June 5, 2019 | Amtrak, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Freight Waves, June 4, 2019) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a case again about whether Amtrak can have a role in crafting the on-time performance metrics and standards for the freight railroads. The Court’s June 3 action paves...
May 31, 2019 | FRA, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Freight Waves, May 30, 2019) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Only 17 percent of the relationships between the U.S. passenger and freight railroads required to utilize positive train control (PTC) technology have interoperability, meaning that the host railroad can...
May 31, 2019 | 2-man Crews, FRA, Headlines
(Source: DeSmog Blog, May 30, 2019) NEW YORK — This week, the Trump administration’s Department of Transportation (DOT) withdrew another rail safety recommendation originally proposed during the Obama administration. In the process, the agency made quite clear that it...
May 30, 2019 | FRA, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Federal Railroad Administration press release, May 29, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today released a status update reflecting railroads’ self-reported progress toward fully implementing positive train control (PTC)...
May 28, 2019 | 2-man Crews, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Duluth News Tribune, May 25, 2019) ST. PAUL, Minn. — Federal rail authorities have decided that railroad car explosions such as the 2013 ones in North Dakota and Quebec do not prove that requiring two people to be aboard oil-carrying trains would make...
May 28, 2019 | 2-man Crews, FRA, Headlines
(Source: DC Velocity, May 24, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Federal transportation regulators said Thursday that U.S. railroads will not have to meet minimum requirements for the size of train crew staffs, known as “crew redundancy,” in a ruling that aligned...
May 28, 2019 | 2-man Crews, FRA, Headlines
(Source: AFL-CIO press release, May 25, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Larry Willis, president of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), issues this statement in response to the Federal Railroad Administration’s decision not to regulate crew size and to...
May 20, 2019 | FRA, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Progressive Railroading, May 17, 2019) The Trump administration yesterday formally canceled nearly $929 million in previously awarded federal funds to California’s high-speed rail program. In a May 16 letter to California High-Speed Rail Authority...
May 9, 2019 | FRA, Headlines
(Source: Federal Railroad Administration press release, May 8, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to update the regulation that governs...
May 2, 2019 | BNSF, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Television station KBJR6, May 1, 2019) CARLTON COUNTY, Minn. — A broken wheel caused a train to derail on the Fond du Lac reservation in mid-February, which resulted in 5,000 tons of coal being spilled. Full story: www.kbjr6.com
