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Rail Transportation Engineering (RTE)
Resources for Penn State Altoona faculty, staff, and students researching railroad transportation engineering topics.
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Professional Organizations
Websites
Surface Transportation Board
Data on BNSF, CN, CP, CSX, Kansas City Southern, Norfolk Southern, and Union Pacific Railways.
Railroad Data
Provides links to over 5,000 railroad websites.
Railway Technology
Provides news, analysis, and in-depth reports on railway industry technology.
Eurostat
Statistics on rail transportation infrastructure, equipment, traffic, goods, and passengers in the European Union.
Transport Canada
Provides regulations, standards, and safety information for Canadian railroads.
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
Pan-European forum on technical, legal and policy information, and best practices in international rail transport.
World Bank Transport
Information on projects and transportation research worldwide. Includes information on railways.
US Government Websites
Federal Railroad Administration
Includes accidents, conference proceedings, safety, research, legal reports, and regulations.
Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office (ITS-PO)
Works with Federal Railroad Administration to plan, promote, and execute research programs.
Volpe National Transportation Center
Advances transportation innovation for the public good. Includes research center for railroads.
Rail Travel Statistics
Bureau of Transportation Statistics information on railroad use, safety, accidents, and facilities
National Transportation Statistics
Browse databases, surveys, reports and other statistical products.
The National Transportation Library (NTL)
Repository of U.S. Department of Transportation information and serves as a portal to transportation data.
Transportation Energy Data Book
Provides data on transportation. Railroads are included under non-highway Modes of transportation
National Transportation Safety Board
Federal agency that investigates significant accidents in all modes of transportation including railroads.
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