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Thursday, February 03, 2005 () The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has assessed civil penalties against CSX Transportation, Inc. for multiple violations of highway-rail grade crossing safety regulations related to a February 3, 2004 accident in Henrietta, New York where a train struck a...
Monday, March 07, 2005 (Washington, DC) New standards governing Positive Train Control (PTC) systems will accelerate the deployment of train collision prevention technology, the Federal Railroad Administration announced today. PTC systems can improve rail safety through the use of technology...
Monday, March 14, 2005 (Washington, DC) The Riverport Railroad, LLC, a short-line operator located in Northwestern Illinois, is receiving a more than $5.5 million loan from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to rehabilitate rail related infrastructure and facilities that were once part of...
Friday, March 18, 2005 (Washington, DC) The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) announced today that it has changed the effective date of its Interim Final Rule (IFR) on the Use of Locomotive Horns at Highway-Rail Crossings to June 24, 2005 from April 1, 2005. The action is detailed in a...
Friday, April 22, 2005 (Washington, DC) Thousands of communities nationwide will have the choice to consider silencing train horns at highway-rail grade crossings based on meeting safety needs, under a Final Rule made public today by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA). In addition, the...
Due to website redesign, action plan is now available at https://www.fra.dot.gov/eLib/Details/L19673
Monday, May 16, 2005 () A new plan to improve safety along the nation’s railroads was unveiled today by U.S. Secretary of Transportation Norman Y. Mineta during a visit to Columbia...
Wednesday, May 18, 2005 () The federal government will triple its capacity to inspect the nation’s rail lines thanks to three new advanced track inspection vehicles being launched over the next year and a half, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Norman Y. Mineta announced today. The...
Friday, May 27, 2005 (Washington, DC) The Federal Railroad Administration announced today a $24.8 million infrastructure grant for the Alaska Railroad to upgrade mainline tracks, replace bridges, prevent rock slides and install track at the new Fairbanks Intermodal Facility. The Alaska Railroad...
Thursday, July 23, 1998 (Washington, DC) Slater Commends Decision to Condition Conrail Acquisition on Safety
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Rodney E. Slater today commended the Surface Transportation Board’s (STB) decision to adopt his recommendation to condition approval of the...
Tuesday, May 31, 2005 (Washington, DC ) A $1 million safety grant will be used for public education and outreach programs to reduce fatalities resulting from highway-rail grade crossing collisions, pedestrian accidents and railroad trespassing, which together account for 96 percent of all rail-...