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11 Sep 2018

Emergency Declarations

The FRA Administrator’s Declaration of Emergency Event: Hurricane Florence

Subject Emergency Preparedness

Keywords: Hurricane Florence

FRA Docket Number

FRA-2018-0013

8 Dec 2017

Accident Investigations

HQ-2017-1237 (Finalized)

Subject Accident Investigations, Freight Operations, Hazardous Materials

Keywords: Accident Investigations, CSX, Hazardous Materials

Abstract: On December 8, 2017, at 2:08 p.m., EST, eastbound CSX Transportation (CSX) mixed freight Train Q40407, consisting of 3 locomotives and 141 cars (66 loads/75 empties), derailed 31...

Accident Date

December 8, 2017

Accident Type

Derailment (DRM)

Railroad Name

CSX Transportation

Location

Union, NJ
United States

Accident Number

HQ-2017-1237

Investigation Status

Finalized

29 Nov 2017

Technical Reports

Improved Concrete Crosstie and Fastening Systems for US High Speed Passenger Rail and Joint Corridors: Volume 1 – Project Summary Report

Author

Federal Railroad Administration

Subject Freight Operations, Passenger Rail

Keywords: Concrete crossties, fastening systems, flexural behavior, mechanistic design, infrastructure components, finite element modeling, field experimentation

Abstract: Rail corridors often experience a wide variety of passenger and freight train loads, track geometry characteristics, and environmental conditions. These factors must be considered...

Report Number

DOT/FRA/ORD-17/23

Office

RDI-21

29 Nov 2017

Technical Reports

Improved Concrete Crosstie and Fastening Systems for US High Speed Passenger Rail and Joint Corridors: Volume 2

Author

Federal Railroad Administration

Subject Freight Operations, Passenger Rail

Keywords: Concrete crossties, fastening systems, flexural behavior, mechanistic design, infrastructure components, finite element modeling, finite element, FE, finite element analysis, FEA, field experimentation

Report Number

DOT/FRA/ORD-17/23

Office

RDI-21

18 Nov 2017

Accident Investigations

HQ-2017-1234 (Finalized)

Subject Accident Investigations, Freight Operations, Passenger Rail

Keywords: Accident Investigations, NS, Freight Operations, Passenger Rail, Norfolk Southern Railway Company

Abstract: On Saturday, November 18, 2017, at 8:37 p.m., EST, Norfolk Southern (NS) Train U43U918 (the train) traveling east, derailed 38 cars on the NS St. Charles Branch (Pocahontas...

Accident Date

November 18, 2017