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Accident Investigations
HQ-2018-1266 (Finalized)
Keywords: derailment; BNSF Railway Company; Saginaw, TX; human factors
Abstract: At approximately 1:30 a.m., CDT, BNSF Railway (BNSF) derailed 18 railcars in the Saginaw, Texas Yard, at Milepost (MP) 351.4 on the Ft. Worth Subdivision. The switch crew handling...
Saginaw, TX
United States
Accident Investigations
HQ-2018-1265 (Finalized)
Keywords: derailment; CSX Transportation; Lebanon Junction, KY
Abstract: At 3:21 p.m., EST, CSX Transportation (CSX) southbound freight train Q24129 (Train 1) derailed 2 locomotives and 19 loaded auto carriers at CSX Milepost (MP) 00026.7, on the...
Lebanon Junction, KY
United States
Quarterly Performance Reports
Quarterly Report on the Performance and Service Quality of Intercity Passenger Train Operations Q2 2018
Keywords: Quarterly Report on the Performance and Service Quality of Intercity Passenger Train Operations Q2 2018
Abstract: Quarterly Report on the Performance and Service Quality of Intercity Passenger Train Operations Q2 2018
Technical Reports
Next Generation Track Circuits
Keywords: Next generation track circuits, NGTC, Communications-Based Train Control, CBTC, Positive Train Control, PTC, moving blocks, movement authorities
Abstract: The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) sponsored a project from June 8, 2015, through June 7, 2017, in which Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI) investigated concepts...
Accident Investigations
HQ-2018-1262 (Finalized)
Keywords: Derailment, BNSF,
Abstract: On April 7, 2018, at approximately 6:08 a.m., MDT, westbound BNSF Railway (BNSF) loaded unit grain train G-DRATAC-9-05H derailed 30 loaded covered hopper cars. The derailed cars...
Oswego, MT
United States