Author: M.J. Reilly

Sponsoring Agency: U.S. Department of Transportation - Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Research and Development

Performing Organization: Boeing Vertol Co.

Date of Publication:  July 1978

Report No:  FRA/ORD-77/33, III

Abstract:

The Department of Transportation, Transportation Systems Center (TSC), is providing technical assistance to the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) in a program to improve railroad safety and efficiency by providing a technological basis for improvement and possible regulation in rail vehicle crashworthiness, inspection and surveillance of equipment, and other areas. As part of this program, TSC has conducted technical analyses of passenger railcar collisions, derailments, and other accidents, directed towards minimizing occupant injuries.

This document, the third of four volumes, contains recommended Engineering Standards prepared in the format of the standards published in the Code of Federal Regulations (Title 49, Transportation, Parts 200). The standards proposed provide improved occupant protection in the secondary impact situation associated with railroad accidents.

Volume I reports on the collection of data for a representative accident sample. Volume II is a design guide to assist engineers in understanding the problems associated with the development of crashworthy interiors of locomotives, cabooses, and passenger railcars. Volume IV is an executive summary.
 

No. of Pages:   69