August 4, 2022 | Headlines, Legislation, PSR, Railroad Safety
(Source: Trains Magazine, August 3, 2022) An Ohio congressman has introduced a bill which would allow trainees for railroad jobs to complete some aspects of their training online. Full story: Trains Magazine
August 2, 2022 | Canada, CN, CP, Headlines, Railroad Safety, Transport Canada
(Source: Freight Waves, July 28, 2022) Transport Canada is now requiring railway companies to submit winter operating plans for their equipment, including how the railways will manage the maintenance of air brakes in very cold temperatures, as part of a broader effort...
July 27, 2022 | Canada, CP, Fatality, Headlines, Railroad Safety, Transport Canada
(Source: Progressive Railroading, July 26, 2022) Transport Canada yesterday announced the launch of new rail safety measures that align with the Transportation Safety Board of Canada’s (TSB) recommendations issued in response to the 2019 derailment of a Canadian...
July 6, 2022 | FRA, Headlines, Railroad Safety
(Source: Railway Age column by Dr. Starr Kidda, Human Factors Division Chief, FRA Office of Research, Development and Technology, July 5, 2022) NEW YORK — Despite tremendous progress in railroad safety over the past 40 years, some statistical measures of safety...
June 30, 2022 | Amtrak, BNSF, Headlines, NTSB, Railroad Safety
(Source: Television station KSHB, June 29, 2022) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — For more than two-and-a-half years, the Chariton County Commission has tried to get concerns about the safety of the Porche Prairie Avenue railroad crossing addressed, but BNSF and the Missouri...
June 29, 2022 | Canada, Headlines, Railroad Safety
(Source: Railway Age, June 28, 2022) NEW YORK — The Transportation Safety Board (TSB) of Canada released on June 28 its annual reassessment of responses to outstanding safety recommendations, including nine in the rail transportation sector. TSB railway investigations...
June 16, 2022 | Congressional Hearing, FRA, Headlines, Railroad Safety
(Source: Railway Age, June 15, 2022) NEW YORK — “Examining Freight Rail Safety” was the theme of a June 14 hearing of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials. The aim: for members “to hear...
June 16, 2022 | Congressional Hearing, Headlines, Railroad Safety
(Source: House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure press release, June 14, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The following are opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, from Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and...
