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News Archive

  • February 15, 2013

    CONTACT: Mikhail Grizkewitsch
    PHONE: 000-000-0000
    SUBJECT: Trespasser Programs
    KEYWORDS: Railroad Trespassing, Trespassing, Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Safety and Prevention Team, Community...

  • February 15, 2013

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    SUBJECT: Positive Train Control, Signal and Train Control
    KEYWORDS: Positive Train Control, Rail Safety Improvement of 2008, RSIA, PTC
    ABSTRACT: PTC is a system of...

  • February 15, 2013
  • February 14, 2013

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    SUBJECT: Highway-Rail Grade Crossings
    KEYWORDS: highway-rail grade crossing, Operation Lifesaver
    ABSTRACT: A highway-rail grade crossing is a location where a public or...

  • February 14, 2013

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    SUBJECT: Hazardous Materials
    KEYWORDS: Hazardous Materials, Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, PHMSA, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
    ABSTRACT:...

  • February 14, 2013

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    SUBJECT: Track, Tracks & Structures, Track/Train Interactions
    KEYWORDS: Track Safety Standards, Inspectors, Track Structure, Track Geometry, Road Bed, Track Inspection,
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  • February 14, 2013

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    SUBJECT: Train Horn Noise
    KEYWORDS: Quiet Zone, Train Horns, Horns,
    ABSTRACT: Since their inception, railroads have sounded locomotive horns or whistles in advance of...

  • February 14, 2013

    DURHAM, N.C. – Federal Railroad Administrator Joseph C. Szabo today participated in the groundbreaking for a new $24 million railroad bridge at Hopson Road in Durham that will make train and vehicular travel safer and faster while boosting the local...

  • February 12, 2013
  • February 12, 2013