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Passenger Train Grade Crossing Impact Tests: Test Procedures, Instrumentation, and Data

Two full-scale impact tests performed June 4 and June 7, 2002, involved single Budd Company Pioneer-type cab car impacts into a heavy steel coil on a frangible support. For the first test on June 4, a cab car was fitted with a 1990's design front end, and for the second test on June 7, with a state...

Passenger Rail Train to Train Impact Test: Test Procedures, Instrumentation, and Data

A full-scale passenger rail train-to-train impact test was performed on January 31, 2002, at the Transportation Technology Center, Pueblo, Colorado. The actual speed of impact, as measured by the laser speed trap, was 29.9 mph resulting in a large amount of damage to the leading cab-car, which...

Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) Hardware and Software for Train Control Applications: System Safety Considerations

The objective of this study was to assess the feasibility of using commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) processor-based systems for safety-related railroad applications. From the safety perspective, the fundamental challenges of using COTS products are most pronounced within the product evaluation and...

Evaluation of Railroad Cab Car End Beam Designs

This report presents the results of an experimental study to establish the strength and energy absorption capability of railroad cab car comer structures built to current requirements and for structures modified to carry higher loads and absorb more energy. Current cab car structures...

Locomotive Crashworthiness Research: Locomotive Crew Egress Evaluation

The objectives of this study include the identification of aspects of locomotive design and operation related to crew egress or access by rescuers in accidents, with the goal of improving crew survivability. This work identifies the considerations and options available for improving and...

Rail Commuter Vehicle Curving Performance

This report presents results of a program to design and install a wayside wheel-rail force measurement system. The test site is capable of developing a set of measurements of lateral and vertical forces exerted between the wheel and the rail at carefully chosen locations of all wheels on a single...

Passenger Rail Two Car Impact Test Volume I: Overview and Selected Results

A full-scale, two-car impact test was conducted on April 4, 2000. Two coupled rail passenger cars impacted a fixed barrier at 26 mph. The cars were instrumented with strain gauges, accelerometers, and string potentiometers to measure the deformation of critical structural elements, the...

Progress in Rail Integrity Research

This report describes the work conducted over the past two decades on rail integrity research sponsored by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and carried out by the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center. The research has involved both experimental and analytical studies on the subject...

Commuter Rail Seat Testing and Analysis

The need to determine the structural integrity and passenger safety provided by existing commuter rail seats was identified by the Construction/Structural Subgroup of the American Public Transportation Association’s (APTA) Passenger Rail Equipment Safety Standards (PRESS) Task Force. Recognizing...

Acoustic Detection of Railcar Roller Bearing Defects: Phase III, System Evaluation Test

In July 1999, Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI), a subsidiary of the Association of American Railroads (AAR), conducted a system evaluation test as part of the Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) Improved Freight Car Roller Bearing Inspection Program (Task Order 122). at the...

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