An impact test with a F40 locomotive and a M1 passenger car was conducted to evaluate the performance of the vehicles under dynamic conditions. The locomotive was retrofitted with crash energy management (CEM) components – including a push-back...

“Examining Freight Rail Safety”
June 14, 2022

Chairman Payne, Ranking Member Crawford, and Members of the Subcommittee:

Thank you for the opportunity to testify today to discuss rail...

The focus of this effort was to confirm the capability of the scaling laws to predict full-scale fully-developed compartment fire heat release rates (HRR) based on reduced-scale experiments. A total of 17 compartment fire tests were conducted in this...

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), in coordination with the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and Riverside County Transportation Commission (RCTC), has studied options for providing intercity rail service between the cities...