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1 Oct 1995

Technical Reports

Vehicle Proximity Alert System: Prototype 3

Author
Scott E. Gage, Stanley T. Gurule

Subject Emergency Notification Systems, Evaluation

Keywords: VPAS, Emergency Notification Systems, Warning Devices

Abstract: As part of FRA Task Order 114, the Association of American Railroads Transportation Technology Center, Pueblo, Colorado, completed testing of Vehicle Proximity Alert System (VPAS...

Office
RRD

1 Sep 1995

Technical Reports

Stub Sill Tank Car Research Project Results of a 15,000 Mile Over the Road Test

Subject Evaluation

Keywords: Freight Equipment Environmental Sampling Test, Vertical Coupler Force, Stub Sill Tank Car

Abstract: The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has been investigating incidents of fatigue cracking of the stub sill and at the attachment of the stub sill to the tank shell of stub...

Office
RRD

1 Jul 1995

Other Reports

Report on the Functions of the Interstate Commerce Commission

Author
Department of Transportation

Subject Evaluation

Keywords: Regulations, Motor Carrier, Domestic Water Carriers

Abstract:

This report examines a range of policy issues dealing with the economic regulation of surface transportation service (primarily freight) in the United States. Freight...

Office
RRD

1 Jun 1995

Technical Reports

Simulation Model for Risk/Benefit Evaluation of Rail Inspection Programs

Author
Y.H. Tang, A. B. Perlman, O. Orringer

Subject Evaluation

Keywords: Crack growth, Damage Tolerance, Monte Carlo Method, Nondestructive Inspection, Rail Inspection

Abstract: A Monte Carlo simulation of certain aspects of rail inspection is presented. The simulation is used to compare alternative practices in railroad rail inspection programs. The...

Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-95-6
Office
RRD

1 May 1995

Reports to Congress

A Review of Amtrak's On-Time Performance

Subject Amtrak, Budget

Keywords: Performance, Amtrak, freight, carrier, trends

Abstract: ...The freight railroads have been responsive. Recent statistics suggest a reversal in declining on-time performance trends. In each of the last three quarters, system-wide on-...