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Dec
1993
Technical Reports
Recommended Emergency Preparedness Guidelines for Passenger Trains
Subject
Passenger Rail
Keywords: Emergency, Emergency prepardeness, Emergency plan, Intercity rail passenger trains, Commuter rail, Railroad Safety, Passenger train safety, Railroad Accidents, Transportation Safety, High speed ground transportation, System safety.
Abstract: The document contains recommended guidelines designed to assist system operating and emergency response organization management in evaluating and modifying or supplementing their...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-93/24
Office
RRD
1
Dec
1993
Technical Reports
Fire Safety of Passenger Trains: A Review of U.S. and Foreign Approaches
Subject
Safety Advisories,
Safety Regulatory Analysis,
Safety Performance Measures
Keywords: Fire safety, Passenger trains, Passenger rail, Railroad safety, Safety, High speed ground transportation, High speed rail, Large scale fire tests, Small scale fire tests, Fire test methods
Abstract: While the historical record has been very good and few serious passsenger train fires have occurred, minor incidents could develop into potentially life-threatening events. Fire...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-93/23
Office
RRD
1
Dec
1993
Other Reports
FRA/Volpe Center Task Force Observation of Operations at TVE Transrapid Test Facility, Addendum
Subject
Facilities & Test Equipment
Keywords: Testing
Abstract: This report is an addendum to a report (No. DOT-VNTSC-RR393-PM-93-1) prepared in April 1993 describing the operatoins witnessed and the relevant information obtained by nine...
Report Number
DOT-VNTSC-RR393-PM-93-1A
1
Dec
1993
Technical Reports
Seismic Awareness: Transportation Facilities : A Primer for Transportation Managers on Earthquake Hazards and Measures for Reducing Vulnerability Plus Appendices
Subject
Emergency Preparedness
Keywords: Seismic Design; Seismic Hazards
Abstract: The purpose of this report is to alert managers and operators of transportation enterprises, in both the public and private sector, to the dangers of earthquakes to buildings and...
Report Number
DOT-VNTSC-OST-93-2
Office
RRD
1
Dec
1993
Technical Reports
Bridge Tests by Using the Track Loading Vehicle
Subject
Bridge and Structures Safety
Keywords: Bridges, Trusses, Static Tests, Dynamic Tests, Track Loading Vehicle, Influence Line, Impact Percentage, Damping Ratio, Strain, Axial Force, Power Spectral Density, Mode, Frequency
Abstract: The Track Loading Vehicle (TLV) was used to conduct a series of bridge tests. The Big Creek Through Truss Bridge on the Norfolk Southern Railroad in Tennessee was used for thee...
Report Number
R-837
Office
RRD