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HQ-2015-1061 (Finalized)

Summary Report: On July 1, 2015, at 11:45 p.m., EDT, a southbound CSX Transportation (CSX) freight train, Number S541-01 (“the accident train”), originating in Cincinnati, Ohio, and consisting of two locomotives, 45 loaded, and 12 empty freight cars, derailed. Only the 37th car, a tank car with...

Texas-Oklahoma Passenger Rail Study Service-Level FEIS ROD-MAIN TEXT

This Final Service-level Environmental Impact Statement ·(FEIS) considers development of an Intercity passenger rail system that enhances existing passenger rail service and provides new passenger rail service between Oklahoma City and South Texas (Laredo, Corpus Christi, Brownsville), with...

19059

On May 13, 2016, at approximately 12:32 p.m., PDT, westbound Amtrak Passenger Train No. 713, traveling at a recorded speed of 79 mph on BNSF Railway’s (BNSF) main line track, struck a motor vehicle at a private highway-rail grade crossing near the city of Madera, California. As a result of the...

The FRA Acting Administrator's Declaration of Emergency Event

Pursuant to Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) § 211.45, Federal Railroad Administration Acting Administrator Heath Hall has determined that the imminent threat of Tropical Storm Nate, with potential hurricane force winds, severe storm surge, flooding rains, and potential power...