visual and Automation-Aided Track Inspections, Report No. DOT/FRA/ORD-21/18. The main report documents a study in which a...
The Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI), under Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) 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...
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...