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Technical Reports
Special Bibliography Railroad Safety Reserach
Keywords: Track Design; Car Design; Locomotive Design; Control Systems; Life Cycle
Abstract: This Special Bibliography prepared from the magnetic-tape files of the Railroad Research Information Service, contains selections which were accessioned between 1973 and 1976....
Technical Reports
Full-scale Grade Crossing Impact of a Single-frame Highway Truck into an LNG Tender
Keywords: Fuel tender, alternative fuels, impact testing, finite element analysis, FEA
Accident Investigations
HQ-2019-1371
Keywords: Norfolk Southern; Head End Collision; Wrong Track; Bonsack, Virginia; Roanoke, Virginia; Hi-rail Dump Truck; and Roadway Maintenance Machine.
Abstract: On November 21, 2019, at about 11:15 a.m., EST, a westbound Norfolk Southern Corporation (NS) intermodal train 22AV121 (Train 1) struck an eastbound hi-rail dump truck, Roadway...
Bonsack, VA
United States
Accident Investigations
HQ-2019-1358
Carey, OH
United States
Accident Investigations
HQ-2021-1473
Keywords: Kansas City Southern Railway, derailment
Abstract: On December 21, 2021, at approximately 7:18 p.m., CST, eastbound Kansas City Southern Railroad Company (KCS) Train M-SHAR-21 (Train 1) derailed in the Bovina community of...
Vicksburg, MO
United States