In a FRA-funded initiative started in October 2019, researchers at Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (MxV Rail) created a new set of master gauge test panels for DOT-117 tank cars and expanded the tank car flaw library at FRA’s Transportation...

ThermaDynamics Rail LLC (TDR) developed the Locomotive-Waste Heat Recovery Systems (L-WHRS) formed by high-pressure heat exchangers coupled to a closed-loop Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC). The L-WHRS can be configured to be non-invasively retrofitted...

On November 2, 2022, an Illinois Central Railroad (IC) freight train derailed at Milepost 410.1 on the Baton Rouge Subdivision in Paulina, Louisiana, resulting in eight hazardous material (HAZMAT) cars derailing. One car was punctured, leaking...

Project Description

The Livingston Avenue Bridge (Bridge Identification Number [BIN] 7092890) is a rail bridge crossing the Hudson River between Rensselaer and Albany, New York. The bridge is located at Milepost QC 143.1 on the CSX...

November 7, 2022 | Question and Answer Session

3:00 pm to 7:00 pm EST

Background

On October 14, 2022, the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) petitioned...