Railroads
American Association of State and Highway Transportation Officials - AASHTO
The American Association of State and Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO) is a non-profit, no partisan association representing all five transportation modes; air, highways, public transportation, rail and water in the 50 states, District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. NOTE: Can be a very slow-loading site.
URL: http://www.transportation.org/
American Society of Safety Engineers - ASSE
Founded in 1911, the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) is the oldest and largest professional safety organization. Its members manage, supervise, and consult on safety, health and environmental issues in industry, insurance, government and education.
URL: http://www.asse.org/
American Society for Testing Materials - ASTM
The American Society for Testing Materials (ASTM) provides a global forum for the development and publication of voluntary consensus standards for materials, products, systems and services. ASTM standards serve as the basis for manufacturing, procurement and regulatory activities.
URL: http://www.astm.org/
Center for Transportation Analysis - CTA
The Center for Transportation Analysis (CTA) in the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) develops integrated inter-modal transportation solutions through innovative and cost-effective research and development.
URL: http://cta.ornl.gov/cta/
Construction Web Links
Construction Web Links online offers links to thousands of Web sites relevant to the construction and facility management industries. It is organized into three primary sections: organizations, government agencies and private businesses. All links are annotated with a brief description.
URL: http://www.constructionweblinks.com/
Department of Transportation - DOT
Search the Department of Transportation (DOT) to find information about the departments organizations, their initiatives, reports and publications, also has related links and library resources.
URL: http://www.dot.gov/
Environmental Protection Agency - EPA
The EPA is responsible for protecting human health and to safeguard the natural environment. Browse site to find info on laws and regulations, educational resources, and programs.
URL: http://www.epa.gov/
Federal Railroad Administration - FRA
The Federal Railroad Administration Office of Safety Analysis was established for the purpose of making railroad safety information readily available to a broad constituency which includes FRA personnel, railroad companies, research and planning organizations and the public in general. Find information on accidents and incidents, highway-rail crossing data, run queries and download safety data base files.
URL: http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/officeofsafety/
National Transportation Safety Board - NTSB
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is an independent federal agency that investigates every civil aviation accident in U.S. and significant accidents in other modes of transportation.
URL: http://www.ntsb.gov/
NTSB Publications - Railroad Accident Reports
NTSB Railroad Accident Reports and recent publications are available online in PDF, which requires the free Acrobat Reader from Adobe.
URL: http://www.ntsb.gov/Publictn/R_Acc.htm
NTSB - Railroad
National Transportation Safety Board's Railroad page, find accident information as well as publications and issues.
URL: http://www.ntsb.gov/Surface/Railroad/Railroad.htm
Operation Lifesave - Rail Safety Education
Operation Lifesave - Rail Safety Education is a nationwide nonprofit program dedicated to reducing collisions, injuries and fatalities at highway-railroad crossings. Also offers crash statistics.
URL: http://www.oli.org/
Railroad Accidents and Wrecks - North East Rails
Railroad Accidents and Wrecks - North East Rails offers railroad photos organized by engine model, specializing in Steamtown, PA and NE Pennsylvania. Includes rail site links for US, Canada, Mexico and wrecks dating back to the 1800's.
URL: http://www.northeast.railfan.net/wreck.html
Railroad Systems Division from RITA | Volpe Center
The Railroad Systems Division provides systems engineering level and technology specific expertise in the field of railroad safety.
URL: http://www.volpe.dot.gov/rail/
Transportation Security Administration - TSA
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is delivering on its commitment to leverage new technology to secure the nation’s airports and other modes of transportation.
URL: http://www.tsa.gov/
TranStats (U.S. Department of Transportation's [DOT] Intermodal Transportation Database)
Use TranStats to locate data and statistics regarding air, road, and rail transportation.
URL: http://www.transtats.bts.gov/
