Magnetic and electric field testing of the AMTRAK Northeast Corridor and New Jersey/North Jersey coast line rail systems. Volume 1 : analysis

83999328523794Final report; May 1992-March 1993PDFTech ReportDOT/FRA/ORD-93/01.IDOT-VNTSC-FRA-93-4.IRR393/R3010Electric railroadsElectromagnetic fieldsHigh speed railMagnetic levitation vehiclesMeasurementSafetyEastern StatesUnited States. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of Research and DevelopmentDietrich, Fred MFeero, William E.Papas, Petros N.ROBERTSON, DAVID CSTEINER, GEORGE AUnited States. Federal Railroad AdministrationAmtrakElectric Research and Management, Inc.NTL-RAIL TRANSPORTATION-RAIL TRANSPORTATIONNTL-RAIL TRANSPORTATION-High Speed Ground TransportationNTL-RAIL TRANSPORTATION-Rail SafetyNTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Rail SafetyVolpe National Transportation Systems Center, Technical Reference CenterThe safety of magnetically levitated (maglev) and high speed rail (HSR) trains proposed for application in the United States is the responsibility of the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA). The characterization of electric and magnetic fields (EMF) prodwed by both steady (dc) and alternating currents (ac) at power freqwncy (50 Hz in Europe and 60 Hz in the U.S.) and above, in the Extreme Low Frequency (ELF) range (3-3000 Hz), is of interest uith respect to any potential health effects these fields may have on the prblic and on transportation workers. An EMF survey of National Rail passsengers Corporation trains operating on the Northeast Corridor (NEC) uas performed, as part of a conprehensive conparative safety assessment of the German Transrapid (TR-07) maglev system, and of existing (NEC and transit trains) and advanced rail systerns (the Frmh TGV). This report provides the analysis of results (Vol. I. Analysis), and detailed data summaries (Vol. 11. Appendices) of representative EMF profiles for NEC rail technologies, facilities, operating conditions, and Locations. A portable magnetic field monitoring system (augmented to include an electric fields probe) was used to semple, record and store three-axis static and ac magnetic fields waveforms simultaneously, at multiple locations. A real time Digital Audio Tape (DAT) recorder able to capture EMF transients, and two personal power-frequency magnetic field monitors were used to collect conplementary data