January 18, 2023 | 2-man Crews, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, January 17, 2023) The Federal Railroad Administration should revise and republish its initial regulatory flexibility analysis (IRFA) on its proposed two-person train crew rule because the agency “significantly understated”...
January 11, 2023 | Fatality, FRA, Headlines, NS
(Source: Trains Magazine, January 6, 2023) In the wake of a fatal accident on Norfolk Southern last month, the Federal Railroad Administration has issued a safety bulletin urging railroaders to conduct pre-departure inspections to ensure that no objects are protruding...
January 4, 2023 | 2-man Crews, CP-KCS Merger, FRA, Headlines, PSR, STB
(Source: Freight Waves, January 3, 2023) The Surface Transportation Board’s regulatory to-do list, train crew sizes and merger conditions related to Canadian Pacific’s acquisition of Kansas City Southern are just some of the big issues that rail industry stakeholders...
January 3, 2023 | FRA, Headlines
(Source: Railway Age, December 29, 2022) The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) on Dec. 29 issued a safety advisory to make the rail industry aware “of a recent issue encountered by a train crew that experienced an unintended brake release of a train’s automatic...
December 28, 2022 | FRA, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Progressive Railroading, December 27, 2022) Implementation of precision scheduled railroading (PSR) at the nation’s largest freight railroads has resulted in longer trains and reductions in staff and assets, but the strategy’s impact on rail...
December 28, 2022 | Commuter Rail, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, December 21, 2022) The Federal Railroad Administration yesterday put out a call for project proposals for intercity passenger-rail corridors as part of the new federal Corridor Identification and Development Program. Full story:...
December 16, 2022 | 2-man Crews, FRA, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Freight Waves, December 15, 2022) Railroads and unions gave conflicting views during a hearing by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) on a proposed rulemaking that would require freight trains generally to have at least two crew members in the...
December 16, 2022 | 2-man Crews, FRA, Headlines, UP
(Source: Trains Magazine, December 14, 2022) Union Pacific is ready to launch pilot programs that will test the feasibility of redeploying conductors from locomotive cabs to ground-based positions, the railroad told the Federal Railroad Administration today during a...
December 15, 2022 | 2-man Crews, FRA, Headlines, Railroad Safety
(Source: CNN, December 14, 2022) When a freight train travels across the country, two people are in the cab of the locomotive working to keep the train, its often hazardous and flammable contents, and the communities they are passing through, all safe. Now the...
December 13, 2022 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, DOT, FRA, Headlines
(Source: U.S. Department of Transportation press release, December 7, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) today issued a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) announcing the availability of almost $2.3 billion in funding to expand and...
