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On Wednesday, July 10, 2019, at 5:22 a.m., PDT, a westbound Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) freight train, MNPWCB-08 (Train 1), traveling at a recorded speed of 35 mph, derailed 32 loaded bi-level autorack cars. The derailment occurred at Milepost (MP) 432.8 on the UP's Caliente...
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Sadly, many of these deaths and injuries are preventable. Click on the links below and on the left navigation menu for tools and resources and learn more about what you can do to reduce highway-rail grade crossing and trespassing incidents.
Union Station Redevelopment Corporation (USRC) is the Project Sponsor for the Washington Union Station Project (Project). The purpose of the Project is to expand and modernize Washington Union Station (Station), the National Capital Region’s principal intermodal transportation hub....
This study describes in general terms the present status of grade crossing inventories, improvement programs and other significant considerations. It identifies available information with respect to the cost of accidents and motor vehicle operations, as well as the preparation of estimates of...
The constraints on innovative grade crossing protective systems are delineated and guidelines for development indicated. Inventory data has been arranged to permit an estimate of the classes of systems needed, the allowable costs, and contribution of various types of crossings to accidents. Many...
A field demonstration study in support of the evaluation of alternative railway-highway grade crossing accident countermeasures was conducted. Guidelines were provided for the development of countermeasure concepts, the selection of candidate countermeasures, countermeasures evaluation methods,...
This report is a preliminary examination of special aspects of grade crossing protection for operation of high-speed passenger trains in rail corridors for which complete grade separation is not possible. Overall system needs and constraints are indicated, and their implications examined....