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16
Jan
2025
Technical Reports
Assessing the Safety Benefits of a Real-Time Railroad Crossing Information System for Emergency Responders
Subject
Highway-Rail Grade Crossings
Keywords: blocked crossings, safety, noninvasive sensors, level crossings, long trains
Abstract:
This report assesses the safety benefits of a real-time railroad crossing information system for emergency responders. The study focuses on reducing first responder delays at...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-25/02
Office
RDI-23
7
Oct
2020
Research Results
AXIS: An Automated, Drone-Based, Grade Crossing Inspection System
Subject
Grade Crossing Technology,
Highway-Rail Grade Crossings
Keywords: VisioStack, RailLinks, grade crossing, photogrammetry, risk-profile, autonomous, machine learning, clustered-computing
Abstract:
Through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, FRA supported development of a drone-based inspection system for highway-rail grade crossings.
Report Number
RR 20-18
Office
RDI-21
17
Oct
2019
Research Results
System-Wide Implementation of Rail Right-of-Way Incursion Treatments
Subject
Grade Crossing and Trespass Outreach/Education,
Highway-Rail Grade Crossings
Keywords: grade crossing, right-of-way incursion, rail, vehicle incursion, railroad safety
Abstract:
Metropolitan Transportation Authority and Long Island Rail Road implemented high-visibility markings at grade crossings system-wide to reduce drivers turning onto the track....
Report Number
RR 19-20
Office
RDI-23
11
Jun
2019
Technical Reports
Long-Term Effect of Photo Enforcement-Based Education on Vehicle Driver Behavior at a Highway-Rail Grade Crossing
Subject
Grade Crossing and Trespass Outreach/Education,
Highway-Rail Grade Crossings
Keywords: FRA, highway railroad grade crossing, railroads, photo enforcement, rail education
Abstract:
This study evaluated the long-term effectiveness of a photo enforcement-based driver education program in reducing grade crossing signal violations over 20 months.
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-19/18
Office
RDI-23
14
Jun
2017
Accident Investigations
HQ-2017-1209 (Finalized)
Subject
Accident Investigations,
Freight Operations,
Highway-Rail Grade Crossings
Keywords: Accident Investigations, Union Pacific,
Abstract: On June 14, 2017, at approximately 6:30 p.m., CDT, a Union Pacific Railroad (UP) freight train, MYCAS- 14, operating southwest from Villa Grove, Illinois, to St. Louis, Missouri,...
Accident Date
Accident Type
Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Incident (HRX)
Railroad Name
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Location
Ohlman, IL
United States
Accident Number
HQ-2017-1209
Investigation Status
Finalized