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12
Aug
2019
Technical Reports
Hazards Associated with HSR Operations Adjacent to Conventional Tracks – Enhanced Literature Review Part III: Literature Review
Subject
Shared Corridor
Keywords: Shared corridors, high-speed rail, conventional railroad
Abstract: The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) set out to develop a guidance document which provides information on the design considerations and potential risk mitigations for high-...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-19/29
Office
RDI-23
9
Aug
2019
Technical Reports
Hazards Associated with HSR Operations Adjacent to Conventional Tracks - Enhanced Literature Review Part I: Summary Report
Subject
Shared Corridor
Keywords: Shared corridor, high-speed rail, heavy axle load freight
Abstract: The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) set out to develop a guidance document which provides information on the design considerations and potential risk mitigations for high-...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-19/27
Office
RDI-23
9
Aug
2019
Technical Reports
Hazards Associated with HSR Operations Adjacent to Conventional Tracks – Enhanced Literature Review Part II: Best Practices
Subject
Shared Corridor
Keywords: Shared corridors, high-speed rail, conventional railroad
Abstract: The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) set out to develop a best practices document, which provides information on the design considerations and potential risk mitigations for...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-19/28
Office
RDI-23
13
Nov
2018
Research Results
Rail Temperature Control System for Improved Railway Safety
Subject
Railroad System Issues
Keywords: passive control, thermal adsorption, steel railroad stress reduction, maximum temperature reduction, buckling
Abstract: Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI) has developed a tunable passive solution for limiting the maximum temperature of railroad track. The Rail Temperature Control System (RTCS)...
Report Number
RR 18-15
Office
RDI-21
28
Oct
2009
Technical Reports
Handbook for Railroad Noise Measurement and Analysis
Subject
Industrial Hygiene,
Occupational Noise Exposure
Keywords: noise exposure monitoring, load cell test stand
Abstract: This handbook is an update, restructuring and expansion of the 1982 document “Handbook for the Measurement, Analysis, and Abatement of Railroad Noise” originally developed by...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/RRS-09/10-IH
Office
RRS