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The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is an operating administration within the U.S. Department of Transportation and subject to the Department’s FOIA Regulation (49 C.F.R. Part 7.42). Freedom of Information Act which is a federal statute codified at Title 5, United States Code, § 552,  a Federal law gives the public access to Federal agency records except to the extent records are exempt from disclosure under one or more of the nine (9) exemptions of the Freedom of Information Act.

HQ-2019-1368

On October 9, 2019, at approximately 12:25 p.m., EDT, a southbound Norfolk Southern Railway Company (NS) freight Train 32109 (Train 1) derailed at Milepost (MP) 28.3G on the NS Georgia Division,Macon District near Perry, Georgia. Train 1 was traveling at a recorded speed of 42 mph, when a DP...

HQ-2019-1344

On Wednesday, June 19, 2019, at approximately 9:49 a.m., PDT, westbound Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) freight train MNPRV-17 (Train 1) derailed 27 cars at approximately Milepost (MP) 611.25 on UP's Lakeside Subdivision. The derailment occurred approximately 5 miles east of Wells, Nevada,...