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Technical Reports
Overview - FAST Lubrication Study
Keywords: rail longitudinal force; rail fatigue; rail-wheel flange
Abstract: From October 1983 to November 1984, a lubrication study funded -by the Federal Railroad Administration was conducted by the Association of American Railroads at the Facility for...
Other Reports
Accident/Incident Bulletin No. 154: Calendar Year 1985
Keywords: Accident Reports, Incident Reports, Casualties
Abstract: [From the Introduction] Railroads are required to file monthly accident/incident reports with the Federal Railroad Administration's (FRA) Office of Safety in accordance with 49...
Other Reports
The Feasibility of a Nationwide Network for Longer Combination Vehicles
Keywords: Truck Productivity, Surface Transportation Assistance Act, Longer Vehicle Combination Network
Abstract: The truck productivity improvements derived from the 1982 Surface Transportation Assistance Act (STAA'82) and the possible introduction of a Longer Combination Vehicle (LCV)...
Other Reports
Report Number 13 - Examination of Failed Railroad Car Wheel/Axle Assembly from Derailed Passenger Car, McIntosh, Georgia
Keywords: Derailment, Amtrak, Fracture, Safety
Abstract: At the Request of the Federal Railroad Administration, the National Bureau of Standards conducted an examination of a failed wheel assembly from an Amtrak passenger car involved...
Other Reports
Highway-Rail Crossing Accident/Incident and Inventory Bulletin: No. 8 Calendar Year 1985
Keywords: Accident Reports, Incident Reports, Casualties
Abstract: This eighth annual report, issued by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Office of Safety, combines rail-highway crossing accident/incident statistics with the National Rail...