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NPRM: Rail Integrity Amendments & Track Safety Standards

The version of the notice of proposed rulemaking posted to FRA’s website is not intended to constitute the official version of the rule.  The official version of the rule will be the version published in the Federal Register in the near future and may appear slightly different than this...

HQ-2018-1294 (Finalized)

On Wednesday, June 19, 2019, at approximately 9:49 a.m., PDT, westbound Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) freight train MNPRV-17 (Train 1) derailed 27 cars at approximately Milepost (MP) 611.25 on UP's Lakeside Subdivision. The derailment occurred approximately 5 miles east of Wells, Nevada,...

HQ-2019-1359 (Finalized)

At approximately 3:21 p.m., CDT, a Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) southbound freight train, MFWSA-19, with 129 loads, 19 empties and 5 locomotives, moving at a recorded speed of 48 mph, derailed 32 cars at Milepost (MP) 199.4.

HQ-2018-1288 (Finalized)

At 4:10 p.m., EDT, on Monday, July 30, 2018, a southbound CSX Transportation freight train Q19729 with two locomotives and 10 loaded intermodal cars, struck a private motor vehicle with four occupants at the highway-rail grade crossing at Buffington Road in College Park, Georgia. Three...

HQ-2019-1329 (Finalized)

On Saturday, March 30, 2019, at approximately 9:06 a.m., MDT, a westbound Union Pacific Railroad (UP) manifest train derailed 24 cars on UP’s Lynndyl Subdivision, Rocky Mountain Service Unit. This derailment occurred in a remote area of Juab County, Utah, approximately 20 miles east of Lynndyl,...

FRA Office of Research, Development and Technology - Current Projects

This is a resource updated annually for the Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting held each January in Washington, D.C. The catalog provides details on current research efforts—project descriptions, academic and industry partnerships, costs and schedules, and FRA project manager...

Monitoring Engineer Fatigue (MEFA)

Aurora Flight Sciences, under contract to the Federal Railroad Administration, studied the feasibility of autonomously monitoring and combating train engineer fatigue. This program is called Monitoring Engineer Fatigue (MEFA). Research and testing at the FRA’s Cab Technology Integration...

NEPA Assignment Letter to State of California

The Surface Transportation Project Delivery Program codified at 23 U.S.C. 327, authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to assign federal environmental reviews to states. On January 31, 2018, the State of California requested that FRA assign environmental review responsibilities under the...