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Southwest Regional Investment Fact Sheet

CONTACT: Office of Railroad Policy and Development PHONE: _ SUBJECT: High-Speed Passenger Rail, Passenger Rail KEYWORDS: Southwest Regional Investment Fact Sheet

FRA Locomotive Horn Sounding and Quiet Zone Establishment

CONTACT: PHONE: SUBJECT: Train Horn Noise KEYWORDS: Quiet Zone, Train Horns, Horns, ABSTRACT: Since their inception, railroads have sounded locomotive horns or whistles in advance of grade crossings and under other circumstances as a universal safety precaution.

FRA Track Safety Standards

CONTACT: PHONE: SUBJECT: Track, Tracks & Structures, Track/Train Interactions KEYWORDS: Track Safety Standards, Inspectors, Track Structure, Track Geometry, Road Bed, Track Inspection, ABSTRACT: Railroads are safer today than at any time in our history; however, FRA...

FRA Rail Hazardous Materials

CONTACT: PHONE: SUBJECT: Hazardous Materials KEYWORDS: Hazardous Materials, Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, PHMSA, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration ABSTRACT: While rail accidents involving hazmat have been steadily declining over the last decade,...

FRA Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Safety

CONTACT: PHONE: 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 private road, street, sidewalk or pathway, intersects railroad tracks at the same level....

FRA Positive Train Control

CONTACT: PHONE: 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 integrated technologies capable of preventing collisions, over-speed derailments and unintended...

FRA Rail Trespassing

CONTACT: Mikhail Grizkewitsch PHONE: 000-000-0000 SUBJECT: Trespasser Programs KEYWORDS: Railroad Trespassing, Trespassing, Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Safety and Prevention Team, Community Trespassing Prevention Guide, Operation Lifesaver ABSTRACT: The FRA, in...

Positive Train Control FAQ

CONTACT: PHONE: SUBJECT: Positive Train Control KEYWORDS: PTC, Positive Train Control, PTC implementation, PTC deadline