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Nov
2023
Research Results
Full Moving Block (FMB) Concept and Requirements Specification for Railroad Operations
Subject
Communications,
Train Control
Keywords: Alternative Broken Rail and Rollout Detection (ABRRD), Full-moving block (FMB), Quasi-moving block (QMB), Interoperable Train Control (ITC), Positive Train Control (PTC), communications-based train control (CBTC)
Abstract: The Federal Railroad Administration sponsored Transportation Technology Center, Inc., (MxV Rail), in collaboration with a rail industry stakeholder technical advisory group (...
Report Number
RR 23-23
Office
RDI-23
12
May
2023
Research Results
Office Safety Checker for Moving Block Train Control Systems
Subject
Communications,
Train Control
Keywords: Quasi-Moving Block (QMB), Full-Moving Block (FMB), Positive Train Control (PTC)
Abstract: As part of a research project sponsored by FRA between June 2020 and May 2022, TTCI developed and analyzed a concept for the Office Safety Checker (OSC) component of the Moving...
Report Number
RR 23-04
Office
RRS-23
30
Jul
2021
Research Results
Track Circuit Shunting Performance Study
Subject
Communications
Keywords: Track circuits, shunt, shunting
Report Number
RR 21-13
Office
RDI-23
8
Apr
2019
Research Results
Maintenance-of-Way (MOW) Employee Safety System - Phase 1
Subject
Communications,
Train Control
Keywords: Maintenance-of-way, MOW, MOW Employee Safety System, MOWESS
Abstract: The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) sponsored Transportation Technology Center, Inc. to develop a concept of operations (CONOPS) for a system capable of resolving the...
Report Number
RR 19-10
Office
RDI-23
23
Feb
2018
Research Results
Performance of Rail Fastening Systems on an Open-Deck Bridge
Subject
Bridge and Structures Safety
Keywords: Rail fastening systems, track gage strength, bridges, open-deck bridges
Abstract: Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI) monitored the performance of rail fasteners on an open-deck bridge and its approaches, located at Norfolk Southern Corporation’s (...
Report Number
RR 18-02
Office
RDI-21