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Jun
1998
Safety Advisories
Addressing Safety Practices to Reduce the Risk of Casualties caused by Failure to Activate the Available Two-Way End-of-Train Telemetry Device (Two-Way EOT) to Initiate an Emergency Break Application Beginning at the Rear of the Train when Circumstances R
Subject
Risk Reduction Program,
Safety Advisories
Safety Advisory Number
98-02
1
May
1998
Technical Reports
Improved Roller Bearing Wayside Detection Research - Phase I Laboratory Test Report
Subject
Evaluation
Keywords: Acoustics, Roller Bearing Defects, Raceway Spalls, Water Etching, Loose Bearing Components, Spun Cones
Abstract: A series of tests were performed at the Bearing Test Facility at the Transportation Technology Center in Pueblo, Colorado, to gather acoustic and acceleration emissions for a...
Report Number
DTFR53-93-C-00001
Office
RRD
1
May
1998
Technical Reports
Interim Report: Screening Tests of Alternative Grade Crossing Detection Technologies
Subject
Grade Crossing Modeling and Simulation,
Highway-Rail Grade Crossings
Keywords: TTC, Transportation Test Center, Enhanced Track Circuits, Non-Contact Sensors
Abstract: This report assesses grade crossing warning alternatives, such as enhanced circuits and non-contact sensors, that did not rely on track circuits to detect trains.
Office
RRD
1
Mar
1998
Technical Reports
Ultrasonic Instrumentation to Measure Hoop Stress in Cast-Steel Railroad Wheel Rims
Subject
Evaluation
Keywords: EMAT, Instrumentation, Nondestructive Testing, Railroad Wheel, Residual Stress, Ultrasonic
Abstract: This is Report No. 32 in a series covering research done by hte National Institute of Standards and Technology for the Federal Railroad Administration. We report on a project by...
Office
RRD
1
Mar
1998
Technical Reports
Rail Vehicle Crashworthiness Symposium
Keywords: Collision risk; structural crashworthiness; interior crashworthiness; human injury criteria (HIC); passenger rail safety; secondary impact
Abstract: This document contains the proceedings of the Rail Vehicle Crashworthiness Symposium held at the Volpe Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts on June 24, 25, and 26, 1996. These...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-97/08
Office
RDI-20