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2018
Research Results
Impact Test of a Diesel Multiple Unit Fuel Tank
Author
          Federal Railroad Administration

Subject
                    Passenger Rail

**Keywords:** Fuel tanks, finite element modeling, FE, diesel multiple unit, DMU, impact testing, puncture resistance, finite element analysis, FEA, passenger locomotive
**Abstract:** On June 28, 2016, the Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) Office of Research, Development and Technology performed a dynamic impact test of a fuel tank from a Diesel...
Report Number
              RR 18-05

  Office
              RDI-22
    15
Feb
2018
Accident Investigations
HQ-2018-1253 (Finalized)

Subject
                    Accident Investigations,
                    Passenger Rail

**Keywords:** Derailment, Accident, New York, NS, Freight Trains
**Abstract:** On February 15, 2018, at approximately 4:07 p.m., EST, eastbound Norfolk Southern freight train (NS)
28NH714 traveling on single main track in Traffic Controlled System (TCS)...
Accident Date
              February 15, 2018

  Accident Type
              Derailment (DRM)

  Railroad Name
              Norfolk Southern Railway Company

  Location
              Attica, NYUnited States

  Accident Number
              HQ-2018-1253

  Investigation Status
              Finalized
    31
Jan
2018
Accident Investigations
HQ-2018-1249 (Finalized)

Subject
                    Accident Investigations,
                    Amtrak,
                    Highway-Rail Grade Crossings,
                    Passenger Rail

**Keywords:** grade crossing incident; Amtrak; Crozet, VA; fatalities
**Abstract:** At approximately 11:16 a.m., EST, a westbound National Passenger Railroad Corporation (Amtrak) passenger train traveling on single main track in TCS territory collided with a...
Accident Date
              January 31, 2018

  Accident Type
              Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Incident (HRX)

  Railroad Name
              Amtrak

  Location
              Crozet, VAUnited States

  Accident Number
              HQ-2018-1249

  Investigation Status
              Finalized
    18
Dec
2017
Accident Investigations
HQ-2017-1239 (Finalized)

Subject
                    Accident Investigations,
                    Amtrak,
                    Human Factors,
                    Occupant Protection,
                    Passenger Rail

**Keywords:** derailment; Amtrak; DuPont, WA; Cascades passenger train service; fatalities; human factors
**Abstract:** At 7:33 a.m., PST, southbound National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) Passenger Train Number 501 (Train 501) derailed in an 8-degree, 22-minute, left-hand curve at...
Accident Date
              December 18, 2017

  Accident Type
              Derailment (DRM)

  Railroad Name
              Amtrak 501

  Location
              DuPont, WAUnited States

  Accident Number
              HQ-2017-1239

  Investigation Status
              Finalized
    18
Nov
2017
Accident Investigations
HQ-2017-1234 (Finalized)

Subject
                    Accident Investigations,
                    Freight Operations,
                    Passenger Rail

**Keywords:** Accident Investigations, NS, Freight Operations, Passenger Rail, Norfolk Southern Railway Company
**Abstract:** On Saturday, November 18, 2017, at 8:37 p.m., EST, Norfolk Southern (NS) Train U43U918 (the train) traveling east, derailed 38 cars on the NS St. Charles Branch (Pocahontas...
Accident Date
              November 18, 2017

  Accident Type
              Other Impact Accident (OTI)

  Railroad Name
              Norfolk Southern Railway Company

  Location
              Imboden, VAUnited States

  Accident Number
              HQ-2017-1234

  Investigation Status
              Finalized

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