FRA F 6180.277 Class I Freight-Train Length Reporting

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Overview

PRA Statement
Email Submission Instruction
Form FRA F 6180.277

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Sheet 1: PRA Statement

						Form FRA F 6180.277
						OMB Control No. 2130-XXXX
Class I Freight-Train Length Reporting
The reporting burden for this information collection is estimated to be on average 8 hours per response per year, which includes the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, a federal agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, nor shall a person be subject to a penalty for failure to comply with, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number. The valid OMB control number for this information collection is 2130-NEW. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to Information Collection Clearance Officer, Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Research, Data, and Innovation, 1200 New Jersey Ave S.E., Washington D.C. 20590 or at email: [email protected]. In any comments, please reference OMB Control No. 2130-XXXX, Docket No. FRA-2023-0002.
						OMB Approval Granted XX/XX/XXXX
						OMB Approval Expires XX/XX/XXXX

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Sheet 2: Email Submission Instruction

To submit Form FRA F 6180.277 (Class I Freight-Train Length Reporting) via email:

1. Download the workbook and open it in a spreadsheet program.

2. Fill out the "Form FRA F 6180.277" tab completely.

3. Submit the entire workbook with the completed "Form FRA F 6180.277" by email to [email protected] within 30 days after expiration of each monthly reporting period.

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Sheet 3: Form FRA F 6180.277

