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14 Dec 2001

Other Reports

Guidelines for Estimating Trip Times, Energy Use and Emissions for HSGT Technologies

Author
Donald M. Rote

Subject High-Speed Passenger Rail

Keywords: High Speed Ground Transportation, Maglev, Guided Ground Transportation Modes

Abstract:

[From the Introduction] In the present report, the task of estimating, quantitatively, the energy use and emissions associated with the introduction of maglev as a new mode of...

Office
RRD

13 Sep 2001

Other Reports

Agent Blasting Type E (Class 1.5D) : Second Shipping Campaign

Author
Federal Railroad Administration

Subject Hazardous Materials

Abstract: Safety of communities during the temporary in-transit storage of Agent Blasting Type E (Class 1.5D) in Oregon and Washington.

1 Sep 2001

Other Reports

North Carolina “Sealed Corridor” Phase I U.S. DOT Assessment Report

Author
FRA

Subject High-Speed Passenger Rail, Passenger Rail

Keywords: North Carolina “Sealed Corridor” Phase I U.S. DOT Assessment

Office
RRD

1 Sep 2001

Other Reports

A Method For Upgrading The Peformance At Track Transitions For High-Speed Service

Author
Kerr, Arnold D. and Bathurst, Lucas A

Subject High-Speed Passenger Rail

Keywords: high-speed trains, transition regions, matched pads, track, dynamic load fluctuations, vertical track stiffness, dynamic wheel force, track ballast, bridge abutments

Abstract: High-speed trains in the speed range of 100 to 160 mph require tracks of nearly perfect geometry and mechanical uniformity, when subjected to moving wheel loads. Therefore, this...

Report Number
DOT-VNTSC-FRA-00-06
Office
RRD

1 Jul 2001

Other Reports

1997 Railroad Employee Fatalities: A Comprehensive Study

Author
Federal Railroad Administration

Subject Employee Fatalities

Keywords: Accident Reports, Incident Reports, Casualties

Abstract: This document, entitled “1997 Railroad Employee Fatalities: A Comprehensive Study,” was designed to promote and enhance awareness of many unsafe behaviors and conditions that...

Office
RRS