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US rail equipment crashworthiness standards

Last updated on 28 October 2014 2:01

In 1999 the US Department of Transportation's Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) issued new regulations and the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) issued new standards for rail passenger equipment crashworthiness. These new regulations and standards include conventional strength-based requirements for equipment used below 200km/h (125 mile/h), crashenergy management for equipment used...

Author(s): Tyrell D C

Organisation(s): Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, US Department of Transportation Kendall Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts MA 02142, USA ;

2002

United States

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