HQ-2022-1521

On Sunday, February 20, 2022, at 12:18 a.m., EST, a Loram Switch Grinder (RGS-9) collided with the rear-end Distributed Power Unit (DPU) of locomotive No. CSXT 3144, of train Q426-19 (Q426) at Milepost (MP) QB 59.9 on the Boston Subdivision in Spencer, Worcester  County, Massachusetts....

PATH 242 Program Approval Letter

PATH 240 Program Approval Letter

New Jersey Transit 240 Program approval Letter

Railroad Crossing Elimination Grant Program NOFO Office Hours: Best Practices – Statement of Work

Feasibility of a Train Horn with Optimized Directivity: Environmental and Occupational Noise Benefit of an Ideal Train Horn

This report examines the feasibility of and recommends an acoustical specification for such an optimized horn. The detectability of the horn signal for motorists inside vehicles, the areas of environmental noise impact and occupational noise exposure have been compared for the optimized horn and...

Automated Track Centerline Following for Drone Flight Automation

VisioStack Inc. completed initial research to automate drone inspection flights over railroad track using real-time rail detection and track centerline following to simulate flight control without Global Positioning System (GPS) information. Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UAS, or drones) are platforms...

Railroad Crossing Elimination Grant Program NOFO Office Hours: Best Practices – Applicant and Project Eligibility

Canon City & Royal Gorge Railroad 240 Program Approval Letter

B & H Rail Corporation 242 Program Approval Letter