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1
Oct
1978
Reports to Congress
1977 Annual Report by the President : To the Congress on the Administration of the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970
Subject
Safety Regulatory Analysis,
Statutory Mandates
Abstract: A summary of the Federal Actions to Improve Railroad Safety during Calendar Year 1977 and the Status and Results Thereof
1
Oct
1978
Technical Reports
Railroad Research Bulletin - Autumn 1978 Volume 5, Number 2
Subject
Best Practices
Keywords: Rail Transportation, Advanced Systems, Bibliography and Documentation, Abstracts, High Speed Ground Transportation
Abstract: This publication contains 1,195 abstracts of journal articles and research reports and descriptions of computer programs and magnetic data tapes. It also has 466 summaries of...
Report Number
FRA/ORD-78/58
Office
RRD
1
Oct
1978
Other Reports
Safety Life Cycle Assessment Program Task 6: Railroad Structural Integrity Criteria Analysis
Subject
Evaluation,
Safety Regulatory Analysis
Keywords: Damage Tolerance, Safety Life-Cycle Prediction Techniques, Failure Mode Analysis
Abstract: [From the Introduction] The purpose of this report is to evaluate the structural integrity criteria for critical railcar components. Although the railroads do not have a formal...
Report Number
ATR-78(4847-11)-IND
Office
RRD
7
Sep
1978
Technical Reports
The U.S. DOT/TSC Train Performance Simulator
Keywords: Railroad trains, Routing, Simulators, Velocity, Time studies, Rolling friction, Traction, Acceleration, Deceleration, Computer programming, Computerized simulation, Train performance simulators, TPS computer program, Elapsed time
Abstract: A Train Performance Simulator (TPS) is a computer program which simulates the operation of a train over a railway route. It may be used for a variety of purposes to determine the...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-77/48
Office
RDI-20
1
Sep
1978
Historical Documents
Evaluation Report of The Secretary of Transportation's Preliminary Recommendations on Amtrak's Route Structure
Subject
Amtrak
Keywords: Evaluation Report of The Secretary of Transportation's Preliminary Recommendations on Amtrak's Route Structureq