Are there reports concerning railroad accident investigations in the custody of the National Archives?
II.15 The Federal Government did not get involved in railroad accident investigations until the passage of the Accident Reports Act of May 6, 1910. According to the act, the ICC was charged with the responsibility for railroad accident investigations. The official file copies of railroad accident reports, dating 1911-63, are located in the ICC’s Bureau of Safety, Railroad Accident Investigation Reports, 1911-63 (Record Group 134). II.16 The function of the investigation of railroad accidents was transferred to the Office of Safety, Federal Railroad Administration (Record Group 399) in 1967. There are several series of records relating to railroad accident investigations in FRA records, dating from 1954 to 1984. Included are two series of accident report summaries prepared by the ICC: reports of investigations of railroad accidents, February 1958-September 1964, and published accident reports, 1947-60. There are also two series of accident report case files compiled by the National Tran
