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Positive Train Control for Heavy Haul Operations

Positive Train Control offers many safety and operational features that are designed to significantly enhance system reliability and network efficiency for heavy haul rail operations. PTC is intended to provide incremental improvements in train control through a modular design. A manual block...

Railroad Safety Statistics Annual Report 1999

The Federal Railroad Administration's Railroad Safety Statistics Annual Report is intended as a resource for the FRA's safety partners. It is also intended as a general reference source for individuals and organizations with an interest in rail safety issues. Statistical data, tables, and chars are...

Railroad Safety Statistics Annual Report 1997

The Federal Railroad Administration's Railroad Safety Statistics - Annual Report is intended as a resource for the FRA's safety partners and other entities who play a primary role in promoting railroad safety. It is also intended as a general reference source for individuals and organizations with...

Safety Aspects of New Trucks and Lightweight Cars, Car 2 : Interim Report

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has sponsored a program to continue the validation of new techniques for testing and analysis that could be applied to the evaluation of the safety and track worthiness aspects of new freight car and suspension designs. The total program involves laboratory...

Railroad Safety and Public Policy

This paper discusses the safety challenges faced by railroads in the United States. It discusses and evaluates public policy dealing with trespassing, grade crossing collisions, occupational injuries, and operational accidents. The primary conclusion is that the government oversight body, the...

Rear-End Train Marker Light Evaluation

All rear-end train marker lights until recently were incandescent bulbs of almost identical design. With the advent of cabooseless trains and battery-powered end- of-train devices, new technologies using low-power LED and xenon flash tube lights were developed. Because of uncertainties in off-axis...

Observations of the April 8, 1979 Railroad Accident at Crestview, Florida

In response to a request by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), personnel of the National Bureau of Standards (NBS) and of the FRA visited the site of this accident. The purpose of this visit was twofold. First, to make observations that could be useful in studies of the properties and...