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...
November 29, 2022 | CSX, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Trains Magazine, November 28, 2022) CSX Transportation is awaiting regulatory approval to become the first railroad to use Trip Optimizer’s Zero-to-Zero function, which allows the advanced cruise control system to automatically start and stop freight trains....
November 29, 2022 | Commuter Rail, FRA, Headlines, Railroad Safety
(Source: Trains Magazine, November 29, 2022) The Federal Railroad Administration will grant a waiver allowing the Long Island Rail Road to open its route to the new Grand Central Madison terminal without installation of equipment to prevent Amtrak trains from...
November 18, 2022 | FRA, Headlines
(Source: Homeland Security Today, November 17, 2022) The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) helps administer a voluntary, confidential reporting system where railroad employees can report close calls and unsafe events (e.g., a train going beyond the authorized...
November 16, 2022 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Federal Railroad Administration press release (PDF), November 16, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) issued a list of priority projects in the Northeast Corridor, a railroad line that spans from Boston to Washington, D.C. This...
November 1, 2022 | FRA, Headlines, Railroad Safety
(Source: Railway Age, October 31, 2022) The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has issued Safety Advisory 2022-01 for railroads and railroad contractors on the importance of ensuring that portable derails are clearly visible to train crews and operators of other...
November 1, 2022 | Amtrak, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Trains Magazine, November 1, 2022) The Federal Railroad Administration has launched a website for comments leading to an evaluation of long-distance service Amtrak had previously discontinued, as well as its two current triweekly routes, the New Orleans-Los...
October 31, 2022 | 2-man Crews, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, October 28, 2022) The Federal Railroad Administration yesterday announced it will hold a hearing Dec. 14 to accept public comments on its proposed rulemaking that would establish minimum safety requirements for the size of train...
