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1
Aug
1995
Other Reports
Accident/Incident Bulletin No. 163: Calendar Year 1994
Subject
Accident Investigations
Abstract: Railroads must file monthly accident/incident reports with the Federal Railroad Administration's (FRA) Office of Safety. Bulletin 163 is a summary of accident/incident data...
Office
RRS
12
Jul
1995
Technical Reports
Safety of highway-railroad grade crossings. Research needs workshop. Volume II – Appendices
Subject
Grade Crossing and Trespass Outreach/Education,
Highway-Rail Grade Crossings,
Human Factors
Keywords: Safety of highway-railroad grade crossings. Research needs workshop. Volume II – Appendices
Abstract: These appendices describe methods for modeling driver behavior and effectiveness of warning devices at grade crossings using signal detection theory.
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-95/14.2
Office
RRD
1
Jul
1995
Technical Reports
Safety of Highway-Railroad Grade Crossings: Use of Auxiliary External Alerting Devices to Improve Locomotive Conspicuity
Subject
Grade Crossing Technology,
Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Warning Systems,
Highway-Rail Grade Crossings,
Human Factors
Keywords: Highway/railroad grade crossings, locomotive alerting lights, alerting devices, conspicuity,
Abstract: Researchers evaluated several devices designed to increase visibility of locomotives and found that dedicated alert lights helped people recognize oncoming trains as a hazard...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-95/13
Office
RRD
1
Jul
1995
Technical Reports
Locomotive Crashworthiness Research: Executive Summary
Keywords: Rail vehicle; Transportation; Safety; Locomotive crashworthiness; Collisions; Structural analysis; Dynamics analysis
Abstract: Four reports on a study to evaluate whether various crashworthiness features, as defined in Public Law 102-365, can provide practical benefit to the occupants of freight...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-95/08
Office
RDI-20
1
Jul
1995
Technical Reports
Locomotive Crashworthiness Research Volume 1: Model Development and Validation
Subject
Locomotive Standards (Safety & Noise)
Keywords: Safety, Locomotive, Crashworthiness, Collisions, Structural analysis, Dynamics Analysis
Abstract: The model developed to simulate the head-on collision of two lead locomotives, each in a multi-locomotive, multi-trailing-vehicle train, appears to provide a good simulation of...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-95/08.1