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1
Dec
1995
Technical Reports
The Effectiveness of Railroad Horn Systems
Subject
Grade Crossing Technology,
Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Warning Systems
Keywords: Whistles, Audible Warning Devices, Community Noise
Abstract: This report addresses the effectiveness of railroad horn systems in reducing grade crossing accidents and discusses their impact on community noise.
Office
RRD
1
Jul
1995
Technical Reports
Safety of Highway-Railroad Grade Crossings: Use of Auxiliary External Alerting Devices to Improve Locomotive Conspicuity
Subject
Grade Crossing Technology,
Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Warning Systems,
Highway-Rail Grade Crossings,
Human Factors
Keywords: Highway/railroad grade crossings, locomotive alerting lights, alerting devices, conspicuity,
Abstract: Researchers evaluated several devices designed to increase visibility of locomotives and found that dedicated alert lights helped people recognize oncoming trains as a hazard...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-95/13
Office
RRD
1
Jul
1995
Technical Reports
Locomotive Crashworthiness Research Volume 1: Model Development and Validation
Subject
Locomotive Standards (Safety & Noise)
Keywords: Safety, Locomotive, Crashworthiness, Collisions, Structural analysis, Dynamics Analysis
Abstract: The model developed to simulate the head-on collision of two lead locomotives, each in a multi-locomotive, multi-trailing-vehicle train, appears to provide a good simulation of...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-95/08.1
1
Jul
1995
Technical Reports
Locomotive Crashworthiness Research Volume 2: Design Concept Generation and Evaluation
Subject
Locomotive Standards (Safety & Noise)
Keywords: Safety, Locomotive, Crashworthiness, Collisions, Structural analysis, Dynamics Analysis
Abstract: The overall approach to the project included information gathering on locomotive design and crashworthiness; the development of computer models to evaluate crashworthiness; and...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-95/08.2
1
Jul
1995
Technical Reports
Locomotive Crashworthiness Research Volume 3: Review and Discussion of Freight Locomotive Crashworhiness Concepts
Subject
Locomotive Standards (Safety & Noise)
Keywords: Safety, Locomotive, Crashworthiness, Collisions, Structural analysis, Dynamics Analysis
Abstract: The results of the study, summarized in this report, suggest that a cost-effective improvement in locomotive crashworthiness is feasible, at least for a few of the features. In...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-95/08.3