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Technical Reports
Wheelclimb Derailment Processes and Derailment Criteria
Keywords: scale model testing, wheelset dynamics
Abstract: The most widely accepted criterion for wheelclimb derailment defines an upper limit for safe operation on wheel/rail contact forces on the climbing wheel, with the limit varying...
Other Reports
Accident/Incident Bulletin No. 152: Calendar Year 1983
Keywords: Accident Reports, Incident Reports, Casualties
Abstract: [From the Introduction] To comply with the provisions of 49 CFR 225, all railroads are required to file monthly accident/incident reports with the Federal Railroad Administration'...
Technical Reports
Validation of Track Geometry Input to the Vibration Test Unit (VTU) and the Endurance Capability of the VTU
Keywords: Carbody Response, Lading Response, Locomotive Track Hazard Detector, LTHD
Abstract: This report describes a series of tests conducted at the Transportation Test Center, Pueblo, Colorado, to validate two forms of track geometry inputs to the Vibration Test Unit (...
Technical Reports
High Performance, High Cube Covered Hopper Car Program, Base Car Dynamic Performance Tests: Volume 4 - Summary
Keywords: Angle of Attack, Curving, Hunting, Pitch-and-Bounce, Rock-and-Roll, Spiral Twist, Vertical and Lateral Accelerations, Wear Index
Abstract: This report presents a summary of the dynamic performance tests of a 4750 cubic foot capacity high cube covered hopper car. All the tests were conducted at the Transportation...
Other Reports
Highway-Rail Crossing Accident/Incident and Inventory Bulletin: No. 6 Calendar Year 1983
Keywords: Accident Reports, Incident Reports, Casualties
Abstract: This sixth annual report, issued by the Federal Railroad Administration's (FRA) Office of Safety, combines rail--highway crossing accident/incident statistics with the National...