November 6, 2015 | FRA, Headlines, Technology
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, November 5, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Promising an “aggressive posture,” the head of the agency overseeing railroads urged them Thursday to install a mandated safety system as soon as possible, even after Congress last week pushed the...
October 29, 2015 | FRA, Headlines
(Source: Washington Post, October 28, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sarah Feinberg, a former chief of staff to U.S. Transportation Sec. Anthony Foxx, was confirmed Wednesday as head of the Federal Railroad Administration. Feinberg has been acting administrator since...
October 12, 2015 | FRA, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: The Hill, October 9, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Federal rail officials announced an update to railway inspection standards on Friday after pinpointing the cause of a fiery oil train derailment in February. The Federal Railroad Administration blamed a broken...
October 9, 2015 | FRA, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: New York Times, October 9, 2015) NEW YORK — Federal authorities plan to detail new rail-track standards on Friday after finding that a broken rail caused an oil train to derail this year in West Virginia. Full story: New York Times
October 5, 2015 | FRA, Headlines
(Source: All Gov, October 3, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sarah E. Feinberg, who has been acting administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) since the beginning of 2015, was named to fill the post on a permanent basis by President Barack Obama on May 29,...
August 27, 2015 | FRA, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Houston Chronicle, August 26, 2015) HOUSTON — The Federal Railroad Administration approved the rail corridor preferred by the developers of a Dallas-Houston bullet train. Now a final route must be plotted within the chosen corridor. In a 16-page report, the...
August 11, 2015 | FRA, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: DeSmog Blog, August 9, 2015) NEW YORK — It’s no secret that the oil and rail industries lobbied the Obama Administration heavily during the creation of new oil-by-rail regulations released this past May, with lobbyists reportedly not even taking a break the...
August 10, 2015 | FRA, Headlines, Technology
(Source: McClatchy News Service, August 7, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Railroad Administration plans to impose big penalties on railroads that fail to meet a year-end deadline to install a new collision avoidance system, including more than 70 percent of the...
August 10, 2015 | FRA, Headlines, Technology
(Source: Associated Press, August 9, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Only a handful of railroads are close to meeting a deadline this year to install safety technology that can prevent many crashes, including derailments due to excessive speed like the deadly Amtrak crash in...
August 3, 2015 | FRA, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Business Insurance, August 2, 2015) NEW YORK — Industry experts are critical of a new U.S. rule on railroads concerning safely transporting flammable liquids, including the Bakken crude blamed in part for the Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, explosion and fire two years...
