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Jun
2024
Research Results
Short Line Safety Institute: 2023 Systematic Review
Subject
Safety Performance Measures
Keywords: freight railroads, regional railroads, short line railroads, safety culture assessment, safety culture measurement, state of rail industry
Report Number
RR 24-06
Office
RDI-24
2
Mar
2018
Research Results
Impact Test of a Diesel Multiple Unit Fuel Tank
Subject
Passenger Rail
Keywords: Fuel tanks, finite element modeling, FE, diesel multiple unit, DMU, impact testing, puncture resistance, finite element analysis, FEA, passenger locomotive
Abstract: On June 28, 2016, the Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) Office of Research, Development and Technology performed a dynamic impact test of a fuel tank from a Diesel...
Report Number
RR 18-05
Office
RDI-22
31
Aug
2017
Research Results
Evaluating Amtrak’s S2S: Are Recorded Injury Rates Showing Actual Injury Rates?
Subject
Safety Performance Measures
Keywords: Safety culture, injuries, underreporting, suppression, Amtrak, Safe-2-Safer
Abstract: Since 2009, Amtrak has been engaged in unprecedented efforts to advance its safety processes and improve the safety culture of the entire corporation, including establishing a...
Report Number
RR 17-09
Office
RDI-24
2
Jun
2015
Research Results
Continued Improvements at One C3RS Site
Subject
Human Factors,
Passenger Rail
Keywords: Continued Improvements at One C3RS Site; Close calls; continuous improvement; employee involvement; freight rail; human factors; passenger rail; risk reduction; safety culture
Abstract: Human-factors-based solutions, along with process and technology innovations, can make significant contributions to improving safety in the railroad industry. As part of...
Report Number
RR 15-17
Office
RDI-24
13
May
2015
Research Results
High-Speed Passenger Rail Tie-Ballast Interaction
Subject
Passenger Rail
Keywords: High-Speed Passenger Rail Tie-Ballast Interaction; Track transition; Differential movement; Tie-ballast interaction; Tie-ballast gap; Accelerometers; Cameras
Abstract: This Research Results Report presents evidence of poor tie support and increased applied loads that were used to determine the “root cause” of transient and permanent vertical...
Report Number
RR 15-13
Office
RDI-21