LOCOMOTIVE CRASHWORTHINESS RESEARCH. FINAL REPORT. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Arthur D. Little and its subcontractors, Arvin/Calspan and Parsons Brinckerhoff, conducted studies of locomotive crashworthiness in support of the Federal Railroad Administration's (FRA's) response to Public Law 102-365. This includes a statement that the Secretary of Transportation shall conduct research and analysis to consider the costs and benefits associated with equipping locomotives with the following crashworthiness features: Braced collision posts; Crash refuges; Rollover protection devices; Uniform sill heights; Deflection plates; Anticlimbers, Shatterproof windows; and Equipment to deter post-collision entry of flammable liquids.

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• Record URL:
  • https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/8454
• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also Volume 1: Model Development and Validation (PB95-271730); Volume 2: Design Concept Generation and Evaluation (PB95-271748); Volume 3: Review and Discussion of Freight Locomotive Crashworthiness Concepts (PB95-271755); and Volume 4: Additional Freight Locomotive Calculations (PB95-271763). Sponsored by the Arthur D. Little Foundation, Cambridge, MA, and the Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Research and Development, Washington, DC.
• Corporate Authors:

  Volpe National Transportation Systems Center

  Cambridge, MA  United States  02142
• Authors:
  • Mayville, R A
  • Stringfellow, R G
  • Rancatore, R J
  • Hosmer, T P
• Publication Date: 1995-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 22 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cabs (Vehicle compartments); Crash injury research; Crashes; Crashworthiness; Dynamic structural analysis; Freight trains; Locomotives; Railroad trains; Research; Safety; Safety engineering; Simulation; Survival
• Old TRIS Terms: Locomotive cab safety
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Railroads; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00720054
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT-VNTSC-FRA-95-4.0, DOT/FRA/ORD-95/08
• Files: NTL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Apr 4 1996 12:00AM