Acting Administrator Bose Letter to Survey Recipients

Acting Administrator Bose Letter to Stakeholders

Belt Railway Company of Chicago 240 program Approval Letter

Minnesota Transportation Museum - 240 Program Approval Letter

Acoustical Warning Devices as Emergency Warning Signals, Phase 2

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) sponsored a project to demonstrate the effectiveness of an Acoustical Warning Device (AWD) to be used for generating a secondary Emergency Warning Signal (EWS). The focus of this Phase 2 work is to warn trespassers of an approaching train through the...

Solid-State Welding of Signal Wire Attachment

More reliable signal wire attachments can reduce uncertainty, improve safety, and reduce operational costs. This report investigates the causes of failures at these attachments and develop an alternative signal wire-to-rail attachment process. EWI modified an earlier design of the brass stud to...

Monthly Report on the Performance and Service Quality of Intercity Passenger Train Operations March 2021

HQ-2020-1399

On October 29, 2020, at approximately 7:25 a.m., CDT, a Kansas City Southern Railway Company (KCS) northbound (timetable direction) mixed freight train (MBMSH-29), handling 95 loads, 60 empties with 4 locomotives (configured 4 x 0) at an estimated speed of 39 mph derailed 25 (15 loaded and 10...

North Rail Connector Project

The Jackson County Port Authority (JCPA) proposes to construct the North Rail Connector (the Project).  The Project would connect existing rail owned by Mississippi Export Railroad (MSE) that crosses over the Escatawpa River in Moss Point, Mississippi, to existing...

Delray Connecting Railroad 240 Program Approval Letter