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The FRA eLibrary contains all the documents that are found throughout the FRA Public Website. Multiple pages on the website may link to the same eLibrary item based on its set of metatdata.
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Technical Reports
Crash Energy Management: One and Two Car Passenger Rail Impact Tests - Summary of Structural and Occupant Test Results
Keywords: Transportation, safety, crash energy management, crashworthiness, passenger rail vehicles, cab car end structure, impact test
Abstract: Two full-scale impact tests were conducted to measure the crashworthiness performance of Crash Energy Management (CEM) equipped passenger rail cars. On December 3, 2003, a...
Annual Enforcement Report
Fiscal Year 2015 Enforcement Report
Keywords: FY 2015, annual, enforcement, report
Abstract: For several decades, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has compiled an annual civil penalty report summarizing the civil penalty claims for violations of Federal...
Annual Enforcement Report
Fiscal Year 2014 Enforcement Report
Keywords: Annual Enforcement Report
Abstract: The following is an annual report published by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) summarizing settled claims for civil penalty violations of Federal railroad safety and...
Reports to Congress
2013 FRA Report to Congress: Actions Taken to Implement Unmet Statutory Mandates
Keywords: unment statutory mandates; ntsb; inspector general
Abstract: 2013 FRA Report to Congress on Actions Taken to Implement Unmet Statutory Mandates and Address Open Recommendations by the NTSB and DOT's Inspector General Regarding Railroad...
Technical Reports
Trespass Prevention Research Study – West Palm Beach, FL
Keywords: Railroad trespass, trespass prevention, accident reduction, alternative safety measures, education and enforcement, highway-rail intersections, safety, video data, violation reduction
Abstract: Researchers implemented existing FRA and Transport Canada trespass prevention guidance citywide to demonstrate potential benefits and discuss lessons learned.