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HQ-2016-1140 (Finalized)

On June 26, 2016, at 9:45 a.m., MDT, westbound Amtrak Train ATK 3-1-25 struck a 2005 Chrysler Town & Country passenger van with six occupants on BNSF Railway’s (BNSF) Powder River Division, Raton Subdivision near Trinidad, Colorado. The collision occurred at Las Animas County Road 75.1 (CO 75.1...

Impact Test of a Diesel Multiple Unit Fuel Tank

On June 28, 2016, the Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) Office of Research, Development and Technology performed a dynamic impact test of a fuel tank from a Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU) rail vehicle with support from the Department of Transportation’s John A. Volpe National Transportation...

Performance of No. 20 Frogs of Various Designs in Revenue Service

Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI) tested and evaluated the performance of four No. 20 fixed-point frogs on the Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) track as part of the jointly funded Association of American Railroads (AAR) and Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Heavy Axle Load (HAL)...