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Wheel Load Cycle Tag for Rail

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has determined that there is a research need to collect and analyze statistical usage data to help ascertain the cumulative load-induced fatigue on rail track segments. The estimation of rail segment burdening through the determination of loaded or unloaded...

High-Speed Rail Aerodynamic Assessment and Mitigation Report

This report advances the current state of knowledge, as well as shared understanding and evaluation of present procedures used to mitigate the impacts effects from high-speed trains (HST) operating at speeds between 110 mph and 250 mph. This work gathers and summarizes existing international...

2015 ROW Fatality & Trespass Prevention Workshop

Trespassing along railroad rights-of-way (ROW) is the leading cause of rail-related deaths. More than 500 preventable trespass fatalities and nearly as many injuries occur each year in the United States, and most of these incidents involve pedestrians. Based on the successful 2008[1] and 2012...

Positive Train Control Interoperability and Networking Research

This document describes the initial development of an ITC PTC Shared Network (IPSN), a hosted environment to support the distribution, configuration management, and IT governance of Interoperable Train Control (ITC) Positive Train Control (PTC) systems between short line and commuter railroads and...

2003 Railroad Employee Fatalities: Case Studies and Analysis

This document contains the following materials: ! Narrative reports which provide in-depth coverage of 2003's 16 railroad employee fatalities, helping readers to visualize the accident scene and chain of events leading up to the fatalities, and the post-accident investigation process; !...

2002 Railroad Employee Fatalities: An Analytical Study

This document contains the following materials: ! Narrative reports which provide in-depth coverage of 2002's 19 railroad employee fatalities, helping readers to visualize the accident scene and chain of events leading up to the fatalities, and the post-accident investigation process; !...

1998 Railroad Employee Fatalities: An Analytical Study

This document contains the following materials: ! Narrative reports which provide in-depth coverage of 1998's 22 railroad employee fatalities, helping readers to visualize the accident scene and chain of events leading up to the fatalities, and the post-accident investigation process; ! Summaries...