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Event Probabilities and Impact Zones for Hazardous Materials Accidents on Railroads

Procedures are presented for evaluating the probability and impacts of hazardous material accidents in rail transportation. The significance of track class for accident frequencies and of train speed for accident severity is quantified. Special attention is given to the analysis of track-caused...

Implementation of the National Intelligent Transportation Systems Program

The 1997 Report to Congress is the fifth in a series of reports summarizing the progress of the national Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) program administered by the U.S. Department of Transportation. It updates the 1996 report to Congress which provided a comprehensive review of the...

Intelligent Transportation Systems and their Implications for Railroads-Proceedings of A Joint FRA-ITS America Technical Symposium- Washington, DC- June 4 and 5, 1997

The Federal Railroad Administration and the Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITS America) convened a joint Technical Symposium on June 4 and 5, 1997 on the subject "Intelligent Transportation Sytems and Their Implications for Railroads. The symposium was held in conjuction with the...

Report for the Workshop on ITS Standards for the Highway-Rail Intersection July 22-23,1999 Arlington Virginia

The objective of the ITS HRI Standards Workshop was to characterize and move the development process forward toward the establishment of industry concensus standards for the use of Intelligent Transportation System technologies at highway-rail intersection. The workshop had several purposes: first...

Railroad Classification Yard Technology-Assessment of Car Speed Control Systems

The scope of this study has encompassed an evaluation of fourteen yard speed control devices, an identification of four generic speed control systems, a qualitative assessment of the four systems, and finally a quantitative analysis of three hypothetic yards each employing a system that is...

Railroad Classification Yard Technology-Computer System Methodology: Case Study… Potomac Yard

This report documents the application of the railroad classification yard computer system methodology to Potomac Yard of the Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad Company (RF&P). This case study entailed evaluation of the yard traffic capacity, development of computer systems...

Fire Tests of Amtrak Passenger Rail Vehicle Interiors

A series of fire tests was conducted to assess the burning behavior of the interior of passenger rail vehicles. Three types of tests were performed: (1) small-scale laboratory tests to study the flammability and smoke generation characteristics of the individual materials, (2) full-scale...

Administration of Metroliner and Turbo-Train Projects

The Federal Railroad Administration (Agency) sponsors demonstrations to deteremine whether high-speed ground transportation can improve intercity transportation. During fiscal years 1966-70 the Agency obligated over $$25 million for demonstration programs. The Agency is sponsoring two high-speed...

Recommended Emergency Preparedness Guidelines for Passenger Trains

The document contains recommended guidelines designed to assist system operating and emergency response organization management in evaluating and modifying or supplementing their emergency response plans. The recommendations address guidelines relating to emergency plans, procedures, and training....

Railroad Passenger Car Waste Retention Systems

Amtrak presently is permitted to dump untreated waste from passenger train toilets and washing facilities directly onto the track. Older cars (predating Amtarak's formation in 1970) have no capability to retain waste. Recently constructed cars are fitted with either full-retention, or short-term...

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