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1 Dec 1991

Technical Reports

Fatigue Defect Origination and Growth Experiment

Author
Paul Clayton, Glenn Brave

Subject Facilities & Test Equipment, Rail and Infrastructure Integrity

Keywords: Rail Steel, Shell, Detail Fracture, Facility for Accelerated Service Testing, Shell Index

Abstract: Between 1985-87 a number of different rail steels were tested at the Facility for Accelerated Service Testing (FAST) in the High Tonnage Loop using 100-ton capacity cars. Fatigue...

Report Number
FRA/ORD-91/18
Office
RRD

1 Oct 1991

Technical Reports

Gas-Spray Repair of Rail Surface Defects

Author
Richard P. Reiff, Glenn Brave

Subject Facilities & Test Equipment, Rail and Infrastructure Integrity

Keywords: Electric Flash Butt Welds, Thermite Welds, TTC, Japanese National Railways

Abstract: An alternative weld repair process (gas-spray) was devised by the Japanese National Railways (JNR) which incorporates a oxyacetylene flame and a powdered filler metal. The gas-...

Report Number
FRA/ORD-91/17
Office
RRD

1 Dec 1990

Technical Reports

Safety Relevant Observations on the X200 Train as Developed for the Swedish National Railways

Author
Robert M. Dorer, William T. Hathaway, Herbert Weinstock

Subject Safety Regulatory Analysis

Keywords: High Speed Ground Transportation, Tilt Trains, Safety Regulations

Abstract: The safety of high speed rail technology proposed for possible application.in the United States is of concern to the Federal Railroad Administration. This report, one in a series...

Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-90/14
Office
RRD

21 Sep 1990

Technical Reports

Rail Neutral Temperature Test on CSX

Author
D. R. Ahlbeck, J. M. Tuten

Subject Rail and Infrastructure Integrity

Keywords: track stability, longitudinal load

Abstract: Tests were conducted on CSX wood-tie track to determine the long-term stability of track in the context of rail neutral temperature. Two test sites were chosen by the FRA and CSX...

Report Number
FRA/ORD-90/11
Office
RRD

1 Nov 1989

Other Reports

Safety Aspects of New and Untried Freight Cars

Author
Federal Railroad Administration; F.D Irani; N.G. Wilson; C. L. Urban

Subject Safety Advisories, Safety Regulatory Analysis, Safety Performance Measures

Keywords: Freight cars, Untried freight cars, Safety

Abstract: Recent research efforts sponsored by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) will lead to the development of safety criteria for critical parameters of rail vehicles. Suggested...

Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-88/07
Office
RRD