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8 Dec 2021

FAMES Reports

FAMES Alert

Author
Office of Railroad Safety

Subject Worker Protection

Keywords: FAMES, roadway workers, safety, roadway worker fatality data

11 Jun 2019

Technical Reports

Maintenance of Way (MOW) Employee Safety System – Phase 1

Author
Federal Railroad Administration

Subject Worker Protection

Keywords: Maintenance-of-Way Employee Safety System, MOWESS, North American railroad, maintenance-of-way, MOW, safety improvements

Abstract: The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) contracted Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI) to develop a concept of operations (CONOPS) for a system capable of resolving...

Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-19/15
Office
RDI-23

5 Jun 2019

Technical Reports

Maintenance of Way (MOW) Employee Safety System – Phase 1: Appendices A Through C

Author
Federal Railroad Administration

Subject Worker Protection

Keywords: Maintenance-of-Way Employee Safety System, MOWESS, North American railroad, maintenance-of-way, MOW, safety improvements, worker protection

Abstract: Appendices A through C contains operational use cases, a preliminary hazard analysis, and the full suite of MOWESS applications detailed in the CONOPS.

Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-19/15
Office
RDI-23

1 Aug 2018

Research Results

Understanding the Splitting and Bursting Failure of Concrete Crossties

Author
Federal Railroad Administration

Subject Analysis

Keywords: Pretensioned concrete crosstie, splitting crack, bursting crack, concrete release strength, prestressing wire, prestressing strand, bond strength, finite element analysis

Abstract:

Under the sponsorship of the Federal Railroad Administration, finite element (FE) analyses were conducted at the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center)...

Report Number
RR 18-12
Office
RDI-21

17 Apr 2017

Other Reports

Quiet Zone Locations

Author
RRS

Subject Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Warning Systems, Highway-Rail Grade Crossings, Train Horn Noise

Keywords: Quiet Zone, Train Horn Rule

Abstract: FRA regularly makes publically available a list of quiet zone locations by state, city, type of quiet zone, railroad, and related information.

Office
RRS-23