August 31, 2020 | FRA, Headlines, Technology
(Source: Federal Railroad Administration press release, August 28, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today submitted to the Federal Register a final rule allowing railroads to use ultrasonic...
August 27, 2020 | FRA, Headlines, STB
(Source: Supply Chain Dive, August 26, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — T he Surface Transportation Board and the Federal Railroad Administration issued joint letters to the seven Class I railroads on Monday, expressing concern over missed industrial switches and...
August 26, 2020 | FRA, Headlines, STB
(Source: Freight Waves, August 25, 2020) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The Surface Transportation Board (STB) and Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Administrator Ron Batory have sent letters to the CEOs of all seven Class I railroads asking them to resolve service issues...
August 25, 2020 | FRA, Headlines, STB
(Source: Railway Age, August 24, 2020) NEW YORK — Curiously timed with the start of the Republican National Convention (or perhaps not so curiously), the Surface Transportation Board and Federal Railroad Administration on Aug. 24 sent joint, identical letters to the...
August 17, 2020 | FRA, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Freight Waves, August 14, 2020) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The U.S. operations of the Class I railroads are closer to reaching full compliance with the federal mandate to implement positive train control (PTC) by the end of December, according to data from the...
August 13, 2020 | FRA, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Federal Railroad Administration press release, August 12, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today released a quarterly status update on railroads’ self-reported progress, as of June 30,...
July 27, 2020 | FRA, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, July 24, 2020) The Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) Office of Railroad Safety has completed a yearlong reorganization to improve the regulation of railroad safety, regulators announced in the agency’s newsletter....
July 13, 2020 | FRA, Headlines
(Source: Railway Age, July 10, 2020) NEW YORK — FRA’s Office of Research Development & Technology (RD&T) is sponsoring a research project titled “Assessing the Safety Benefits of a Real‐Time Railroad Crossing Blockage Information System for Emergency...
July 8, 2020 | FRA, Headlines
(Source: Federal Railroad Administration press release, July 7, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) awarded more than half a million dollars in Railroad Trespassing Enforcement Grants to law...
June 11, 2020 | FRA, Headlines
(Source: Federal Railroad Administration press release, June 20, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today issued a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the Federal-State Partnership for State of...
