Defect Growth Characterization in Modern Rail Steel

This report discusses a comprehensive fatigue and fracture characterization of modern head-hardened rails in reference to legacy rails. The focus is in on detail (i.e., transverse) fracture, the effects of the microstructural gradient in the railhead, and residual stresses caused by head-...

FRA Workforce Development (WFD) Survey Form

Montgomery Intermodal Container Transfer Facility Project: Environmental Assessment Appendices G-L

Montgomery Intermodal Container Transfer Facility Project: Environmental Assessment Appendices A-F

Montgomery Intermodal Container Transfer Facility Project: Environmental Assessment

2024 FRA Rail Program Delivery Workshop: Session Descriptions

2024 FRA Rail Program Delivery Workshop: Agenda

Accident Investigation Summary Report HQ-2023-1813

On February 3, 2023, at 8:54 pm EST, Norfolk Southern (NS) Train 32N derailed at Milepost (MP) 49.5 on main track 1 of NS’s Fort Wayne Line Subdivision of the Keystone Division in East Palestine, Ohio.  The train was hauling 149 freight cars, including 20 tank cars containing hazardous...

Indiana Harbor Belt 240 Program Approval letter

Application of the Hours of Service Laws to Positive Train Control Systems