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Guidance for Completing the Categorical Exclusion Worksheet

Due to our recent website upgrade some of the links in legacy documents might point to the decommissioned site location.  We recommend that users take advantage of the search engine above to locate the material they seek on the current website.  Be assured that we are working...

Positive Train Control Overview

The Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (RSIA) mandates that Positive Train Control (PTC) be implemented across a significant portion of the Nation's rail industry by December 31, 2015. Lines requiring PTC are essentially Class I railroad main lines (i.e., over which 5 million or more gross tons...

Preliminiary National Rail Plan

On October 16, 2008, the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 (PRIIA) was enacted. Section 307(b)(j)(2) of the Act directed the Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration to "develop a long-range national rail plan consistent with approved State rail plans and the rail...

Museum Locomotive Study

The Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008 instructed the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation to conduct a study relating to locomotives and equipment used by museums, historical societies, and tourist or scenic railroads, for the purposes of considering a less frequent periodic...