November 14, 2019 | FRA, Headlines, Operation Lifesaver
(Source: Transport Topics, November 13, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Railroad Administration has issued a proposed rule that would require states to develop highway-rail grade crossing action plans — or update the action plans they have. Full story: Transport...
November 7, 2019 | Commuter Rail, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Federal Railroad Administration press release, November 6, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today announced the availability of $24 million in grant funding to initiate, restore, or enhance...
October 31, 2019 | FRA, Headlines, Technology
(Source: Railway Age, October 30, 2019) NEW YORK — The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) recently published a Notice of Grant Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for a shade over $24 million for the Magnetic Levitation Technology Deployment Program (Maglev Grants Program)....
October 21, 2019 | DOT, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Freight Waves, October 18, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Trump Administration is moving forward to allow railroads to ship liquefied natural gas (LNG) in tank cars through a plan that was immediately rejected by Congressional Democrats. In a proposed...
October 8, 2019 | FRA, Headlines
(Source: Federal Railroad Administration press release, October 7, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today issued a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the Federal-State Partnership for...
October 1, 2019 | 2-man Crews, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Courthouse News Service, September 30, 2019) NEW YORK — Freight train organizations want a federal judge to prevent Illinois from enforcing a law that sets a minimum of two people per crew because they say it violates federal law and there is no evidence the...
September 13, 2019 | CSX, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Railway Track & Structures, September 12, 2019) NEW YORK — The Federal Railroad Administration just released its Accident Investigation Report on the derailment of a CSX freight train in Princeton, Ind. on June 17, 2018. The train derailed 22 loads and...
September 12, 2019 | FRA, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Progressive Railroading, September 11, 2019) The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has signed off on the environmental impact statement (EIS) for the proposed higher-speed intercity passenger-rail project between the District of Columbia and Richmond,...
September 12, 2019 | FRA, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, September 11, 2019) The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has effective procedures to determine whether grade-crossing incident data are complete and accurate, however the agency needs to update its accident prediction model and...
September 12, 2019 | Commuter Rail, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Safety and Health Magazine, September 11, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Railroad Administration has extended until March 4 its stay on publishing a final rule requiring commuter and intercity passenger railroads to develop and implement system safety...
