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Technical Reports
Cost and Benefit Risk Framework for Modern Railway Electrification Options
Keywords: Freight railway electrification, electric locomotives, battery electric locomotives, overhead catenary system, dual-mode locomotives, economics, BEL, OCS
Abstract: The Federal Railroad Administration contracted a research team from The University of Texas at Austin in 2023 to develop a framework for evaluating the updated costs and...
Other Reports
Wheel Failure Investigation Program: Phase 3
Keywords: Wheel failure, vertical split rims, VSR, shattered rims, broken flange, thermal cracking in flange, plate cracking, thin rim overload, rolling stock
Technical Reports
Risk Analysis Methodology for Unit and Manifest Trains Transporting Hazardous Material
Keywords: Risk analysis; unit train; manifest train; hazardous material; mainlines; yard; terminal.
Abstract: Between August 2019 and May 2022, the Federal Railroad Administration sponsored researchers from Rutgers University, the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Applied...
Technical Reports
Tank Car Vent and Burn Process Study: Phase II
Keywords: Tank cars, hazardous materials, vent and burn
Abstract: The Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI),...
Technical Reports
Tank Car Vent and Burn Process Study: Phase I
Keywords: Hazardous materials, vent and burn, incident mitigations, tank car
Abstract: The Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI), under Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) Hazmat Transportation Safety Research and Development Strategic Plan, conducted...