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Automated Video Inspection System for Grade Crossing Safety
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has sponsored several programs to help reduce incidents at highway-rail crossings and improve the safety of both vehicles and pedestrians. One such recent project developed an artificial intelligence (AI)-based machine vision system to help inspect...
Analysis of Historical Non-Destructive Evaluation Probability of Detection Data for Railroad Tank Cars
From 1996 to 2016, Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI) analyzed historical probability of detection (POD) data for the fusion welded tank car butt welds (BW) and fillet welds (FW) inspection using Code of Federal Regulation (CFR)-approved nondestructive evaluation (NDE) methods. The...