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14
Jan
2025
Technical Reports
Cost and Benefit Risk Framework for Modern Railway Electrification Options
Subject
Research,
Rolling Stock
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...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-25/01
Office
RDI-22
12
Dec
2024
Other Reports
Wheel Failure Investigation Program: Phase 3
Subject
Rolling Stock
Keywords: Wheel failure, vertical split rims, VSR, shattered rims, broken flange, thermal cracking in flange, plate cracking, thin rim overload, rolling stock
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-24/44
Office
RDI-22
30
Jul
2024
Technical Reports
Risk Analysis Methodology for Unit and Manifest Trains Transporting Hazardous Material
Subject
Rolling Stock
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...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-24/24
Office
RDI-22
15
Feb
2024
Technical Reports
Impact of Advanced Train Control Technologies on Rail Network Safety and Operational Performance
Subject
Rolling Stock
Keywords: Advanced braking system, ABS, braking characteristics, freight train, network capacity, network velocity, passenger train, Positive Train Control, PTC, shared corridor, track utilization, train delay
Abstract: From September 2018 to September 2021, the Federal Railroad Administration contracted Sharma & Associates to conduct an analysis of simulation results from a 5,000-mile...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-24/10
Office
RDI-22
5
Feb
2024
Technical Reports
Automated Train Operations Sensor Platform Framework Requirements
Subject
Rolling Stock
Keywords: Automated train operation, ATO, Sensor Platform, SP, ATO Sensor Platform, ATO SP, environmental monitoring, hazard detection, SP reference model, SP Framework, SP requirements, train control
Abstract: The Sensor Platform (SP) Framework was a system engineering project conducted in conjunction with the Association of American Railroads-funded development of automated train...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-24/04
Office
RDI-23