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Feb
2021
Press Releases
U.S. Department of Transportation Announces More Than $22 Million in Grants to Restore and Enhance Intercity Passenger Rail Network
Subject
Passenger Rail
27
Jan
2021
Other Reports
FRA Monitoring Procedures
Subject
Passenger Rail
Keywords: Monitoring Procedures; MP
Abstract: Note: These two documents will be replaced by an updated version at the end of August 2014. Please check back at that time.
Office
RPD-10
21
Nov
2018
Research Results
Report on the New Rail Integrity and Performance Testing at the Mega Sites
Subject
Heavy Axle Load (HAL)
Keywords: Rail, rolling contact fatigue, RCF, wear, friction control, grinding
Abstract: Since 2005, the Association of American Railroads (AAR) and the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) have co-sponsored ongoing rail performance testing under mainline heavy...
Report Number
RR 18-17
Office
RDI-21
17
Jul
2018
Research Results
Railroaders’ Guide to Healthy Sleep: A Research-Based Educational Website
Subject
Sleep Disorders
Keywords: Sleep health, fatigue, railroad safety culture, human factors, fatigue risk management, sleep disorders
Abstract: Originally launched in 2012, the Railroaders’ Guide to Healthy Sleep (RGHS) website (http://www.RailroaderSleep.org) is a non-regulatory, educational resource. Designed for...
Report Number
RR 18-11
Office
RDI-24
6
Jun
2018
Research Results
Ballast Degradation Under Heavy Axle Load Trains at the Western Mega Site
Subject
Heavy Axle Load (HAL)
Keywords: Ballast degradation, triaxial testing, ballast box, heavy axle load, HAL
Abstract: Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI) and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), in conjunction with Union Pacific Railroad (UP), investigated ballast...
Report Number
RR 18-09
Office
RDI-21