Attachment 4. Technical Report Template 8 Oct 2024.docx

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PLEASE DO NOT RETURN YOUR FORM TO THE ABOVE ADDRESS.

1. REPORT DATE (DD-MM-YYYY)

(Added Just Before Publishing)

2. REPORT TYPE

Technical Report

3. DATES COVERED (From - To) Dates of Research

4. TITLE AND SUBTITLE

Title of Report from Title Page 5a. CONTRACT NUMBER

5b. GRANT NUMBER

5c. PROGRAM ELEMENT NUMBER

6. AUTHOR(S)

Author Name: ORCID #0000-0000-0000-0000

Author Name: ORCID #0000-0000-0000-0000

5d. PROJECT NUMBER

5e. TASK NUMBER

5f. WORK UNIT NUMBER

7. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES)

Name of Organization Street Address City/State Zip Code

8. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION REPORT NUMBER

If Any

9. SPONSORING/MONITORING AGENCY NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES)

U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration Office of Research, Development, and Technology 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE Washington, DC 20590

10. SPONSOR/MONITOR'S ACRONYM(S)

11. SPONSOR/MONITOR'S REPORT NUMBER(S)

(Added Just Before Publishing)

12. DISTRIBUTION/AVAILABILITY STATEMENT

This document is available to the public through the FRA website.

13. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES

COR: Name of COR

14. ABSTRACT

A succinct description of the work and who, what, when, where, etc. Usually taken from the Introduction or Executive Summary.

15. SUBJECT TERMS

Keywords should be entered by author/PM

xx 19a. NAME OF RESPONSIBLE PERSON

19b. TELEPHONE NUMBER (Include area code)

Standard Form 298 (Rev. 8/98) Prescribed by ANSI Std. Z39.18 i

METRIC/ENGLISH CONVERSION FACTORS

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1,000 kilograms (kg)

1.1 short tons

For more exact and or other conversion factors, see NIST Miscellaneous Publication 286, Units of Weights and Measures. Price $2.50 SD Catalog No. C13 10286 Updated 6/17/98 Acknowledgments [Optional] Note: FRA staff should not be acknowledged for providing funding. If appropriate, they can be acknowledged for technical contributions.

Contents

Illustrations Figure 1. [ENTER CAPTION] 3

Tables Table 1. [ENTER CAPTION] 3

Executive Summary Enter Text [Maximum 1,000 words; approximately 1–1 ½ pages]

First paragraph should introduce the research by describing who conducted the research, when it was conducted, and where it was conducted. This is a narrative summary of the research for the public and should not mention deliverables or administrative information. Use the active voice (“The research team developed…”) rather than passive voice (“The research was developed by the team…”).

Introduction Text [Introductory Paragraph] This should be a recap of the Executive Summary first paragraph describing the research. All subsections below must be completed.

Background Describe the reasons the research was conducted.

Objectives Describe what the research aimed to achieve.

1.1 Overall Approach

Describe how the team conducted the research.

Scope Describe what was and was not included in the research.

Organization of the Report List the sections of the report and what they contain. Link to the sections.

Section 2 Title Text [Introductory Paragraph] DO NOT convert equations to images.

Subsection 1 Text Sample table and figure:

Table 1. [ENTER CAPTION]

Row 1

Row 2

Row 3

Row 4

Row 5

Figure 1. [ENTER CAPTION] Subsection 2 Text Sample footnote reference.[footnoteRef:1] [1: [sample foot note reference]]

Subheading 1 Text Reference in text sample (Author, Year).

Subheading 2 Text Subheading 3 Text Subheading 4 Text Subheading 5 Text Conclusion Maximum 500 words; approximately 1 page This should be a narrative summary of the research and the outcomes.

References Author (Year). Book Title. In B. Author, Book Title (p. Pages). City: Publisher.

Author (Year). Conference Title. Conference Publication Name (p. Pages). City: Publisher.

Author (Year). Journal Title. Journal Name, Volume(Number), Pages.

Author (Year, Month Day). Name of Web Page. Retrieved from Name of Web Site: URL

You may use APA or IEEE style citations and references list. Please review the guidance for each style as they have changed in recent years. Link to the digital object identifier (DOI) page where applicable.

Appendix A.

Appendix Heading (Optional) [Add information related to the Appendix. Insert file text here.]

Abbreviations and Acronyms

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