September 16, 2021 | BNSF, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Railway Track & Structures, September 15, 2021) NEW YORK — A Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) report says vandalism may have caused the derailment of a BNSF train in Custer, Wash., back in December. The FRA, however, has not cleared BNSF of any...
September 10, 2021 | FRA, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: KING5, September 10, 2021) CUSTER, Wash. — “Possible vandalism” was a contributing cause of a fiery Whatcom County oil train derailment in December 2020, according to a Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) report released Thursday. The BNSF...
September 9, 2021 | FRA, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Railway Age, September 9, 2021) NEW YORK — The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has published a Safety Advisory on a Positive Train Control (PTC) issue recently identified during testing of ACSES II (Advanced Civil Speed Enforcement System II) and I-ETMS...
August 27, 2021 | FRA, Headlines
(Source: Federal Railroad Administration press release, August 26, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration today announced a notice of funding opportunity, making available nearly $362 million through its...
August 2, 2021 | Commuter Rail, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Railway Age, July 29, 2021) NEW YORK — Citing that the job of running, day-to-day, MTA New York City Transit has been taking too much time from her family, Interim NYCT President Sarah Feinberg is stepping down on July 31. Full story: Railway...
July 30, 2021 | FRA, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Railway Age, July 28, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Effective Aug. 26, 2021, the Federal Railroad Administration is revising regulations governing changes to Positive Train Control (PTC) systems and reporting on PTC system performance. Full story: Railway...
July 19, 2021 | FRA, Headlines
(Source: Railway Age, July 19, 2021) NEW YORK — The House Appropriations Committee on July 16 approved the Fiscal Year 2022 Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) funding bill of $84.1 billion, a more than 11% boost over 2021....
June 8, 2021 | FRA, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, June 7, 2021) Federal Railroad Administration Deputy Administrator Amit Bose expressed support for the formation of interstate rail compacts, pointing to the Southern Rail Commission (SRC) as a model organization at the SRC’s...
June 1, 2021 | FRA, Headlines
(Source: Reuters, May 28, 2021) NEW YORK — Two U.S. agencies on Friday said a planned $11.6 billion project to reconstruct and add a new tunnel between New York City and New Jersey reached two key milestones that will allow it to advance and receive federal funding....
May 25, 2021 | FRA, Headlines
(Source: Railway Age article by Grady C. Cothen Jr., retired Federal Railroad Administration official, May 24, 2021) NEW YORK — Unfortunately, short-term financial incentives have driven major railroads away from operating strategies that focus on customer needs, and...
