FRA Office of Research, Development and Technology - Current Projects 2022

Test Evaluation of Retrofit Collison Post Design for Legacy Locomotives

Legacy locomotives, such as narrow-nose designs manufactured before 1990, were not required to comply with crashworthiness requirements. Therefore, these locomotives afford less crew protection in case of train collisions. In this  project, collision posts that offer additional crash...

Burbank to Los Angeles Section: Final General Conformity Determination (GCD) Federal Register Notice

HQ-2021-1429

On May 27, 2021, at approximately 3:51 p.m., CDT, BNSF Railway (BNSF) unit sand train UCPFHGP0-05T (Train 1) with 3 locomotives (1 head end and 2 remote rear end), handling 130 loads, 0 empties, at 5,459 feet with 18,493 trailing tons was moving westbound[1] on the BNSF Chicago Division’s...

NBM Railways (Eastern Maine and Maine Northern ) Approval Letter for the 242 Certification Program

NBM Railways (Eastern Maine and Maine Northern ) Approval Letter for the 240 Certification Program

Burbank to Los Angeles Section: Final General Conformity Determinations (GCD) Report

Burbank to Los Angeles Section: Draft General Conformity Determination (GCD) Report

Burbank to Los Angeles Section: Draft General Conformity Determination (GCD) Federal Register Notice

Federal Railroad Administration Announces the Availability of $198 Million in Grant Funding for Intercity Passenger Rail Capital Projects