Field Id	Field Name	Value	Description and Instruction
F1	Reporting Railroad Name	Enter the reporting railroad name	The full name of the reporting railroad.
F2	Reporting Railroad Code	Enter the reporting railroad alphabetic code	The reporting railroad alphabetic code must match the code used in the submission of form FRA F 6180.54 to FRA.
F3	Reporting Period	Enter the date	Year and month of the reported data. This is typically the current year and previous month. Please enter it in a two-digit month and four-digit year format (e.g., 05/2023).
F4	Maximum Train Length	Enter the length in feet	Report the length of the longest train in the reporting period (including en route pickups).
F5	Top Category Train Length	Enter number here	Report, in feet, the train length representing the 95th percentile of all the train lengths in the reporting period. Note that this represents the value that five percent of the trains exceed in length during the reporting period.
F6	Maximum Trailing Tonnage	Enter the maximum trailing tonnage	Report the trailing tonnage for the train that had the maximum trailing tonnage (including enroute pickup) during the reporting period.
F7	Total Trailing Tonnage	Leave this space blank and enter the data for all three subcategories below	Report total trailing tonnage for trains in the specified train length categories in the reporting period. A train is defined by its specific train ID or number between source and destination.
F7.A	Category: Less than or equal to 7500 Feet	Enter number here	Report total trailing tonnage for trains that are less than or equal to 7500 feet.
F7.B	Category: Greater than 7500 Feet	Enter number here	Report total trailing tonnage for trains that are greater than 7500 feet.
F7.C	Category: Top Category Train Length	Enter number here	Report total trailing tonnage for trains that exceed or are equal to the length corresponding to the Top Category Train Length. Top Category Train Length corresponds to value entered in field F5 above.
F8	Total Number of Trains	Leave this space blank and enter the data for all three subcategories below	Report total number of trains operated in the reporting period. A train is defined by its specific train ID between source and destination.
F8.A	Category: Less than or equal to 7500 Feet	Enter number here	Report total number of trains that are less than or equal to 7500 feet.
F8.B	Category: Greater than 7500 Feet	Enter number here	Report total number of trains that are greater than 7500 feet.
F8.C	Category: Top Category Train Length	Enter number here	Report total number of trains that exceed or are equal to the length corresponding to the Top Category Train Length. Top Category Train Length corresponds to value entered in field F5 above.
F9	Total Train Miles Traveled	Leave this space blank and enter the data for all three subcategories below	Report the total number of miles traveled by trains during the reporting period. A train is defined by its specific train ID or number between a source and destination.
F9.A	Category: Less than or equal to 7500 Feet	Enter number here	Report the total number of miles traveled by trains less than or equal to 7500 feet.
F9.B	Category: Greater than 7500 Feet	Enter number here	Report the total number of miles traveled that are greater than 7500 feet.
F9.C	Category: Top Category Train Length	Enter number here	Report the total number of miles traveled that exceed or are equal to the length corresponding to Top Category Train Length. Top Category Train Length corresponds to value entered in field F5 above.
F10	Total Number of Rolling Equipment	Leave this space blank and enter the data for all three subcategories below	Report the total number of locomotives and cars in trains during the reporting period. If a train picks up or sets out cars during transit, report the maximum value for the train in the overall calculation.
F10.A	Category: Less than or equal to 7500 Feet	Enter number here	Report the total number of rolling equipment in trains that are less than or equal to 7500 feet.
F10.B	Category: Greater than 7500 Feet	Enter number here	Report the total number of rolling equipment in trains that are greater than 7500 feet.
F10.C	Category: Top Category Train Length	Enter number here	Report the total number of rolling equipment in trains that exceed or equal length corresponding to Top Category Train Length. Top Category Train Length corresponds to value entered in field F5 above.
F11	Form 57 Reportable Accidents/Incidents Length	Leave this space blank and enter the data for all three subcategories below	Report a comma-separated list of Railroad Accident/Incident Nos. for accidents/incidents that are reportable to FRA via Form 6180.57. These Railroad Accidents/Incidents should match those received as per reporting required by 49 C.F.R. § 225.19(c).
F11.A	Category: Less than or equal to 7500 Feet	A comma separated list of Railroad Accident/Incident No.	Report a comma-separated list of Railroad Accident/Incident Nos. for FRA reportable incidents/accidents involving trains that are less than or equal to 7500 feet and are reported to FRA via Form 6180.57.
F11.B	Category: Greater than 7500 Feet	A comma separated list of Railroad Accident/Incident No.	Report a comma-separated list of Railroad Accident/Incident Nos. for FRA reportable incidents/accidents involving trains that are greater than 7500 feet and are reported to FRA via Form 6180.57.
F11.C	Category: Top Category Train Length	A comma separated list of Railroad Accident/Incident No.	Report a comma-separated list of Railroad Accident/Incident Nos. for FRA reportable incidents/accidents involving trains that exceed or equal length corresponding to Top Category Train Length and are reported to FRA via Form 6180.57. The Top Category Train Length corresponds to the value entered in field F5 above.
F12	Total Number of Emergency Events	Leave this space blank and enter the data for all three subcategories below	Report the total number of emergency events as required by 49 C.F.R. § 220.13 that are recorded by the dispatcher.
F12.A	Category: Less than or equal to 7500 Feet	Enter number here	Report the total number of emergency events for trains less than or equal to 7500 feet.
