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Apr
2024
Reference Materials
FY22-23 Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail Program (National) Project Fact Sheets
Subject
Grant Program Fact Sheets
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Jan
2024
Reference Materials
FY 2022-23 Northeast Corridor for the Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail Program (FSP-NEC) Selections: Project Fact Sheets
Subject
Grant Program Fact Sheets
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Jun
2020
Technical Reports
Full-Scale Rollover Test and Corresponding Analytical Modeling – Survivability of Top Fittings for CPC-1232 Tank Car
Subject
Crashworthiness - Tank Car,
Hazardous Materials
Keywords: Full-scale testing, fittings, protection, rollover, tank car, tank car safety, CPC-1232 car
Abstract: A full-scale rollover test was performed on a CPC-1232 tank car body to determine the survivability of the top fittings and provide a comparison to past tank car-type rollover...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-20/22
Office
RDI-22
23
Feb
2018
Technical Reports
Unmanned Aircraft System Applications in International Railroads
Subject
Intelligent Railroad Systems
Keywords: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, UAV, Unmanned Aircraft Systems, UAS, international railroad, Beyond Visual Line of Sight, BVLOS, ground penetrating radar, UAS technology
Abstract: This report summarizes the current uses and issues associated with Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) in railroad applications, and provides the use cases employed by railroads. The...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-18/04
Office
RDI-21
16
Aug
2017
Technical Reports
Blunt Impact Tests of Retired Passenger Locomotive Fuel Tanks
Subject
Crashworthiness - Tank Car
Keywords: Passenger locomotives, fuel tanks, impact testing, finite element analysis, diesel multiple unit, DMU, impact scenarios
Abstract: The Transportation Technology Center, Inc. conducted impact tests on three locomotive fuel tanks as part of the Federal Railroad Administration’s locomotive fuel tank...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-17/11
Office
RDI-22