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14
Aug
2016
Accident Investigations
HQ-2016-1152 (Finalized)
Subject
Accident Investigations
Keywords: Accident Investigations, Union Pacific
Abstract: On Sunday, August 14, 2016, at 1:00 p.m., CDT, Union Pacific Railroad (UP) westbound Manifest Train MPBMX-14, operating with 2 lead locomotives, 3 rear locomotives, 113 loaded...
Accident Date
Accident Type
Derailment (DRM)
Railroad Name
Union Pacific
Location
Lewisville, AR
United States
Accident Number
HQ-2016-1152
Investigation Status
Finalized
10
Aug
2016
Technical Reports
High-Speed Rail Turnout Literature Review
Keywords: Turnout geometry and design criteria, switch rail optimization, track stiffness, components
Abstract: High-speed rail (HSR) turnout design criteria generally address unbalanced lateral acceleration or cant deficiency (CD), cant deficiency change rate (CDCR), and entry and exit...
Report Number
DOT/ORD/FRA-16/34
Office
RDI-21
9
Aug
2016
Technical Reports
Rail Integrity Alert System (RIAS) Feature Discrimination
Keywords: Broken rail, locomotive, inductive coils, probability of detection, probability of false alarm, support vector machine, receiver operating characteristics
Abstract: This report describes GE Global Research’s research, in partnership with GE Transportation, into developing and deploying algorithms for a locomotive-based inductive sensing...
Report Number
DOT/ORD/FRA-16/33
Office
RDI-23
1
Aug
2016
Technical Reports
Locomotive Fuel Vapor Reclamation System Field Evaluation and Cost-Benefit Analysis
Keywords: Locomotive fuel tank, fuel vapor, fuel temperature, fuel-vapor to air ratio, diesel vapor condenser, installation, vapor reclamation, remote data monitoring, cost-benefit analysis
Abstract: This report summarizes the results of the work performed to install a diesel vapor reclamation unit (DVRU) on an SD70 MAC locomotive of BNSF Railways and its performance...
Report Number
DOT/ORD/FRA-16/31
Office
RDI-23
26
Jul
2016
Technical Reports
Providing Wireless Bandwidth for High-speed Rail Operations
Keywords: Positive train control, high-speed trains, bandwidth allocation and management, cell planning for high-speed trains
Abstract: This project examined the possibility of providing wireless communication for train control systems on American high-speed trains. In this study, the key issue is that the...
Report Number
DOT/ORD/FRA-16/28
Office
RDI-23