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PTC Annual Report for 2015: BNSF Railway

At its maximum BNSF had 19 subdivisions in Revenue Service Demonstration during 2015. In September 2015 BNSF contracted that number down to 6 subdivisions in order to perform a detailed Reliability Study and Root Cause Analysis for the most impactful issues to operating with PTC. As BNSF and its...

PTC Annual Report for 2015: Alaska Railroad

AKRR finished the installation of I‐ETMS on the entire AKRR locomotive and cab car fleet of 54 units by July 2015. Freight train brake algorithm testing in the field was accomplished in May 2015 after AKRR completed all of the field validation and verification of Anchorage to Seward and Whittier...

PTC Annual Report for 2015: Amtrak

Amtrak implemented its ACSES system on the NEC between New Rochelle, NY and Washington, DC in 2015. Amtrak had previously completed its PTC implementation on the Michigan Line between Porter, IN and Kalamazoo, MI. Radio Spectrum was purchased for the NEC, Harrisburg Line, Springfield Line and...

Railroad Safety Infrastructure Improvement Grants

This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO or notice) details the application requirements and procedures for obtaining grant funding for eligible projects under the Railroad Safety Infrastructure Improvement Grant program. The opportunities described in this notice are available under Catalog of...

Railroad Industry Modal Profile

In 2011, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Office of Research, Development, and Technology (RD&T) published the first edition of the “Railroad Industry Modal Profile: An Outline of the Railroad Industry Workforce Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities” in response to the DOT National...

Transrapid Maglev System - Guideway History Overview

This report provides a brief history of the development and application of the Transrapid Maglev System Guideway from the initial application in 1979 to the current versions available for application projects around the world. Information is also provided on which guideway styles and types will be...