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Accident/Incident Bulletin No. 156: Calendar Year 1987

[From the Introduction] Railroads are required to file monthly accident/incident reports with the Federal Railroad Administration's (FRA) Office of Safety in accordance with 49 CFR 225. Bulletin 155 summarizes reportable accidents/incidents that occurred in the United States during 1987.

A Study of Trackside Lubricator Greases on FAST

[From the Introduction] The FAST program has used lubrication during specific periods to extend rail life in various metallurgy tests conducted since 1976. During this time, the gage-face wear rate of standard carbon rail has been used as a "baseline" for measuring comparative life of alternative...

Wheel Failure Mechanisms of Railroad Cars: Appendices

This report summarizes an extensive research program into the causes of wheel thermal failure. Results of material property tests, review of failure data, dynamometer tests, roll dynamics unit, track tests, and theoretical and experimental stress analysis show that heat-treated wheels of designs...

Railroad Safety Research and Development: 1987 Prospectus

[From the Preface] This Prospectus was assembled with the intent to provide a document that would serve as the basis for informing interested parties of the contemporaneous research being conducted by the Office of Research and Development, Office of Safety, Federal Railroad Administration.