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Track Safety Standards; Inspections of Joints in Continous Welded Rail (CWR)
Effective March 25, 2014, CWR Fracture Reports/Submissions will not be required per the Notice of Final Rulemaking.
Federal Register January 24, 2014
FRA Continuous Welded Rail (CWR) Plan
– Effective December, 2017
Submission of CWR Plans
Please forward ALL CWR Plan submissions by email to:
Matthew Brewer,
Staff Director – Rail Integrity Division
Matthew.brewer@dot.gov
Mailing address:
500 E. Broadway, Suite 240
Vancouver, WA 98660
(202) 385-2209
AND
Medenia K. Dashiell,
Railroad Safety Specialist – Rail Integrity Division
Medenia.dashiell@dot.gov
Mailing address:
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE, W38-224
Washington, DC 20590
(202) 493-1350
The Final Rule as it appears in the Federal Register can be found at:
http://www.fra.dot.gov/eLib/Details/L03219
CWR Generic Plan
Click here to download
CWR Joint Fracture Report
Submission of Fracture Reports
Submissions for January-June data are due to the FRA by 7/31/2007.
Click here to download
Data Dictionary
To assist with data collection process, the FRA has provided several methods for submitting the Continuous Welded Rail (CWR) fracture reports. Railroads can submit their reports by using fillable Adobe PDF file, electronic submission using eXtensible Markup Language (XML) format, Excel spreadsheet, or traditional paper form.
Options available for data submission to FRA:
Web submission
This option allows the railroad to create a user account and directly upload PDF, XML, and XLS files to a CWR website.
Electronic submission: Data submission using eXtensible Markup Language (XML) format
This option allows the railroad to decide how best to capture the information, yet still submit it to FRA in a standard and valid way. The FRA has provided a XML Schema Dictionary (XSD), which defines the data format the FRA will accept. The railroads can submit their data to the FRA by sending the XML files directly to the FRA via email
RsisSupport@dot.gov
.
Fillable PDF format
This option uses a fillable Adobe PDF file to capture and submit the data. The railroad can complete each report and submit the Adobe generated XML file to the FRA via submit button located on the form. The submit button will email the XML file to a predetermined email address
RsisSupport@dot.gov
provide in the form.
EXCEL Spreadsheet format
This option allows the railroad to enter data into an Excel Spreadsheet. The spreadsheet contains drop-down lists and validation for each field in the CWR report. When completed, the railroad can email the spreadsheet to the FRA at
RsisSupport@dot.gov
.
Paper copy of form
This option allows the railroad to print and manually complete a hardcopy form. The railroads can submit the paper forms to
Carlo Patrick
Federal Railroad Administration
RRS-17
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE
Washington DC, 20590