In 2022, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) contracted with Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI) to conduct validation studies of CIVA software’s rail models for hand-held, angled beam, shear vertical wave (SW) inspections. The...

In 2022, the Federal Railroad Administration and the Association of American Railroads completed short-term field experiments to measure the rail forces in steep grades and high-degree curvature on Norfolk Southern Railway. This experiment was...

On October 8, 2022, at 4:19 p.m., EDT, Norfolk Southern Railway Corporation (NS) freight train 310B (Train 1) derailed 20 cars and 1 locomotive at Milepost (MP) CD240.7 on track Main 2 of NS’s Chicago Line subdivision, Great Lakes division, in...

The Office of Facilities and Asset Management plans, develops, and administers a program of management and administrative services and activities to ensure operational effectiveness, efficiency, and compliance with public laws and Federal regulations...

The Office of Business Operations plans,...

The FRA Office of Research Data & Innovation Manages and coordinates: safety research and development; industry, market, and data-intelligence; economic analyses, including benefit-cost analyses in support of regulations and...