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29
Nov
2017
Technical Reports
Improved Concrete Crosstie and Fastening Systems for US High Speed Passenger Rail and Joint Corridors: Volume 1 – Project Summary Report
Subject
Freight Operations,
Passenger Rail
Keywords: Concrete crossties, fastening systems, flexural behavior, mechanistic design, infrastructure components, finite element modeling, field experimentation
Abstract: Rail corridors often experience a wide variety of passenger and freight train loads, track geometry characteristics, and environmental conditions. These factors must be considered...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-17/23
Office
RDI-21
29
Nov
2017
Technical Reports
Improved Concrete Crosstie and Fastening Systems for US High Speed Passenger Rail and Joint Corridors: Volume 2
Subject
Freight Operations,
Passenger Rail
Keywords: Concrete crossties, fastening systems, flexural behavior, mechanistic design, infrastructure components, finite element modeling, finite element, FE, finite element analysis, FEA, field experimentation
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-17/23
Office
RDI-21
15
Sep
2017
Technical Reports
Passenger Car Crippling End-Load Test and Analyses
Subject
Passenger Rail
Keywords: Passenger car, compressive load test, crippling, finite element analysis, finite element model, crash energy management
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-17/14
Office
RDI-22
1
Dec
2015
Technical Reports
Wheel Load Cycle Tag for Rail
Subject
Facilities & Test Equipment,
Passenger Rail
Abstract: 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...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-15/39
Office
RRD
6
Jul
2015
Technical Reports
An Investigation of Passing Stop Signals at a Passenger Railroad
Subject
Human Factors,
Passenger Rail
Keywords: Passing a Stop Signal; PASS; Stop Signal Violation; SSV; Signal Passed at Danger; SPAD; Passenger Rail; Human Factors
Abstract: This report documents the findings and recommendations from an investigation into stop signal violations at an American passenger railroad. The investigation was requested by the...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-15/25
Office
RDI-24
9
Jun
2015
Safety Advisories
Operational and signal modifications for compliance with maximum authorized passenger train speeds and other speed restrictions
Subject
Passenger Rail,
Safety Advisories
Keywords: Safety Advisories; Passenger Rail
Abstract: This is a safety advisory recommending actions that passenger railroads take to prevent trains from speeding. The advisory is the latest in a series of steps FRA has taken to keep...
Safety Advisory Number
2015-03
9
Apr
2015
Technical Reports
Passenger Train Emergency Systems: Single-Level Commuter Rail Car Egress Experiments
Subject
Emergency Preparedness,
Passenger Rail
Keywords: passenger trains; commuter rail; emergency evacuation; emergency egress; emergency exits; egress computer models; egress experiments; egress simulation; emergency evacuation simulation
Abstract: Under FRA sponsorship, a series of three experimental egress trials was conducted in 2005 and 2006 to obtain human factors data relating to the amount of time necessary for...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-15/04
Office
RDI-22
19
Nov
2014
Technical Reports
Passenger Train Emergency Systems: Development of Prototype railEXODUS Software for U.S. Passenger Rail Car Egress
Subject
Emergency Preparedness,
Passenger Rail
Keywords: passenger trains, railroads, commuter rail, transportation, emergency evacuation, emergency egress, emergency exits, egress computer models, egress experiments, egress simulation, emergency evacuation simulation
Abstract: The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT), is sponsoring a research program, which includes investigation of the applicability of...
Report Number
(DOT/FRA/ORD-14/35)
Office
RDI-22
19
Dec
2013
Technical Reports
Workstation Table Crashworthiness Tests
Subject
Facilities & Test Equipment,
Occupant Protection,
Crashworthiness - Passenger Equipment,
Passenger Rail,
Collision
Keywords: Crashworthiness, workstation table, full-scale train-to-train test, crash energy management, crush zones, rail cars, occupant survivability, collision, injury, impacts
Abstract: This report describes results from the Option C component of a research program aimed at improving crashworthiness of passenger train workstation tables. Research conducted in the...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-13/48
Office
RRD
28
Oct
2013
Technical Reports
Collision of Amtrak Passenger Train and Norfolk Southern Freight Train—November 30, 2007, Chicago, Illinois
Subject
Accident Investigations,
Amtrak,
Freight Operations,
Crashworthiness - Passenger Equipment,
Passenger Rail,
Collision
Keywords: Transportation, safety, collision, rail accident investigation, crashworthiness, structures, dynamics
Abstract: On November 30, 2007, an Amtrak passenger train travelling at approximately 33 mph collided with the rear of a standing freight train in Chicago, Illinois. The locomotive of the...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-13/45
Office
RRD