News Archive
- August 28, 2018
- August 28, 2018
- August 27, 2018
- August 27, 2018
- August 27, 2018
The Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) Office of Research, Development and Technology (RD&T) sponsored research conducted by the John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center), to evaluate the effectiveness of engineering...
- August 24, 2018
WASHINGTON – The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today awarded $203,698,298 in grant funding for 28 projects in 15 states to assist with the deployment of positive train control (PTC) systems.
“These $...
- August 23, 2018
Editors Note: The nine at-risk railroads own or control approximately 665 route miles that are subject to the statutory mandate, which is approximately 1.1 percent of the route miles NOT 11 percent as previously...
- August 21, 2018
- August 21, 2018
- August 21, 2018
On Wednesday, June 19, 2019, at approximately 9:49 a.m., PDT, westbound Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) freight train MNPRV-17 (Train 1) derailed 27 cars at approximately Milepost (MP) 611.25 on UP's Lakeside Subdivision. The derailment occurred...