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Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Collision Test of a Fuel Tender
On September 22, 2021, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) conducted a full-scale grade crossing impact test of a locomotive fuel tender at the Transportation Technology Center (TTC) in Pueblo, CO. The Volpe National Transportation Systems Center and Transportation Technology Center, Inc....
Line-of-Sight Analysis Using Drones and Photogrammetry
The U. S. Department of Transportation’s (U.S. DOT) John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe), under the direction of the U.S. DOT Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Office of Research, Development and Technology (RD&T), evaluated the effectiveness of using drones and...
Penn Station Access Project
The Penn Station Access (PSA) Project is proposed by the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). The PSA Project encompasses a variety of infrastructure improvements and will create additional passenger service along the Amtrak-owned Hell Gate Line (HGL) on the Northeast Corridor (NEC). Key elements include: