January 20, 2016 | FRA, Headlines
(Source: Federal Railroad Administration press release, January 20, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today announced that its stepped-up enforcement of railroad safety regulations led to the highest-ever civil penalty collection rate...
January 19, 2016 | CP, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, January 18, 2016) Although the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has no regulatory authority to stop a merger, FRA Administrator Sarah Feinberg said the FRA would expect to scrutinize the “significant safety hurdles”...
January 6, 2016 | Amtrak, FRA, Headlines
(Source: CBS New York, January 5, 2016) NEW YORK — The Federal Railroad Administration has proposed massive improvements to Amtrak’s very congested Northeast Corridor. One little known proposal calls for an all new route right through the heart of Long Island. Full...
December 21, 2015 | CSX, FRA, Headlines
(Source: The Register-Herald, December 21, 2015) BECKLEY, W.Va. — The Federal Railroad Administration issued its final report on the February CSX derailment near Mount Carbon, issuing safety recommendations for the railroad and its contractor in what the government...
December 18, 2015 | Commuter Rail, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Washington Post, December 17, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A pair of aging spines support movement in the Northeastern United States, home to more than 52 million people and the most important commercial hub in the nation. One is the overcrowded and perpetually...
December 9, 2015 | Accident, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Associated Press, December 5, 2015) NEW YORK — A pair of train derailments in 2012 that killed two people in Maryland and triggered a fiery explosion in Ohio exposed a little-known and unsettling truth about railroads in the U.S. and Canada: No rules govern...
November 19, 2015 | FRA, Headlines, Technology
(Source: Chicago Tribune, November 18, 2015) CHICAGO — The federal government is warning the nation’s railroads, including Chicago’s Metra, that it intends to “aggressively enforce” a new deadline for installation of a high-tech safety system....
November 16, 2015 | Commuter Rail, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Federal Railroad Administration press release, November 13, 2015) WILLMAR, Minn. — Federal Railroad Administrator Sarah Feinberg today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation will provide $10 million for the Willmar Rail Connector and Industrial...
November 12, 2015 | FRA, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: LaCrosse Tribune, November 11, 2015) LaCROSSE, Wisc. — U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin and the head of the Federal Railroad Administration are expected to meet with local officials and first responders Thursday in Alma at the site of one of two Wisconsin derailments...
November 10, 2015 | Amtrak, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, November 10, 2015) PHILADELPHIA — A look at the future of rail on the East Coast produced some pretty radical ideas for revamped Amtrak service in Philadelphia. Some of these proposals may seen unlikely to materialize, but they’re...
