Reliability and Endurance Testing of Locomotive Waste Heat Recovery System

From August 20, 2012, to September 30, 2015, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) sponsored this research for the optimization and testing of a non-invasive locomotive retrofit technology, Locomotive Waste Heat Recovery System (WHRS) dedicated to capturing and converting locomotive waste...

The FRA Administrator’s Declaration of Emergency Event: Tropical Storm Cristobal

The FRA Administrator’s Declaration of Emergency Event: Tropical Storm Cristobal

Pursuant to Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) § 211.45, Federal Railroad Administration Administrator Ronald L. Batory has determined that the imminent threat of Tropical Storm Cristobal with possible hurricane force winds, flooding rains, power outages, and coastal flooding...

Revisions Waiver Use by Group/Railroad/Type/Location (5.30.20)

Performance of Tank Car Pressure Relief Devices Under Fire Conditions

Between August and October 2018, an initial series of tests with water as lading were conducted at Underwriters Laboratories (UL) in Northbrook, IL, to confirm test and instrumentation setup and baseline PRD performance. In August 2019, a subsequent series of tests using ethanol, a flammable...

Washington Union Station Expansion Project Draft EIS: Appendix E2 Links to Public Information Materials

Washington Union Station Expansion Project Draft EIS: Appendix E1 Agency Correspondence

Washington Union Station Expansion Project Draft EIS: Appendix D1a Appendices to Draft Section 106 Assessment of Effects

Washington Union Station Expansion Project Draft EIS: Appendix D1 Draft Section 106 Assessment of Effects

Washington Union Station Expansion Project Draft EIS: Appendix C3a Aesthetics and Visual Quality: Visual Assessment