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) 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.
Locomotive Crashworthiness Research. Executive Summary
1995
30 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Locomotive Crashworthiness Research
NTIS | 1995
Locomotive/Caboose Crashworthiness
NTIS | 1976
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