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High Productivity Integral Train Program - Iron Highway Phase II Testing
Evaluation tests of Iron Highway Phase II prototype show that the technical benefits predicted from the integral train design are attainable. The tests prove that the control and braking, loading and unloading, split ramp and platform suspension systems are ready to be engineered into production...Field Testing of High Degree Revenue Service Track for Buckling Safety Assessment
This report presents the results of a field study of high degree curves in continuous welded rail (CWR) territory. This program was conducted at two test sites: a 10 degree curve on the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe (ATSF) Railroad near Sante Fe, NM, and a 12 degree curve on the Norfolk Southern (...A World of Change, Volume 1: FAST/HAL Test Summaries
[From the Foreword] Welcome to A World of Change: 1st Annual AAR Research Review, November 6-9, 1995. Our four-day event focuses on four aspects of the activities carried out by the Association of American Railroads' Research and Test Department at the Transportation Technology Center (TTC), in...Wheel Peeling Experiment - Analysis of Commuter Rail Wheel Thermal Cracks
This report outlines the procedures used and presents the data obtained during the wheel peeling portion of the Cracked Wheel Investigation. The procedure was conducted by ORX, Inc., Tipton, Pennsylvania from April 6 to April 9, 1992. Its purpose was to measure and record the physical...Vent and Burn Method of Field Product Removal
The Federal Railroad Administration tasked the Association of American Railroads, Transportation Test Center Hazardous Materials Training Center, to research and develop safe, reliable operating procedures for of the Vent and Bum method of field product removal, and to define when or if this...Trespasser Bulletin: Volume 3, Calendar Year 1993
[From the Introduction] The third annual report, issued by the Federal Railroad Administration's (FRA) Office of Safety, provides information concerning trespassers who were killed or injured as a result of railroad operations and includes all reportable situations. In 1993, 523 people were killed...Trailer-on-Flatcar Car (TOFC) and Container-on-Flatcar Car (COFC) Loading and Securement Safety
Following the May 16, 1994, derailment of an Amtrak train caused by a collision with a trailer that fell from a flat car in Smithfield, North Carolina, the Secretary of Transportation directed the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to assess trailers on flat cars and containers on flat cars (...