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1
Feb
2002
Reports to Congress
Report On High Risk Crossings and Mitigation Efforts by State
Subject
Best Practices,
Highway-Rail Grade Crossings
Keywords: USDOT Crossing Inventory
Abstract: The U.S. Department of Transportation. Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) were directed by Congress to undertake a study on highway...
1
Feb
2002
Other Reports
Spatial Analysis of Childhood Leukemia in Relation to 25-Hz and 60-Hz Magnetic Fields Along the Washington-New Haven Rail Line
Subject
Maglev
Keywords: Environmental Impact, Cancer, Northeast Corridor
Abstract: The failure to observe increased leukemia in laboratory animals with chronic exposures to a wide range of power frequency (50/60 Hz) magnetic field intensities contrasts with an...
Report Number
DTR-S97-P-8059
Office
RRD
31
Jan
2002
Technical Reports
Passenger Rail Car to Train Impact Test: Test Procedures, instrumentation, and Data
Subject
Crashworthiness - Passenger Equipment,
Safety Performance Measures,
Evaluation
Keywords: Impact Tests, Energy Absorption, Train Collisions, Crashworthiness Testing, Commuter Rail Passenger Car, Crash Dynamics
Abstract: A full-scale passenger rail car to train impact test was performed on January 31, 2002, at the Transportation Technology Center, Pueblo, Colorado. The actual speed of impact, as...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/RDV-3/17.III
Office
RRD
1
Jan
2002
Technical Reports
Railroad Tank Car Nondestructive Methods Evaluation
Subject
Hazardous Materials
Keywords: Acoustic emissions, liquid penetrant, magnetic particle, radiography, ultrasonics, and visual testing, probability of detection (POD), nondestructive evaluation (NDE), nondestructive testing (NDT), nondestructive inspection (NDI)
Abstract: An evaluation of nondestructive testing (NDT) methods, authorized for use in replacing the current hydrostatic pressure test for qualification or re-qualification of railroad...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-01/04
Office
RRD
1
Jan
2002
Technical Reports
Passenger Rail Two-Car Impact Test Volume II: Summary of Occupant Protection Program
Keywords: Transporation; safety; crashworthiness, occupant protection, passenger rail
Abstract: Two full-scale impact tests of rail cars fitted with seat/occupant experiments were conducted at the Federal Railroad Administration’s Transportation Technology Center located in...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD/-01/22.II
Office
RRD