Brightline West – Cajon Pass High-Speed Rail Project

Brightline West, the Project Sponsor, proposes to construct and operate the Cajon Pass High-Speed Rail Project (Project), a 49-mile train system capable of reaching a top speed of approximately 140 miles per hour (mph) between Victor Valley, California, and Rancho Cucamonga, California. The Project includes two railway stations—one in Hesperia, and one in Rancho Cucamonga. The station in Victor Valley was approved as part of a separate project that was evaluated in the DesertXpress Final Environmental Impact Statement (Final EIS; FRA 2011). 

North Rail Connector Project: Finding of No Significant Impact

FY 2021 Federal-State Partnership for State of Good Repair Grant Program Webinar

New Hampshire Capitol Corridor Project: Service Development Plan

New Hampshire Capitol Corridor Project: Environmental Assessment

New Hampshire Capitol Corridor Project: Finding of No Significant Impact

FAMES Alert

Wheel Failure Investigation Program: Phase 2

Although rare, broken wheel derailments tend to be more catastrophic than other derailment types as a sudden fracture can occur in service at revenue train speeds. It is very difficult to detect the hidden defects which cause such events, prior to failure. In February 2016, the Federal Railroad...

Side Impact Test of a DOT-113 Surrogate Tank Car with Water

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) conducted a side impact test of a surrogate DOT-113 tank car at Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI) to evaluate its performance under dynamic impact conditions and to provide data for the verification and refinement of a computational model....

FRA Office of Research, Development and Technology - Current Projects 2022