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HQ-2015-1016 (Finalized)

On February 24, 2015, a southbound Metrolink passenger train, operated by the Southern California Regional Rail Authority (SCAX), traveling at 65 miles per hour (mph) on single main track, collided with a motor vehicle abandoned on the railroad tracks near the city of Oxnard in Ventura County,...

PTC OMM Guidance

This is a document providing guidance for railroads preparing OMMs and Safety Plans to meet requirements

HQ-2015-1082 (Finalized)

On August 7, 2015, at about 1:11 p.m., eastbound Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) Train 208G5-06 collided head-on with westbound NS Train G23G5-07. The accident occurred about 4.75 miles northwest of Riddleville, Georgia, and about 4.82 miles east of Tennille, Georgia, on single main track near...

HQ-2013-31 (Finalized)

On Monday, December 30, 2013, at 2:11 p.m., (CST), a westbound BNSF Railway (BNSF) grain train, G-RYLRGT9-26A, carrying soy beans, consisting of two head-end locomotives, one rear distributive locomotive power unit (DPU), and 112 cars derailed 13 loaded cars (consist positions 46 through 58) while...

Grantee Guidance on FRA Closeout Procedures

Closeout is the process by which the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) formally ends a grant agreement and is required by 2 CFR 200.343. The closeout process determines that all applicable administrative actions and work required under the award have been completed. The process typically...

HQ-2014-20 (Finalized)

On Tuesday, November 25, 2014, at approximately 2:05 a.m. PST, a westbound Union Pacific Railroad (UP) freight train GSG5TR-20 traveling at a recorded speed of 23 miles per hour (mph) derailed 12 hopper cars of feed corn at milepost (MP) 264.9 on single main track about 4 miles east of Belden,...

HQ-2014-15 (Finalized)

On Saturday, November 1, 2014, at 5:12 p.m. PST, an eastbound Union Pacific Railroad (UP) train AMLNGR-31(Train #1) collided with the rear end of a standing eastbound UP train ZLCAI-01 (Train #2) at milepost (MP) 727.6 on the Yuma Subdivision, Los Angeles Service Unit, near the town of Winterhaven...