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Feb
1977
Technical Reports
Potential Means of Cost Reduction in Grade Crossing Automatic Gate Systems, Volume I: Overview and Low Cost RaiIroad/Hiqhway Grade Grossing Gate Systems
Keywords: Railroad/Highway Grade Crossing Gates; Gate Drive Mechanism; Arm Support; Gate Arm; Grade Crossing Gate Survey; Gate System Design Concepts; Gate System Model
Abstract: This report, Volume I of a two-volume study, examines the potential for reduction of the cost of installing and maintaining automatic gates at railroad-highway grade crossings. It...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-77/06.I
Office
RDI-20
1
Feb
1977
Technical Reports
Potential Means of Cost Reduction in Grade Crossing Automatic Gate Systems, Volume II: Improved Gate Arm Concepts for Railroad/Hiqhway Grade Crossings
Keywords: Grade Crossing Protection; Automatic Gates; Impact Absorbing Gate Arms
Abstract: This report, Volume II of a two-volume study, examines the potential for reduction of the cost of installing and maintaining automatic gates at railroad-highway grade crossings....
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-77/06.II
Office
RDI-20
1
Feb
1977
Technical Reports
Improvement of the Effectiveness of Motorist Warnings at Railroad-Highway Grade Crossings
Keywords: Railroad-Highway Grade Crossings; Grade Crossing Safety; Grade Crossing Motorist Warning Devices; Grade Crossing Flashing Lights
Abstract: Flashing red incandescent lamps have formed the primary motorist warning device at grade crossings for several decades, in spite of technical constraints that inherently limit the...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-77/07
Office
RDI-20
1
Feb
1977
Technical Reports
Train Generated Air Contaminants in the Train Crew's Working Environment
Keywords: Air Contaminants; Tunnels; Crew Environment
Abstract: This document contains data on the levels of air contaminants in the train crew's working environment. Measurements were made in locomotive cabs and cabooses of freight trains...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-77/08
Office
RDI-20
24
Jan
1977
Other Reports
Wz Rating of Ride Quality Implementation for FRA/Amtrack Programs
Subject
Evaluation
Keywords: Ride Roughness, Mathematical Model, Research
Abstract: [From the study's description] The Wz method of rating the ride of a rail vehicle has been widely used in recent decades. This method applies a single number to describe the...
Report Number
DOT-FR-64113
Office
RRD