eLibrary Search
Your Selections:
The FRA eLibrary contains all the documents that are found throughout the FRA Public Website. Multiple pages on the website may link to the same eLibrary item based on its set of metatdata.
Can I find All FRA Documents in the Library?
Some "documents" may not appear here for the following reasons:
- Document resides on an external site for the record of source, links to the document are provided in context but not in the library as FRA does not maintain this record. This document lives on another website.
- Document has not yet been assigned keywords.
- Document is historical and has been removed from library to avoid confusion with current publications.
- Document is public affairs & policy related, such as press releases, speeches, testimony, or fact sheet. These press-related documents can now be found in the FRA Newsroom.
- Document is related to rules and notices. This information can now be found on the Rulemakings search and the Notices search, respectively.
1
May
1978
Technical Reports
Analysis for NPRM : Strobe Lights on Locomotives
Subject
Best Practices,
Analysis
Keywords: Economic Analysis; Benefit-Cost Analysis; Effectiveness Analysis
Abstract: This regulatory analysis was prepared using the procedures developed in Railroad Safety'Economics: A Guidebook for the Analysis of Regulations (prepared by IOCS Inc., for the...
Report Number
FRA-OPPD-79-4; DOT FR -750-5226
Office
RRD
1
Apr
1978
Technical Reports
Theoretical Manual and User's Guide: Longitudinal-vertical Train Action Model
Subject
Hazardous Materials
Abstract: A mathematical model for simulating the longitudinal-vertical motion of railroad cars in impact situations is described in this document. Development and validation of the model...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-76/278
Office
RRD
1
Apr
1978
Technical Reports
Railroad Research Bulletin - Spring 1978 Volume 5, Number 1
Subject
Best Practices
Keywords: Rail Transportation, Advanced Systems, Bibliography and Documentation, Abstracts, High Speed Ground Transportation
Abstract: This publication contains 1,045 abstracts of journal articles and research reports and descriptions of computer programs and magnetic data tapes. It also has 531 summaries of...
Report Number
FRA/ORD-78/14
Office
RRD
1
Apr
1978
Other Reports
Summary of Accidents Investigated by the Federal Railroad Administration: October 1, 1976 through December 31, 1976
Subject
Accident Investigations
Keywords: Incidents, Damage, Casualties
Abstract: This document summarizes accidents investigated by the FRA from October 1, 1976 through December 31, 1976. It includes the date, time, location, accident type, casualty number,...
Office
RRS
1
Mar
1978
Technical Reports
An Investigation of Techniques for Validation of Railcar Dynamic Analyses
Subject
Rail and Infrastructure Integrity
Keywords: Rail vehicle dynamics, Validation techniques
Abstract: A linear model of the vertical dynamics of a railcar was validated by the application of spectral techniques to experimental data. Track input spectra were computed from test...
Report Number
FRA/ORD-78/19
Office
RPD-11