F12.B	Category: Greater than 7500 Feet	Enter number here	Report the total number of emergency events for trains greater than 7500 feet.
F12.C	Category: Top Category Train Length	Enter number here	Report the total number of emergency events for trains corresponding to Top Category Train Length. The Top Category Train Length corresponds to the value entered in field F5 above.
F13	Total Number of Communication Loss Events (Radio)	Leave this space blank and enter the data for all three subcategories below	Report the total number of events in which there was a loss of radio communication between the lead locomotive and crew members on the train (include multiple events if they occur for the same train). These types of events are typically reported to the dispatcher.
F13.A	Category: Less than or equal to 7500 Feet	Enter number here	Report the total number of Communication Loss Events (Radio) for trains that are less than or equal to 7500 feet.
F13.B	Category: Greater than 7500 Feet	Enter number here	Report the total number of Communication Loss Events (Radio) for trains that are greater than 7500 feet.
F13.C	Category: Top Category Train Length	Enter number here	Report the total number of Communication Loss Events (Radio) for trains that equal to or exceed the length corresponding to Top Category Train Length. The Top Category Train Length corresponds to the value entered in field F5 above.
F14	Total Number of Communication Loss Events (DPU)	Leave this space blank and enter the data for all three subcategories below	Report the total number of events in which there was a loss of communication between the lead locomotive and Distributed Power Units (DPUs). Include multiple events if they occur for the same train. These types of events are typically reported to the dispatcher.
F14.A	Category: Less than or equal to 7500 Feet	Enter number here	Report the total number of Communication Loss Events (DPU) for trains that are less than or equal to 7500 feet.
F14.B	Category: Greater than 7500 Feet	Enter number here	Report the total number of Communication Loss Events (DPU) for trains that are greater than 7500 feet.
F14.C	Category: Top Category Train Length	Enter number here	Report the total number of Communication Loss Events (DPU) for trains that equal to or exceed length corresponding to Top Category Train Length. The Top Category Train Length corresponds to the value entered in field F5 above.
F15	Total Number of Communication Loss Events (EOT)	Leave this space blank and enter the data for all three subcategories below	Report the total number of events in which there was a loss of communication between the controlling locomotive and End-of-Train (EOT) device. Include multiple events if they occur for the same train. These types of events are typically reported to the dispatcher.
F15.A	Category: Less than or equal to 7500 Feet	Enter number here	Report the total number of Communication Loss Events (EOT) for trains that are less than or equal to 7500 feet.
F15.B	Category: Greater than 7500 Feet	Enter number here	Report the total number of Communication Loss Events (EOT) for trains that are greater than 7500 feet.
F15.C	Category: Top Category Train Length	Enter number here	Report the total number of Communication Loss Events (EOT) for trains that equal or exceed length corresponding to Top Category Train Length. The Top Category Train Length corresponds to the value entered in field F5 above.
F16	Total Number of Train Separations	Leave this space blank and enter the data for all three subcategories below	Report the total number of train separations due to broken couplers and draft gear during the reporting period. These types of events are typically reported to the dispatcher.
F16.A	Category: Less than or equal to 7500 Feet	Enter number here	Report the total number of train separations due to broken couplers and draft gear on trains less than or equal to 7500 feet.
F16.B	Category: Greater than 7500 Feet	Enter number here	Report the total number of train separations due to broken couplers and draft gear on trains greater than 7500 feet.
F16.C	Category: Top Category Train Length	Enter number here	Report the total number of train separations due to broken couplers and draft gear on trains that equal or exceed length corresponding to Top Category Train Length. The Top Category Train Length corresponds to the value entered in field F5 above.
F17	Total Number of Enforcements by the PTC System	Leave this space blank and enter the data for all three subcategories below	Report the total number of enforcements by the PTC system during the reporting period.
F17.A	Category: Less than or equal to 7500 Feet	Enter number here	Report the total number of enforcements by the PTC system for trains less than or equal to 7500 feet.
F17.B	Category: Greater than 7500 Feet	Enter number here	Report the total number of enforcements by the PTC system for trains that are greater than 7500 feet.
F17.C	Category: Top Category Train Length	Enter number here	Report the total number of enforcements by the PTC system for trains that equal or exceed length corresponding to Top Category Train Length. The Top Category Train Length corresponds to the value entered in field F5 above.
F18	Total Number Air Hose Separations	Leave this space blank and enter the data for all three subcategories below	Report the total number of instances where the air hose separated from trains within the reporting period. This information is typically reported to the dispatcher.
F18.A	Category: Less than or equal to 7500 Feet	Enter number here	Report the total number of instances where the air hose separated from trains that are less than or equal to 7500 feet.
F18.B	Category: Greater than 7500 Feet	Enter number here	Report the total number of instances where the air hose separated from trains that are greater than 7500 feet.
F18.C	Category: Top Category Train Length	Enter number here	Report the total number of instances where the air hose separated from trains that equal to or exceed length corresponding to Top Category Train Length. The Top Category Train Length corresponds to the value entered in field F5 above.
