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Report No. 23 Residual Stress Detection in Railroad wheels: An Ultrasonic System Using EMATS

This is report number 23 in a series coverign research performed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology for the Federal Railroad Administration. This report covers a project by the Materials Reliability Division (formerly the Fracture and Deformation Division) to develop and build a...

Notices of Adjustment of National Significant Risk Threshold

Propagation Analysis of Transverse Defects originating at the Lower Gage Corner of Rail

This report describes analyses performed to examine the growth rate of a particular transverse defect that forms in the rail head. The most common transverse defect found in rail, known as the detail fracture, has been studied in previous work. The present analyses, however, focuses on another...

Task Force Report on the M-2 Axle/Bearing Failure Investigation

This investigation of the tubular-axle/roller-bearing failures experienced with M-2 multiple-unit cars of New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority was aimed at establishing failure mechanisms, assessing the effectiveness of interim and long-term countermeasures, and determining if the risk...

Safety of High Speed Ground Transportation Systems-Human Factors Phase II: Design and Evaluation of Decision Aids for Control of High-Speed Trains: Experiments and Model

Although the speed of some guided ground transportation systems continues to increase, the reaction time and the sensory and information processing capacities of railroad personnel remain constant. This second report in a series examining critical human factors issues in future high-speed rail...

Non-Accident Release of Hazmat from Railroad Tank Cars: Training Issues

This report presents the results of a study to determine the extent to which written materials used on training railroad hazmat loaders are consistent with reading skills of the trainees. Data from four case study sites was used to conduct the analysis. Each site trains employees to load hazardous...

Prepared Remarks Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen

Federal Railroad Administrator Joseph C. Szabo Remarks as Prepared for Delivery Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen 51st Regular Convention Las Vegas, Nevada July 18, 2014

FY14 Grants Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA)

Signal Systems Reporting Requirements Final Rule 07022014

Signal Systems Reporting Requirements Final Rule

Remarks at Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation (SMART) Division Convention

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