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Technical Reports
Locomotive Crashworthiness Research Volume 2: Design Concept Generation and Evaluation
Keywords: Safety, Locomotive, Crashworthiness, Collisions, Structural analysis, Dynamics Analysis
Abstract: The overall approach to the project included information gathering on locomotive design and crashworthiness; the development of computer models to evaluate crashworthiness; and...
Technical Reports
Locomotive Crashworthiness Research Volume 3: Review and Discussion of Freight Locomotive Crashworhiness Concepts
Keywords: Safety, Locomotive, Crashworthiness, Collisions, Structural analysis, Dynamics Analysis
Abstract: The results of the study, summarized in this report, suggest that a cost-effective improvement in locomotive crashworthiness is feasible, at least for a few of the features. In...
Technical Reports
Locomotive Crashworthiness Research Volume 4: Additional Freight Locomotive Calculations
Keywords: Safety, Locomotive, Crashworthiness, Collisions, Structural analysis, Dynamics Analysis
Abstract: Previously developed computer models (see Volume 1) are used to carry out additional calculations for evaluation of road freight locomotive crashworthiness. The effect of fewer...
Other Reports
Highway-Rail Crossing Accident/Incident and Inventory Bulletin: No. 17 Calendar Year 1994
Keywords: Accident Reports, Incident Reports, Casualties
Abstract: [From the Introduction] The seventeenth annual report, issued by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Office of Safety, combines highway-rail crossing accident/incident...
Other Reports
Report on the Functions of the Interstate Commerce Commission
Keywords: Regulations, Motor Carrier, Domestic Water Carriers
Abstract: This report examines a range of policy issues dealing with the economic regulation of surface transportation service (primarily freight) in the United States. Freight...