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Waiver Requests
Amtrak High Speed Rail Prototypes Buy America Waiver Decision
Keywords: Buy America Waiver Grant
Waiver Requests
California High Speed Rail Authority Prototypes Buy America Waiver Decision
Keywords: Buy America Grant Waiver
Research Results
Prototype Design and Test of a Collision Protection System for Cab Car Engineers
Keywords: Crashworthiness, cab console, secondary impact protection, airbags, energy absorption, crushable knee bolster, sled testing, crash energy management, injury criteria, finite element analysis
Abstract: Advancements in the design of rail cars can potentially prevent the structural collapse of space occupied by a cab car engineer during a train collision. With adequate survival...
Technical Reports
Development, Fabrication and Testing of Locomotive Crashworthy Components: Base Effort
Keywords: Locomotives; rail cars; override; collision; injury; impacts
Abstract: The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and the John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center) are continuing to evaluate new technologies for increasing...