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15
Oct
2019
Other Reports
Quiet Zone Locations by City and State
Keywords: Quiet Zones, Locations
Abstract: The purpose of this report is to provide latest information of Quiet Zone Locations by City and State as of 09/13/2019.
Office
RRS-23
9
Oct
2019
Forms and Templates
Research Results Guidelines — 2019
Keywords: FRA, Federal Railroad Administration, Research Results, Research Report, RD&T, Research Guidelines, DOT, Railroad, Rail; USDOT
Abstract: The Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) Office of Research, Development & Technology (RD&T) periodically produces brief, plain-language reports called Research Results...
Form Number
FRA-RR
27
Sep
2019
Technical Reports
Why Do Passenger Trains Run through Switches in the Rail Yard?
Subject
Human Factors
Keywords: Run through switch, switch points, yard crews, passenger rail, systems-theoretic process analysis, STPA, STAMP, systems-theoretic accident model and processes
Abstract: This study examined why crews working in yard operations run through switches in the wrong direction or run through damaged switches. Running through a switch in the wrong...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-19/37
Office
RDI-24
18
Sep
2019
Technical Reports
Detection of Concrete Tie Rail Seat Deterioration
Subject
Track
Keywords: Concrete tie, rail seat deterioration, RSD, rail seat abrasion, laboratory testing, detection, inspection, gage restraint measurement system, GRMS, track geometry
Abstract: Rail seat deterioration (RSD) is a loss of concrete in the rail seat area of concrete ties that may compromise safety by increasing track gage, reducing fastener toe load, and...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-19/33
Office
RDI-21
19
Aug
2019
Technical Reports
Review of Suicide Intervention Training Programs
Subject
Human Factors
Keywords: Railroad, Safety, Suicide, Training, Suicide Prevention, Transit
Abstract: Nearly one-third of all rail-related fatalities in the U.S. result from an intentional act of suicide. Rail carrier-based strategies to prevent these incidents are not well...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-19/31
Office
RDI-24