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17
May
2024
Technical Reports
Reference Document: Reducing Hazards Associated with Visual and Automation-Aided Track Inspections: Supplementary Information
Subject
Track
Keywords: Track research, track inspection, inspection, automated inspection, automation-aided inspection, railroad, track safety, safety, human factors, passenger rail, systems-theoretic process analysis, STPA, STAMP, track geometry measurement system, TGMS, aTGMS
Abstract: This document provides supplementary information to accompany the previously published Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) report titled Reducing Hazards Associated with...
Report Number
Supplementary Reference Document for DOT/FRA/ORD-2
Office
RDI-21
30
Apr
2024
Accident Investigations
Accident Investigation Summary Report HQ-2023-1843
Subject
Accident Investigations
Keywords: BNSF Railway, De Soto, Wisconsin, washout, subgrade saturation
Accident Date
Accident Type
Derailment (DRM)
Railroad Name
BNSF Railway (BNSF)
Location
De Soto, WI
United States
Accident Number
HQ-2023-1843
22
Mar
2024
Technical Reports
Detailed Puncture Analyses of Tank Cars: Analysis of Different Impactor Threats and Impact Conditions
Subject
Hazardous Materials
Keywords: Tank car, Impactor, derailment, hazardous materials, hazmat
Abstract: There has been significant research in recent years to analyze and improve the impact behavior and puncture resistance of railroad tank cars. Much of this research has been...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-13/17 Revision 1
Office
RRD
29
Feb
2024
Technical Reports
Modeling and Analysis of Phase Change in a DOT-113 Tank Car Surrogate Filled with Liquid Nitrogen
Subject
Hazardous Materials
Keywords: Impact test, DOT-113 tank car, tank car performance, transportation safety, liquefied natural gas, LNG, liquid nitrogen, LN2, finite element analysis, FEA, hazardous materials, rolling stock, cryogenic, phase change, thermodynamics
Abstract: As part of a series of impact tests, the Federal Railroad...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-24/12
Office
RDI-22
5
Feb
2024
Technical Reports
Automated Train Operations Sensor Platform Framework Requirements
Subject
Rolling Stock
Keywords: Automated train operation, ATO, Sensor Platform, SP, ATO Sensor Platform, ATO SP, environmental monitoring, hazard detection, SP reference model, SP Framework, SP requirements, train control
Abstract: The Sensor Platform (SP) Framework was a system engineering project conducted in conjunction with the Association of American Railroads-funded development of automated train...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-24/04
Office
RDI-23