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Other Reports
Highway-Rail Crossing Accident/Incident and Inventory Bulletin: No. 18 Calendar Year 1995
Keywords: Accident Reports, Incident Reports, Casualties
Abstract: The eighteenth annual report, issued by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Office of Safety, combines Highway-Rail Crossing Accident/Incident statistics with the National...
Technical Reports
Real Time Hunting Mitigation: Sensor Systems to Detect Hazardous Conditions in High Speed Rail Operations, Phase I Report
Keywords: Hunting, Vibration Data, Digital Signal Processing, Rough Track
Abstract: Using advanced digital signal processing, IEM analyzed truck vibration data and identified the specific vibration signature of hunting. This signature clearly differentiates...
Technical Reports
Design Data on Suspension Systems of Selected Rail Passenger Cars
Keywords: Rail transportation; rail passenger cars; passenger car trucks; rail vehicle dynamics; vehicle-track interaction; bogies
Abstract: This report presents the results of an effort to compile data for the U.S. fleet of railroad passenger cars, and to describe the different passenger car truck designs and design...
Technical Reports
Methodology for Computing Public Benefits of Diverting Passenger Trips from Conventional Modes to HSGT Modes of Travel
Abstract: In 1995 the Federal Railroad Administration conducted a Commercial Feasibility Study (CFS) of new high speed ground transportation (HSGT) intercity modes. The HSGT modes included...
Technical Reports
Procedure to Establish Inspection Intervals of Regularly Maintained In-Service Units Subject to Failure
Keywords: Inspection; Reliability; Failure Rate; Repair; Probability; Simulation; Exponential Failure; Inspection Interval; Statistical Formula; Level of Confidence
Abstract: Procedures have been developed for determining the period between regular inspections that is required to ensure, with a specified level of confidence, that no more than a certain...