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1
Nov
1977
Technical Reports
Final Report - Guidelines for Testing of FRA Rear End Marking Devices
Keywords: guideline, rear end marking device
Abstract: The implementation of Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 221 - Rear End Marking Device - Passenger, Commuter, and Freight Trains, requires the installation of certain...
Report Number
C-8058910
Office
RRS
7
Oct
1977
Technical Reports
Structural Adequacy of Freight Car Truck Castings and Wheels
Keywords: Railroad cars, Freight cars, Fatigue(Materials), Castings, Wheels, Loads(Forces), Fatigue life, Cracking(Fracturing), Failure, Safety, Reliability, Standards, Fatigue strength at N cycles, Railroad trucks, Fatigue standards, Safety standards
Abstract: The structural adequacy of freight car truck castings and wheels to resist fatigue damage is reviewed. The environmental load data described in an earlier report under this...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-77/51
Office
RDI-20
30
Sep
1977
Technical Reports
Innovative Concepts and Technology for Railroad-Highway Grade Crossing Motorist Warning Systems. Volume I. Overview and Concept Generation and Analysis
Keywords: Railroads, Warning systems, Intersections, Highways, Traffic safety, Radar detection, Reliability, Traffic signals, Cost analysis, Transmitters, Detectors, Telecommunication,
Abstract: The document includes a general review of innovative conceptual and technical approaches to train-activated motorist warning systems for use at railroad-highway grade crossings,...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-77/37.I
Office
RDI-20
1
Sep
1977
Technical Reports
Innovative Concepts and Technology for Railroad-Highway Grade Crossing Motorist Warning Systems, Volume I: Overview and Concept Generation and Analysis
Keywords: Railroad-Highway Grade Crossings; Grade Crossing Warning Systems; Grade Crossing Signal Systems
Abstract: This document includes a general review of innovative conceptual and technical approaches to train-activated motorist warning systems for use at railroad-highway grade crossings,...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-77/37.I
Office
RDI-20
1
Sep
1977
Technical Reports
Rail Inspection Systems Analysis and Technology Survey
Subject
Evaluation,
Best Practices
Keywords: Flaw, Ultrasonic, Magnetic, Automatic Data Processing, Nondestructive Testing
Abstract: This study was undertaken to identify existing rail inspection system capabilities and methods which might be used to improve these capabilities. Task I was a study to quantify...
Report Number
FRA/ORD-77/39
Office
RRD