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Railroad Right-of-Way Incident Analysis Research
Locations of railroad right-of-way incidents in this research were identified as hotspots. These can be defined as highway-rail grade crossings or locations along the railroad right-of-way where collision or trespassing risk is unacceptably high and intervention is justified because the potential...Analysis of the Relationship between Operator Effectiveness Measures and Economic Impacts of Rail Accidents
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Vital Positive Train Control Research and Development—Final Report
The Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI), in cooperation with, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), the Railroad Research Foundation (RRF), and the Mission Systems and Sensors (MS2) Division of the Lockheed Martin Corporation (LMC) conducted research and development (R&D)...Track Inspection Time Study
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Full-Scale Locomotive Dynamic Crash Testing and Correlations: C-39 Type Locomotive Colliding with a Loaded Hopper Car (Test 7)
This report presents the results of a locomotive and three loaded hopper car consist traveling at 29 miles per hour colliding with a stationary consist of 35 loaded hopper cars. The details of test instrumentation, LS-DYNA finite element simulation, conducting of the test, and correlations between...Full-Scale Locomotive Dynamic Crash Testing and Correlations: Offset Collisions between a Locomotive and a Covered Hopper Car (Test 4)
This report presents the test results and finite element correlations of a full-scale dynamic collision test with rail vehicles as part of the Federal Railroad Administration’s research program on improved crashworthiness of locomotive structures. This test involved the 30-mile per hour oblique...Full-Scale Locomotive Dynamic Crash Testing and Correlations: Locomotive Consist Colliding with Steel Coil Truck at Grade Crossing (Test 3)
This report presents the test results and finite element correlations of a full-scale dynamic collision between a locomotive and a highway truck loaded with two heavy steel coils. The locomotive consist was moving at 58 miles per hour before it struck a highway truck carrying heavy steel coils. The...Fatigue Crack Growth and Fracture Behavior of Bainitic Rail Steels
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