TRACK TRAIN DYNAMICS. ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION

This manual, a report marking the completion of one assignment of the International Government-Industry Research Program on Track-Train Dynamics, is a guide to systematic investigation of any derailment in order to establish a cause, or combination of causes. It presents information stressing the close relationships between track, train and vehicle characteristics, train handling, and track-train dynamics. Stressed is the need to recognize that a derailment may be combination-caused, rather than mandating the investigators to report a single cause. This is necessary if information from the accident investigation is to accurately reflect the true situation. The manual concludes with six recommendations for individual railroad users.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This project was sponsored by the Association of American Railroads, the Federal Railroad Administration, the Railway Progress Institute and the Transportation Development Agency of Canada.
• Corporate Authors:

  Association of American Railroads Research Center

  3140 South Federal Street
  Chicago, IL  United States  60616
• Publication Date: 1974

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: 77 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Braking performance; Crash causes; Crash investigation; Derailments; Freight cars; Track components; Train operations; Train track dynamics; Vehicle dynamics
• Old TRIS Terms: Freight car dynamics
• Subject Areas: Railroads; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00082174
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 6 1976 12:00AM