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Rail-Highway Crossing Safety Action Plan Support Proposals

This Action Plan presents a multi-faceted, multi-modal approach for improving safety at our Nation’s highway-rail crossings and for the prevention of trespassing on the rights-of-way of our Nation’s railroads. It is multi-faceted in that it presents enforcement, engineering, education, research,...

Rail-Highway Crossing Safety Action Plan Summary

[From the Introduction] Each day, we are reminded of the importance of our efforts to improve highway- rail grade crossing safety and trespass prevention. Highway-rail collisions and trespassing on rail properties are the number one and two leading causes of death in the entire railroad industry,...

Operating Practices Research Plan 1993-1997

[From the Introduction] The Operating Practices Subprogram directly supports the Equipment, Operations and Hazardous Materials Program and the rail safety responsibility and authority specifically conferred on the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) in the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970, the...

Handbook for Vent and Burn Method of Field Product Removal

The Federal Railroad Administration tasked the Association of American Railroads (AAR), Transportation Test Center Hazardous Materials Training Center (TTC) to research and develop safe, reliable operating procedures for the Vent and Bum method of field product removal, and to define when or if...

Fundamental Track Gage Widening Tests Using the Track Loading Vehicle

In early 1991, a series of fundamental track gage widening tests were conducted at the Transportation Test Center. Tests, using the Track Loading Vehicle (TLV), were performed to provide fundamental knowledge about the manner in which wheel drop derailments occur, to establish data about current...

Engineering Data on Selected North American Railroad Passenger Car Trucks

This report presents the results of an effort to compile truck and population data for the U.S. fleet of railroad passenger cars, and to describe the different passenger car truck designs and design features used in the United States. The report provides a detailed discussion of the functions of a...

EMI Testing of a High Speed Trainset: German Intercity Express (ICE)

[From the Introduction] A series of tests were performed to investigate the potential for electromagnetic interference (EMI) from the operation of the German Inter-City Express (ICE), a high speed trainset, on the North-East Corridor (NEC). The primary objective of the testing and analysis effort...