On March 2, 2021, at approximately 1220 p.m. PST, a BNSF Railway train (H-KCKBAR1-28A) derailed 45 cars approximately one mile east of Ludlow, California on BNSF’s Needles Subdivision. One tank car containing ethyl alcohol sustained significant damage...

In 2006, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) funded the development of the Passenger Rail Vehicle Emergency Evacuation Simulator, known as the “rollover rig.”  This device was constructed to provide the railroad passenger community with the...

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) contracted with Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI), to develop documentation for a system which automates the auditing of railroad track data for Positive Train Control (PTC). TTCI developed a...