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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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    Full-Scale Shell Impact Test of DOT-113 Tank Car Surrogate Using Liquid Nitrogen [Research Results]
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    Gonzalez, Francisco, III
    2021-10-01
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    On July 24, 2021, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) conducted a full-scale shell impact test (Test 12) of a surrogate DOT-113 specification ta...
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    Machine Vision Data Products for the Automated Track Inspection Program [Research Results]
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    Baillargeon, Jay ; Stuart, Cameron ;
    2021-09-01
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    The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Office of Railroad Safety’s Automated Track Inspection Program (ATIP) uses machine vision inspection techn...
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    Side Impact Test and Analyses of a Legacy DOT 113 Tank Car
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    Trevithick, Shawn ; Carolan, Michael ; ...
    2021-09-01
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    On November 19, 2019, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) contracted Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI) to conduct a side impact test...
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    Secondary Impact Protection for Locomotive Engineers – Improved Airbag Design
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    Sharma & Associates, Inc.
    2021-09-01
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    As part of the Federal Railroad Administration’s locomotive cab occupant protection research, a Secondary Impact Protection System (SIPS) for locomo...
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    Railroad Freight Car Remote Controlled Electrically Driven Set & Release Hand Brake (EDHB) – Wireless Control Development
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    Brabb, David C. ; Martin, Kenneth L. ;
    2021-09-01
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    This report discusses the development of prototype Electrically Driven Hand Brakes (EDHB) that provide remote automatic set and release functions from...
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    Automated System for Concrete Crosstie Transfer Length Measurement [Research Results]
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    Stuart, Cameron ; Peterman, Robert J. ; ...
    2021-09-01
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    This research result was part of a larger project entitled, “Quantifying the Effect of Prestressing Steel and Concrete Variables on the Transfer Len...
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    Model-Assisted Probability of Detection for Ultrasonic Rail Flaw Inspection [Research Results]
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    United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Railroad Administration
    2021-09-01
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    This report gives a roadmap for applying model-assisted probability of detection (MAPOD) to the ultrasonic detection of rail flaws. Researchers at ENS...
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    Feasibility of Applying Model-Assisted Probability of Detection To Track Inspection [Research Results]
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    Baillargeon, Jay ; Bruzek, Radim ;
    2021-09-01
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    Model-assisted probability of detection (MAPOD) is a method for evaluating the effectiveness of inspection processes. The Federal Railroad Administrat...
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    Lessons from the Railroad Information Sharing Environment (RISE) Pilot Project
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    Multer, Jordan ; Gabree, Scott H. ;
    2021-09-01
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    This research documents lessons learned from the development of the Railroad Information Sharing Environment (RISE), a voluntary partnership for shari...
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    Broken Rail and Rollout Detection to Support QMB Operations [Research Results]
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    Withers, Jared
    2021-09-01
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    Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI) collaborated with a railroad advisory group to progress a track circuit concept that supports the Quasi-...
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    Retrofit and Full-Scale Testing of a State-of-the-Art End Structure on a Budd M1 Cab Car
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    Stringfellow, Richard
    2021-08-01
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    This report describes the results of a program to modify the existing state-of-the-art end structure design for a Budd Pioneer cab car so it can be in...
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    The Expert Locomotive Engineer’s Mental Model
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    Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics ...
    2021-08-01
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    Researchers from General Electric (GE) Research and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Human Systems Lab are studying ways to improve the...
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    Monitoring and Analysis of the Integrated Network (MAIN) Phase II Research Results [Research Results]
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    Withers, Jared ; Pate, Shad ;
    2021-08-01
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    A new web application tool called the Monitoring and Analysis of the Integrated Network-Core Data Exchange (MAIN-CDX) can support the monitoring and t...
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    Acoustical Warning Devices as Emergency Warning Signals (EWS) Phase 3: Performance Evaluation on a Locomotive
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    Campbell, Tom ; Parida, Basant ; ...
    2021-08-01
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    Emergency warning signal (EWS) sounds have been developed to improve safety for railroad workers and warn trespassers. Researchers conducted a literat...
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    Categorizing Track Mud Spot Risk by Measurement of Vertical Track Deflection