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Federal Railroad Administration Announces Rail Inspection Technology Rule to Improve Track Safety
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WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department...
Rail Integrity Final Rule [Unofficial]
The version of this notice posted to FRA’s website is not intended to constitute the official version of this final rule. It was submitted to the Federal Register on Monday, August 17, 2020. The official version of the final rule will be the version published in the Federal Register in the near...
Trespasser Detection Systems on Railroad Rights-of-Way
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Volpe Center, under the direction of DOT’s Federal Railroad Administration Office of Research, Development, and Technology, conducted a research study to evaluate the effectiveness of trespass detection technology on rail property linked to and controlled...
Trespasser Detection on Railroad Property Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe), under the direction of DOT’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Office of Research, Development and Technology (RD&T), conducted a research study that evaluated the effectiveness of...
An Automated, Drone-Based Inspection System
MTRI Inc. and Michigan Technological University developed and demonstrated a drone-based system for automated inspection of grade crossings. The prototype system can determine whether vertical approach grades create a risk for vehicles to get stuck on tracks, assess the adequacy of visual sight...