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1
Sep
1980
Technical Reports
Rail-Highway Crossing Warning Device Life Cycle Cost Analysis
Subject
Analysis,
Grade Crossing Modeling and Simulation,
Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Warning Systems
Keywords: Train Detection
Abstract: This report describes a procedure for optimizing funding of grade crossings by calculating the life cycle costs of active warning devices.
Report Number
FRA-RRS-80-003
Office
RRS
1
Sep
1980
Other Reports
Highway-Rail Crossing Accident/Incident and Inventory Bulletin: No. 2 Calendar Year 1979
Subject
Highway-Rail Grade Crossings
Keywords: Accident Reports, Incident Reports, Casualties
Abstract: This is the second annual report combining rail-highway crossing accident/incident statistics with the National Rail-Highway Crossing Inventory. Accident/Incident data has been...
Office
RRS
1
Jun
1980
Technical Reports
Operational Testing of Locomotive-Mounted Strobe Lights
Subject
Grade Crossing Technology,
Highway-Rail Grade Crossings
Keywords: Conspicuity Enhancement; Train Visibility
Abstract: This report describes revenue-service tests of locomotive-mounted strobe lights used to make trains more visible to motorists at rail-highway crossings.
Report Number
DOT-TSC-FRA/ORD-80-48
1
Apr
1980
Technical Reports
The Effectiveness of Flashing Lights and Flashing Lights with Gates in Reducing Accident Frequency at Public Rail-Highway Crossings, 1975-1978
Subject
Accident Reduction,
Grade Crossing Modeling and Simulation,
Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Warning Systems
Abstract: This report describes the development of a resource allocation model based on the effectiveness of grade crossing warning devices in reducing accident potential.
Report Number
FRA-RRS-80-005
Office
RRS
1
Apr
1980
Technical Reports
Identification and Evaluation of Off-Track Train Detection Systems for Grade Crossing Applications
Subject
Grade Crossing Technology,
Highway-Rail Grade Crossings,
Track/Train Interactions
Abstract: The study examined all potential train detection techniques which do not use the track, analyzing both point sensing and continuous sensing system approaches.
Report Number
FRA/ORD-80/32
Office
RRD