Low Ground Clearance Vehicle Detection and Warning

The Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) Office of Research, Development and Technology (RD&T) sponsored a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project from July 31, 2014, to July 29, 2016. This took place at the Advanced Technology and Research Corporation (ATR) facility in...

SOFA Switching Fatality and Severe Injury Update 4th Quarter 2018

The FRA Administrator’s Declaration of Emergency Event: Extreme Flooding

A Wire Indent Profiling System for the Assessment of Crosstie Bond and Splitting Propensity

Railroad Freight Car Remote Controlled Electrically Driven Set & Release Hand Brake (EDHB) – Optimization for Increased Reliability and Performance

From April 2014 to September 2019, the Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) Office of Research, Development and Technology worked with Sharma & Associates, Inc. (SA) on an ongoing project to develop prototype Electrically Driven Set and Release Hand Brakes (EDHB) that were engineered and...

Actions Taken to Implement Unmet Statutory Mandates and Address Open Recommendations by the National Transportation Safety Board and the Department of Transportation's Inspector General Regarding Railroad Safety

DOTX 304 May Schedule 2019

Quarterly Progress Report Form – Positive Train Control Implementation

DOTX 221 Schedule May 2019

Data Analysis for Maintenance-of-Way Worker Fatigue

This report examines the relationship between accidents and incidents amongst U.S. maintenance-of-way (MOW) employees and their corresponding work schedules to determine if fatigue-related factors potentially contributed to the events. Ten U.S. railroads participated in the study by providing...