Camp Hall Industrial Corridor Project

The South Carolina Department of Commerce, Division of Public Railways (doing business as Palmetto Railways) is proposing to construct and operate the Camp Hall Industrial Corridor Project (Project). The Project includes construction of a 22.7-mile freight rail corridor from the Camp Hall Commerce Park in Berkeley County, South Carolina, traveling north and east to a connection with the CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT) rail network near the Santee Cooper Cross Generating Station in Pineville, South Carolina. 

Camp Hall Industrial Corridor Project Finding of No Significant Impact

NDE Methods for Corrosion Monitoring in Railroad Tank Cars

This report discusses the use of various nondestructive evaluation (NDE) methods for detecting and characterizing corrosion defects in tank cars. Several tank car panels with a real corrosion defect as well as simulated corrosion defects were fabricated from the actual tank car. Advanced NDE...

A Feasibility Study on Advanced Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE) Methods to Characterize Weld Defects in Railroad Tank Cars

Under the sponsorship and support of the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI), with participation from the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of advanced nondestructive evaluation (NDE) equipment, NDE service providers, and other research...

Fire Test of an UN-T75 Portable Tank on a Flat Car Phase II

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) contracted Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) to evaluate the fire performance of an alternative fuel storage tank using analytical methods and fire testing. The objective of this project was to expose an LNG rail storage tank to fire conditions and...

Development of Symbology for a Locomotive Head-Up Display (HUD)

As part of a Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)-funded Head-Up Display (HUD) research project that began in 2020, KEA Technologies Inc. developed a limited library of symbols for both freight and passenger operations, to be integrated in a prototype HUD developed separately by another team of...

FRA’s Engineering and Technology Division

Blocked Crossings Fast Facts (December 2022)

FRA’s ATIP – Automated Track Inspection Program

Elizabeth Town Industrial Railroad 242 Program Approval Letter