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Blast Effects of a Non-Pressure LIquid Tank

Current world events have demonstrated the use of commercial vehicles, other unconventional modes of transportation and unusual materials as explosives or incendiary weapons, affecting commerce, disrupting cities and even entire societies. Since the implementation of the Organized Crime Control act...

Safety of Remote Control Locomotive Operations (Interim Report)

By letter dated September 2, 2003, the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Committee) requested that the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) conduct an assessment of the impact of remote control locomotive (RCL) operations on safety, including a comparison of the rate of accidents...

HQ-2015-1047 (Finalized)

On May 6, 2015, at 7:30 a.m. (CDT), an eastbound BNSF Railway (BNSF) loaded petroleum crude oil unit train, UTIOCXP0- 44T, derailed six loaded oil tank cars (consist positions 84 through 89), near the town of Heimdal, North Dakota, while operating at a recorded speed of 24 mph. The town of Heimdal...

HQ-2016-1142 (Finalized)

On June 27, 2016, at approximately 6:00 p.m., MDT, a westbound Union Pacific Railroad (UP) loaded Intermodal Train, KG1LAC-26, derailed 19 rail cars/platforms, of its 130-car/platform train. The accident/incident occurred approximately 8 miles west of Green River, Wyoming, at Milepost (MP) 824.81,...