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TRB’s Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Report 71, Volume 7: Guidelines for Guard/Restraining Rail Installation explores two guard rail installation philosophies and the effects of vehicle types, wheel flange angle, wheel/rail friction coefficient, curve radius, cant deficiency, and track perturbation on flange climb derailments.

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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2010. Track-Related Research, Volume 7: Guidelines for Guard/Restraining Rail Installation. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/14347.

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26 pages |  8.5 x 11 |  DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/14347

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