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Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Trackbed Moisture Sensor System

In this initial phase, conducted from March 2015 through December 2016, Vista Clara and its subcontractor Zetica Rail successfully developed and tested a man-portable, non-invasive spot-check nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) moisture sensor that directly measured moisture on water content in...

HQ-2016-1139 (Finalized)

On June 13, 2016, at approximately 4:00 a.m., EDT, CSX Transportation (CSX) mixed freight Train Q37312, operating west by timetable direction, at a recorded speed of 24 mph, with 8 head-end locomotives, 18 loads and 106 empties, 6,708 tons, and 8,341 feet in length, derailed 13 cars in Baltimore...