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30
Aug
2024
Technical Reports
Advanced Component Testing: Tri-coupler Testing and Freight Car Electrical Power Supply System Demonstration
Subject
Research,
Rolling Stock
Keywords: Tri-coupler; freight car; Electrical Power Supply System; EPSS; track
Abstract: FRA sponsored Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI) to perform evaluation tests on tri-couplers designed and produced by Sharma Associates, Inc. (SA). SA designed and...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-24/31
Office
RDI-22
5
Jul
2024
Research Results
Full-Scale Shell Impact Test of a DOT-105J500W Tank Car Designed to Carry Liquid Carbon Dioxide
Subject
Research,
Rolling Stock
Keywords: DOT-105, tank cars, impact testing, puncture resistance, hazardous materials, hazmat, finite element analysis, model validation, carbon dioxide
Report Number
RR 24-07
Office
RDI-22
12
Jun
2024
Technical Reports
Tank Car Vent and Burn Process Study: Phase II
Subject
Rolling Stock
Keywords: Tank cars, hazardous materials, vent and burn
Abstract: The Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI),...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-07/27
Office
RDI-22
3
Jun
2024
Technical Reports
Very Long Trains – Phase II - Rack Tests
Subject
Rolling Stock
Keywords: Very Long Train, VLT, Air Brake System, Distributed Power
Abstract: In Phase II of this research project, FRA sponsored Wabtec to perform train air brake tests on long trains at their facility in Wilmerding, Pennsylvania, between January 2021...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-24/18
Office
RDI-22
22
May
2024
Technical Reports
Very Long Trains – Phase III - Stationary Train Tests
Subject
Rolling Stock
Keywords: Very Long Train, VLT, Air Brake System, Distributed Power
Abstract: In Phase III of this research, FRA sponsored Sharma & Associates, Inc. (SA), with significant assistance from Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) Railway, to conduct a...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-24/19
Office
RDI-22