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Title:

Making the Case for a Shared Use Waiver--Reviewing the Crashworthiness of European Rolling Stock from U.S. Commuter Railroad’s Perspective

Accession Number:

01157093

Record Type:

Component

Availability:

Transportation Research Board Business Office

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Abstract:

This paper reviews the process by which Caltrain has evaluated the suitability of European-style commuter rail equipment for the suitability of operation in a shared use enviornment. The Caltrain shared use operating scenario is unique in that it intends to operate the new train sets in an interchangeable manner with existing conventional locomotive hauled passenger trains, while providing the traditional temporal separation with freight trains. The paper summarizes each part of the process, concluding with a comparison of the crashworthiness of the European-style equipment with FRA-compliant vehicles.

Monograph Accession #:

01147878

Report/Paper Numbers:

10-3240

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

DiBrito, Dominic A
Mayville, Ronald A
Doty, Robert L
Tsao, Camille

Pagination:

14p

Publication Date:

2010

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 89th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2010-1-10 to 2010-1-14
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

DVD

Features:

Figures; Photos; Tables (1)

Identifier Terms:

Caltrain (Commuter rail line)

Uncontrolled Terms:

Shared tracks

Geographic Terms:

European Union countries

Subject Areas:

Operations and Traffic Management; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2010 Paper #10-3240

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Jan 25 2010 11:36AM