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From May 2015 to December 2015, Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI) conducted work sponsored by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to recharacterize and redevelop the Rail Defect Test Facility (RDTF) at the Transportation Technology Center (TTC). FRA also contributed funding to...
On March 7, 2017, at 3:11 p.m., CSX Transportation (CSX) Freight Train Q40907, consisting of 77 mixed freight cars and 3 locomotives, was traveling southward on single main track in traffic control system territory and collided with a man lift at River Road in Newburgh, New York. The train derailed...
On May 18, 2017, at 4:54 p.m., EDT, westbound Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company (MNCW) commuter Train No. 1373, originating from Stamford, Connecticut, and destined for Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan, New York, derailed five passenger coaches when the Engineer failed to comply with a 10-...
On June 14, 2017, at approximately 6:30 p.m., CDT, a Union Pacific Railroad (UP) freight train, MYCAS- 14, operating southwest from Villa Grove, Illinois, to St. Louis, Missouri, struck an occupied van on the N 80 Road public highway-rail grade crossing (also known as County Road 1800 East). The U....