The Short Line Safety Institute (SLSI) is dedicated to the continuous improvement of safety and safety culture across all short line and regional railroads in the United States. Strengthening a railroad’s safety culture may result in less frequent or...

On May 26, 2022, at approximately 3:45 p.m., EDT, a Norfolk Southern Railway Company (NS) freight train collided with a construction dump truck at a private grade crossing in Harmarville, Pennsylvania, on the Conemaugh Subdivision. The dump truck...

On May 26, 2022, at approximately 7:28 a.m., CDT, the Union Pacific Railroad Company’s (UP) eastbound Train Symbol CWTOK-24 consisting of a total of 294 loaded coal cars, derailed 30 cars at Milepost (MP) 246.66, traveling at a recorded speed of 50...

The mission of the Smart Track research project is to improve the rail industry’s ability to answer critical safety- and maintenance-related questions on track infrastructure by monitoring and predicting track health.  This mission will be...

The Federal Railroad Administration today released its Annual Enforcement Report summarizing regulatory compliance inspections and audits that FRA or state...

First quarterly report to include customer on-time performance for all Amtrak trains

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today published a report on performance metrics for Amtrak’s...