General
HQ-2021-1430
On June 6, 2021, at approximately 10:45 a.m. CDT, Union Pacific Railroad (UP) grain train GSJO3D- 04 (Train 1), handling 107 loads, 0 empties at 6,494 feet and 15,278 tons, was traveling southbound on UP’s Austin Subdivision when 39 cars derailed at milepost (MP) 215.58 in San Marcos,...
HQ-2020-1403
On December 25, 2020, at approximately 6:37 a.m. CST, Union Pacific Railroad Company’s (UP) southbound mixed freight train MSSDM-24 with 3 conventionally configured locomotives handling 100 loads, 8 empties, at 7,408 feet in length and 13,050 tons derailed 24 cars (18 loads/ 6 empties) at...
Brightline Phase III: Tampa to Orlando
Brightline Trains, LLC (Brightline) proposes to construct a high-speed passenger rail system between Tampa and Orlando, Florida. Presently, passenger mobility in the Tampa-Orlando corridor is provided primarily by highways, particularly I-4. Projected transportation demand and travel growth, as prompted by social demand and economic development and compared to existing and future roadway capacity, show a serious deficit in available capacity. In addition, increasing population, employment, and tourism rates continue to elevate travel demand in the study corridor.