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Notice of availability of Custom Software for Railroad Accident Reporting.
Summary
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is preparing custom software for reporting railroad accidents/incidents pursuant to 49 CFR part 225. The software will facilitate production of all the monthly reports and logs required by the accident reporting rules, as amended in 61 FR 30940 (June 18, 1996). The FRA will also have an electronic bulletin board for submission of reports. This software will permit complete editing of reports and logs, have tables with all the applicable codes, and have help screens. This software will be ready for use by January 1, 1997. The software will be available to all reporting railroads at no cost. The minimum configuration is 8 megabytes of random access memory (RAM), 30 megabytes of available hard disk space, a modem, and Windows 3.1x or Windows 95. An application to register for the software will be available. Requests should be submitted by facsimile to (301) 587-9442. Software will be provided only to railroads that provide accident/ incident reports to the FRA.