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Federal Railroad Administration

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) promotes safe and environmentally sound rail transportation. The FRA conducts research and development tests to evaluate projects in support of its safety mission and to enhance the railroad system as a national transportation resource. Public education campaigns on highway-rail grade crossing safety and the danger of trespassing on rail property are also administered by FRA. Bookmark this collection https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/collection_fra

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    Characterization of Track Geometry for Various Operational Conditions
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    Transportation Technology Center, Inc.
    2023-09-01
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    This report characterizes the amplitude and wavelength content of the current track geometry environment of the United States railroad system and exam...
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    Ventilation Design and Procedures for Passenger Rail [Research Results]
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    Shurland, Melissa
    2023-09-01
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    The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) sponsored research by the John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center) to study the p...
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    High-Strength, Reduced-Modulus, High-Performance Concrete for Prestressed Concrete Crosstie Applications
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    Rizos, Dimitris C ;
    Zeitouni, Adam
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    2023-09-01
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    High-performance concrete (HPC) with early strength development is the material of choice for fabricating prestressed concrete railroad ties. However,...
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    Office Safety Checker for Moving Block Train Control Systems
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    Rosales, Jose ;
    Viera, Paulo
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    2023-09-01
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    As part of a project sponsored by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Transportation Technology Center, Inc., (TTCI), developed and analyzed a ...
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    Operational Performance and Reliability, Availability and Maintainability Analysis Model (OPRAM) Development
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    Rosales, Jose ;
    Vieira, Paulo
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    2023-09-01
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    Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (MxV Rail) conducted a project for the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to complete the development of Ope...
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    Vehicle Dynamics Models for Incident Investigation
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    Swamy, Srini ;
    Fu, Delong
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    2023-09-01
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    When investigating a train derailment, vehicle/track interaction (VTI) using vehicle dynamics simulations of the key vehicles in the derailed train ca...
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    Vertical Split Rim: Causes and Prevention
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    Jones, Kerry ;
    Cummings, Scott
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    2023-09-01
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    Vertical split rim (VSR) is a serious railway wheel failure mode that requires further research. Visual clues are not usually present until the crack ...
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    Short Line Safety Institute: Testing the Fidelity of Its Robust Model [Research Results]
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    Kidda, Starr ;
    Leone, Julia
    2023-09-01
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    The Short Line Safety Institute (SLSI) is dedicated to the continuous improvement of safety and safety culture across all short line and regional rail...
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    Augmented Reality for Railroad Operations Using Head-up Displays
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    Liu, Andrew M ;
    Oman, Charles M.
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    2023-08-01
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    A team from MIT’s Human Systems Laboratory designed the locomotive HUD as a wide field of view augmented reality head-up display (AR-HUD). The techn...
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    Locomotive Crash Energy Management Train-to-Train Collision Test
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    DeGeorge, Matthew ;
    Gorhum, Travis
    2023-08-01
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    The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) sponsored MxV Rail to conduct a collision test using both a moving and a stationary three-car consist. The m...
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    Autonomous Inspection System Based on Passive Sensing and Anomaly Detection
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    Yilmaz, Yasin ;
    Weller, Thomas
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    2023-08-01
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    Detecting poor track conditions before they become safety-critical is essential for improving the safety and efficiency of railroads. To this end, aut...
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    Modeling Track Mechanical Behavior With Under Tie Pads and Under Ballast Mats [Research Results]
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    Stuart, Cameron ;
    Sussmann, Ted
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    2023-07-01
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    Railroads have begun to use under tie pads (i.e., pads) and under ballast mats (i.e., mats) in railroad tracks to better distribute train loads, reduc...
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    Fully Scalable Train Braking Simulation Environment
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    Anaya, Rachel ;
    Pate, Shad
    2023-07-01
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    Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (MxV Rail), through a research project funded by Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), developed a Concept of ...
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    Unsaturated Characteristics of Fouled Ballast to Support In Situ Identification of Fouling Using Ground Penetrating Radar – Phase II
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    Kulesza, Stacey ;
    Barry, Michelle L
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    2023-07-01
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    The Federal Railroad Administration funded researchers from Kansas State University and the University of Arkansas to establish the electromagnetic, s...
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