This document updates previous FRA publications on the cost accounting methodology used by Amtrak to calculate and report route costs, Amtrak Performance Tracking (APT). The prior version of this report published in 2016, Update on the Methodology for...

The Rail Transportation Engineering Center (RailTEC) at the University of Illinois (Illinois) is investigating spike failures in timber tie track to determine the root cause(s) and develop failure prevention strategies. This research is part of an...