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9
Apr
2018
Technical Reports
Rail Base Corrosion and Cracking Prevention: Phase 2
Subject
Rail and Infrastructure Integrity
Keywords: Corrosion, rail, rail base corrosion, coatings, corrosion testing, premature rail failure
Abstract: In March 2014, EWI was engaged by the Federal Railroad Administration to research rail treatments to prevent rail base corrosion in corrosive environments. A coating system was...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-18/09
Office
RDI-21
31
Jan
2018
Accident Investigations
HQ-2018-1249 (Finalized)
Subject
Accident Investigations,
Amtrak,
Highway-Rail Grade Crossings,
Passenger Rail
Keywords: grade crossing incident; Amtrak; Crozet, VA; fatalities
Abstract: At approximately 11:16 a.m., EST, a westbound National Passenger Railroad Corporation (Amtrak) passenger train traveling on single main track in TCS territory collided with a...
Accident Date
Accident Type
Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Incident (HRX)
Railroad Name
Amtrak
Location
Crozet, VA
United States
Accident Number
HQ-2018-1249
Investigation Status
Finalized
26
Jan
2018
Other Reports
Update on the Methodology for Amtrak Cost Accounting: Amtrak Performance Tracking (APT), Volume 2, Appendices A-B
Subject
Amtrak
Keywords: Update on the Methodology for Amtrak Cost Accounting: Amtrak Performance Tracking (APT), Vol. 2, Appendices A-B
Office
RRD
18
Dec
2017
Accident Investigations
HQ-2017-1239 (Finalized)
Subject
Accident Investigations,
Amtrak,
Human Factors,
Occupant Protection,
Passenger Rail
Keywords: derailment; Amtrak; DuPont, WA; Cascades passenger train service; fatalities; human factors
Abstract: At 7:33 a.m., PST, southbound National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) Passenger Train Number 501 (Train 501) derailed in an 8-degree, 22-minute, left-hand curve at...
Accident Date
Accident Type
Derailment (DRM)
Railroad Name
Amtrak 501
Location
DuPont, WA
United States
Accident Number
HQ-2017-1239
Investigation Status
Finalized
15
Sep
2017
Technical Reports
Monitoring Longitudinal Rail Stress Using Diffuse Ultrasonic Backscatter
Subject
Rail and Infrastructure Integrity
Keywords: stress in rail; ultrasonic transducers; ultrasound scattering; theoretical model of the scattering process; prototype devices for stress estimations in rail; laboratory and field tests
Abstract: In this report, research was conducted at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln pertaining to the use of ultrasound scattering from polycrystalline grains to estimate and monitor...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-17/15
Office
RDI-21