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Side Impact Test and Analyses of a DOT-111 (CPC-1232) Tank Car
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) conducted a side impact test on a DOT-111 tank car at the Transportation Technology Center (TTC) to evaluate its performance under dynamic impact conditions, and to provide data for the verification and refinement of a computational model. The tankcar...
Railroad Industry Workforce Development Survey
In 2009, the Federal Railroad Administration’s Workforce Development Team (FRA-WDT) conducted extensive research on this subject with railroad industry stakeholders (e.g., Class I freight and passenger railroads, shortline and regional railroads, labor unions, major associations, academia, and...
HQ-2019-1371
On November 21, 2019, at about 11:15 a.m., EST, a westbound Norfolk Southern Corporation (NS) intermodal train 22AV121 (Train 1) struck an eastbound hi-rail dump truck, Roadway Maintenance Machine 310609, traveling on Main Track 1 at Milepost (MP) N250.3. The hi-rail dump truck was operating on...
Compliance Testing for Locomotive LED Headlights and Auxiliary Lights, Phase II
With the development of new lighting technologies, such as light-emitting diodes (LED), the safety requirements stipulated in 49 CFR §229.125 may not adequately accommodate the introduction of LED lamps to the railroad industry. Consequently, it is necessary to better understand the current...
Compliance Testing for Locomotive LED Headlights and Auxiliary Lights, Phase I
This report describes Phase I compliance testing of light-emitting diode (LED) fixtures as locomotive headlights and auxiliary lights. The purpose was to validate that all LED samples submitted by participating suppliers complied with applicable regulatory requirements and standards, and to...
HQ-2019-1363
On September 10, 2019, at approximately 12:30 p.m. CDT, Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) Train YDU51-10 (Train 1), derailed 14 cars on the UP Mid-America Service Unit, Chester Subdivision, at Milepost (MP) 5.79 in the UP’s Dupo Yard, Dupo, Illinois.