F19	Total Number of Stall Train Events	Leave this space blank and enter the data for all three subcategories below	Report the number of all instances in which a train stalled during the reporting period. A stall event occurs when a train cannot proceed over a grade without a change in current mode of operation such as adding helper locomotives or doubling the train over grade). This information is typically reported to dispatcher.
F19.A	Category: Less than or equal to 7500 Feet	Enter number here	Report the total number of instances in which a train stalled for trains less than or equal to 7500 feet.
F19.B	Category: Greater than 7500 Feet	Enter number here	Report the total number of instances in which a train stalled for trains greater than 7500 feet.
F19.C	Category: Top Category Train Length	Enter number here	Report the total number of instances in which a train stalled for trains that equal or exceed length corresponding to Top Category Train Length. The Top Category Train Length corresponds to value entered in field F5 above.
F20	Total Number of Locomotive Engineer Certification Revocations	Leave this space blank and enter the data for all three subcategories below	Report all locomotive engineer certification revocations except those that fall under 49 C.F.R. § 240.117(e)(6).
F20.A	Category: Less than or equal to 7500 Feet	Enter number here	Report all certification revocations for locomotive engineers operating trains less than or equal to 7500 feet except those that fall under 49 C.F.R. § 240.117(e)(6).
F20.B	Category: Greater than 7500 Feet	Enter number here	Report all certification revocations for locomotive engineers operating trains greater than 7500 feet except those that fall under 49 C.F.R. § 240.117(e)(6).
F20.C	Category: Top Category Train Length	Enter number here	Report all certification revocations for locomotive engineers operating trains that equal or exceed length corresponding to Top Category Train Length. The Top Category Train Length corresponds to value entered in field F5 above.
F21	Total Number of Conductor Certification Revocations	Leave this space blank and enter the data for all three subcategories below	Report all conductor certification revocations except those that fall under 49 C.F.R. § 242.403(e)(12).
F21.A	Category: Less than or equal to 7500 Feet	Enter number here	Report all certification revocations for conductors in charge of trains less than or equal to 7500 feet except those that fall under 49 C.F.R. § 242.403(e)(12).
F21.B	Category: Greater than 7500 Feet	Enter number here	Report all certification revocations for conductors in charge of trains greater than 7500 feet except those that fall under 49 C.F.R. § 242.403(e)(12).
F21.C	Category: Top Category Train Length	Enter number here	Report all certification revocations for conductors in charge of trains that equal or exceed length corresponding to Top Category Train Length. The Top Category Train Length corresponds to value entered in field F5 above.
F22	Total Number of Crossings Blocked- Greater than 20 Minutes	Leave this space blank and enter the data for all three subcategories below	Report the total number of highway-rail and pathway grade crossings blocked for more than twenty minutes per event during the reporting period.
F22.A	Category: Less than or equal to 7500 Feet	Enter number here	Report the total number of highway-rail and pathway grade crossings blocked for more than twenty minutes per event by trains less than or equal to 7500 feet.
F22.B	Category: Greater than 7500 Feet	Enter number here	Report the total number of highway-rail and pathway grade crossings blocked for more than twenty minutes per event by trains greater than 7500 feet.
F22.C	Category: Top Category Train Length	Enter number here	Report the total number of highway-rail and pathway grade crossings blocked for more than twenty minutes per event by trains that equal or exceed length corresponding to Top Category Train Length. The Top Category Train Length corresponds to value entered in field F5 above.
F23	Total Number of Crossings Blocked- Greater than 60 minutes	Leave this space blank and enter the data for all three subcategories below	Report the total number of highway-rail and pathway grade crossings blocked for more than sixty minutes per event during reporting period.
F23.A	Category: Less than or equal to 7500 Feet	Enter number here	Report the total number of highway-rail and pathway grade crossings blocked for more than sixty minutes per event by trains less than or equal to 7500 feet.
F23.B	Category: Greater than 7500 Feet	Enter number here	Report the total number of highway-rail and pathway grade crossings blocked for more than sixty minutes per event by trains greater than 7500 feet.
F23.C	Category: Top Category Train Length	Enter number here	Report the total number of highway-rail and pathway grade crossings blocked for more than sixty minutes per event by trains that equal or exceed length corresponding to Top Category Train Length. The Top Category Train Length corresponds to value entered in field F5 above.
F24	Maximum Time (Minutes) Crossing Blocked	Leave this space blank and enter the data for all three subcategories below	Report the maximum time, in minutes, that a highway-rail or pathway grade crossing was blocked per event during reporting period.
F24.A	Category: Less than or equal to 7500 Feet	Enter number here	Report the maximum time, in minutes, that a highway-rail or pathway grade crossing was blocked per event during reporting period by a train less than or equal to 7500 feet.
F24.B	Category: Greater than 7500 Feet	Enter number here	Report the maximum time, in minutes, that a highway-rail or pathway grade crossing was blocked per event during reporting period by a train greater than 7500 feet.
F24.C	Category: Top Category Train Length	Enter number here	Report the maximum time, in minutes, that a highway-rail or pathway grade crossing was blocked per event during reporting period by a train that equal or exceed length corresponding to Top Category Train Length. The Top Category Train Length corresponds to value entered in field F5 above.