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HQ-2021-1459
On October 30, 2021, at approximately 2:36 a.m., EDT, National Railroad Passenger Corporation (ATK) passenger train P-053-29, operating on the CSX Transportation’s Charleston Subdivision, collided with an automobile at a highway-rail grade crossing (USDOT crossing inventory number 631980D) at...
HQ-2020-1388
On Wednesday, June 17, 2020, at approximately 8:24 p.m., MFT, a westbound Union Pacific Railroad Company, (UP) freight train, MNPPD-16 (Train 1), traveling at a recorded speed of 35 mph, derailed 31 cars on UP Rocky Mountain Service Unit, Pocatello Subdivision near Bancroft, Idaho. There were no...
HQ-2021-1453
At approximately 3:31 p.m., CDT, on October 6, 2021, Train 1 requested permission to enter the working limits of a Contract Employee-in-Charge (EIC) and excavator operator contractor that were doing some work on and near the tracks around Convent, Louisiana, in St James Parish at Milepost (MP)...
HQ-2020-1389
On Monday, July 6, 2020 at approximately 6:00 a.m., MDT, a BNSF freight train derailed 29 railcars on the Gallup Subdivision near Winslow, Arizona. No injuries were reported. There were no hazardous materials released. The probable cause is cause code H519- Dynamic Brake, too...
HQ-2020-1390
On Wednesday, July 29, 2020, Union Pacific Railroad (UP) freight train MTUPX-29 (Train 1) was operating northbound (timetable westbound) on the single main track in Tempe, Arizona, on UP’s Phoenix Subdivision. At 6:06:22 a.m., Train 1 derailed 12 cars at the south end of the Tempe Town Lake...Positive Train Control Passenger Braking Algorithm Enhancement – Phase II
FRA sponsored research to examine the performance benefits of four potential modifications to the current methodology used for passenger braking enforcement algorithms in Positive Train Control applications. All four modifications improved braking performance compared to the baseline. PTC...