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HQ-2020-1377
On February 13, 2020, at 6:46 a.m., EST, a southbound CSX Transportation Company (CSX) loaded ethanol train K42911 (Train 1) derailed when it struck a mudslide at Milepost (MP) CMG 123.8 on the CSX Florence Division, Kingsport Subdivision, in Draffin, Kentucky.
Adapting Clear Signal for Action: An Early Risk Identification and Removal Process
Clear Signal for Action (CSA) is a safety process that seeks to change safety culture through the organizational hierarchy. It is a non-regulatory, proactive risk reduction method for improving safety and safety culture, which integrates safety leadership development (SLD), peer-to-peer feedback...
Enhanced Automatic Train Control Braking Algorithm Research and Development
Transportation Technology Center, Inc., as part of a project sponsored by the Federal Railroad Administration, evaluated the safety and operational performance of the Enhanced Automatic Train Control (E-ATC) braking enforcement algorithm and found it exceeds previously established safety...