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Technical Reports
Summary of Accidents Investigated by the Federal Railroad Administration: Calendar Year 1983
Keywords: Accident Reports, Incident Reports, Casualties
Abstract: The 1983 Summary of Accidents Investigated by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) includes 113 railroad accidents. This summary provides the following information: the...
Technical Reports
Track Degradation at FAST
Keywords: track gage alignment
Abstract: This report describes the Track Degradation Experiment performed on the FAST track at the Transportation Test Center, near Pueblo, Colorado. The railroad industry's need to...
Technical Reports
Small Scale Impact Simulation Tests
Keywords: Scale model; tank head; impact; puncture; mitigating material; low temperature; lading
Abstract: In derailments and switchyard operations, tank cars frequently experience impacts that result in tank car head puncture. From a cost effective viewpoint, it is not practical to...
Technical Reports
Physical Response of Flat Steel Plates to Drop Hammer Impacts
Keywords: Railroad Tank Cars, Safety, Structural Response
Abstract: A series of impact tests using the FRA/BRL Drop Hammer Facility was performed. The tests consisted of the creation of controlled damage to flat steel plates which had properties...
Other Reports
Report Number 12: Metallurgical Observations of 21 Plate Steel Samples Taken From Seven Tank Cars Involved in the April 8, 1979 Railroad Accident at Crestview, Florida
Keywords: Deformation, Chemical Analysis, Impact Tests
Abstract: This is the second of two reports intended to give information on and metallurgical characterization for each of 21 plate samples taken from tank cars involved in an accident at...