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Locomotive Crash Energy Management Train-to-Train Collision Test

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) sponsored MxV Rail to conduct a collision test using both a moving and a stationary three-car consist. The moving consist included an EMD F40 passenger locomotive equipped with crash energy management (CEM) components backed by two M1-series passenger...