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12 Nov 2015

Presentations

Lightning Talk: TO 16 Northeast Amtrak Capital, Debt, and Operating Grants (Amtrak)

Presenter

Steven Peck

Audience

2015 FRA Rail Program Delivery Meeting

Location

Washington, DC
United States

9 Nov 2015

Technical Reports

High-Security Fencing for Rail Right-of-way Applications: Current Use and Best Practices

Author

Federal Railroad Administration

Keywords: Railroading; trespassing; fencing, security

Abstract: The Volpe Center investigated how high-security fencing is used to prevent right-of-way (ROW) trespassing at several urban transit and commuter rail agencies in the United States...

Report Number

DOT/FRA/ORD-15/38

Office

RDI-23

7 Nov 2015

Accident Investigations

HQ-2015-1094 (Finalized)

Subject Accident Investigations, Hazardous Materials

Keywords: Accident Investigations, Hazardous Materials

Abstract: On November 7, 2015, at 8:45 a.m., CST, eastbound BNSF Railway (BNSF) Mixed-Freight Train H-NTWKCK-9-06 derailed 25 cars while operating on BNSF’s Chicago Division, St. Croix...

Accident Date

November 7, 2015

Accident Type

Derailment (DRM)

Railroad Name

BNSF Railway Company

Location

Alma, WI
United States

Accident Number

HQ-2015-1094

Investigation Status

Finalized

3 Nov 2015

Safety Advisories

Addressing Rail Head Surface Conditions Identified during the Internal Rail Inspection Process

Subject Safety Advisories

Keywords: Mount Carbon, derailment, crude, oil, West Virginia, WV, CSX

Abstract: FRA is issuing this Safety Advisory No. 2015-05 to remind track owners (typically railroads), their track maintenance personnel, and their rail flaw detection equipment operators...

Safety Advisory Number

2015-05

2 Nov 2015

Technical Reports

Accident Report of Chicago Metra Commuter Train Derailment on September 17, 2005

Author

Federal Railroad Administration

Keywords: Commuter rail; rail cars; occupant survivability; derailment; collision; injury; impacts

Abstract: On Saturday, September 17, 2005, Metra commuter train 504 was heading north from Joliet to Chicago on the Rock Island District Line operated by the Northeast Illinois Regional...