MPC Research Reports
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Title:	Assessment of Rail Flaw Inspection Data
Authors:	Brandon D. Jeffrey and M.L. Peterson
University:	Colorado State University
Publication Date:	Sep 1999
Report #:	MPC-99-106
Project #:	MPC-142
TRID #:	00770394
Keywords:	defects, evaluation, flaw detection, railroads, railroad tracks

Abstract

Six major railroads provided the Transportation Technology Center Inc. (TTCI) with defective rail that had been removed from service. The rail, which contained a variety of defects, was placed into a gauntlet track at the Transportation Technology Center (TTC). This paper is the assessment of those six evaluations at the Railflaw Detection Test Facility (RDTF).