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21
Dec
2018
Quarterly Performance Reports
Quarterly Report on the Performance and Service Quality of Intercity Passenger Train Operations Q4 2018
Keywords: Quarterly Report on the Performance and Service Quality of Intercity Passenger Train Operations Q4 2018
Abstract: Quarterly Report on the Performance and Service Quality of Intercity Passenger Train Operations Q4 2018
10
Dec
2018
Technical Reports
Automated Vehicles at Highway-Rail Grade Crossings: Final Report
Subject
Autonomous,
Grade Crossing Technology
Keywords: Highway-rail grade crossings, Automated Vehicle, AV, autonomous vehicle, Connected Vehicle, connected automated vehicles, CAVs, Concept of Operations, ConOps, requirements, stakeholder engagement
Abstract: This report discusses automated vehicle (AV) interactions with grade crossings and proposes requirements for future AVs that would enable them to respond to crossings safely....
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-18/39
Office
RDI-23
6
Dec
2018
Technical Reports
Positive Train Control Interoperability Test Support
Subject
Positive Train Control
Keywords: Advanced Civil Speed Enforcement System, ACSES, Interoperable-Electronic Train Management System, I-ETMS, Interoperable Train Control, ITC, Positive Train Control, PTC, Radio Frequency, RF
Abstract: Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI) and the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) evaluated communication performance from operation of the Advanced Civil Speed...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-18/38
Office
RDI-23
29
Nov
2018
Technical Reports
Evaluation of Fiber Optic Broken Rail Detection Systems : Appendices A Through B
Subject
Fiber Optic
Keywords: Broken rail detection evaluation, fiber optic, Distributed Acoustic Sensing, DAS, track circuits
Abstract: Appendix A: TTCI have run a 25-week trial at the Facility for Accelerated Service Testing (FAST) site near Pueblo, Colorado, in which several fiber optic acoustic detection (FOAD...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-18/37
Office
RDI-23
21
Nov
2018
Research Results
Report on the New Rail Integrity and Performance Testing at the Mega Sites
Subject
Heavy Axle Load (HAL)
Keywords: Rail, rolling contact fatigue, RCF, wear, friction control, grinding
Abstract: Since 2005, the Association of American Railroads (AAR) and the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) have co-sponsored ongoing rail performance testing under mainline heavy...
Report Number
RR 18-17
Office
RDI-21