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Baltimore’s Railroad Network: Analysis and Recommendations
This report is a feasibility study and the second part of a study requested by Congress following a fire from a derailment in the Howard Street Tunnel on July 18, 2001. This fire essentially suspended commercial activity in downtown Baltimore for nearly a week and forced rail traffic to...
Record of Decision for the East Side Access Project
This is a Record of Decision (ROD) of the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), an operating administration of the U.S. Department of Transportation, regarding the East Side Access (ESA) Project. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) filed an application with the FRA for a loan to...
FRA Post-Accident Testing Guidance & Definitions Revised and Effective January 8, 2021
FRA Post-Accident Testing Guidance & DefinitionsWork schedules, sleep, fatigue, and accidents in the US railroad industry
Objective: The objective of this report is to provide a comprehensive description of fatigue in US railroad workers employed in safety-sensitive positions. Methods: Five survey studies were conducted between 2006 and 2011 on maintenance of way employees, signalmen, dispatchers, train &...
Positive Train Control NPRM Notice of Clarification
In response to a petition for rulemaking, FRA proposed, in a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) dated December 11, 2012, amendments to regulations implementing a requirement of the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008 that certain passenger and freight railroads install positive train control (...ACSES Simulator
Please click the following link to access the simulator: http://www.fra.dot.gov/static/developers_bundle_v1.2.1.zip
ACSES Simulator Developers Kit
Please click the following link to access the developers kit http://www.fra.dot.gov/static/developers_bundle_v1.2.1.zip.