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Tuesday, June 30, 1998 (Washington, DC) FRA Orders Safety Improvements on Northwestern Pacific Railroad
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today announced that it has issued a compliance order directing the Northwestern Pacific Railroad to improve railroad safety throughout its...
Thursday, May 06, 2004 (Washington, DC) The nation’s rail transportation system achieved a record low number of highway-rail grade crossing fatalities in 2003, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Norman Y. Mineta announced today. Preliminary full-year statistics compiled by the Federal...
Thursday, May 13, 2004 (Washington, DC) Federal Railroad Administrator Allan Rutter today announced a preliminary report strongly indicating that the deployment of remote control locomotives in and around rail yards has resulted in significant safety benefits. The findings are contained in the...
Tuesday, June 15, 2004 (Washington, DC) Promoting enhanced enforcement and closing unneeded crossings are among the action objectives highlighted in a U.S. Department of Transportation blueprint for reducing railroad-related casualties. The Secretary's Action Plan for Highway-Rail Crossing...
Thursday, June 24, 2004 (Washington, DC) Preventing hearing loss in train crews is the aim of a proposed rule being offered today by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA). The proposal is intended to reduce unnecessary noise exposure and potential hearing loss of railroad employees who work...
Wednesday, June 30, 2004 (Washington, DC) Event recorders, the train equivalent of an airplane's "black box," will be improved to make sure critical information survives train accidents according to a proposed rule issued today by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA).
"The survival...
Wednesday, July 14, 2004 (Washington, DC) The U.S. Department of Transportation today announced the establishment of a department-wide Credit Council to enhance oversight and management of the Department's direct loan and loan guarantee programs that are administered by the Maritime...
Monday, July 19, 2004 () Click here for FRA's Response to NY Times Allegations Click here for FRA's Grade Crossing Safety Program
Thursday, July 29, 2004 (Akron, Ohio) The Wheeling & Lake Erie (W&LE) Railway will get a much needed face lift thanks to a new loan from the U.S. Department of Transportation meant to boost the competitiveness of the railroad that serves as a key economic link in Ohio, Pennsylvania and...
Monday, August 16, 2004 (Washington, DC) Alabama, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Washington, and Wisconsin will share $5.2 million to improve highway-rail grade crossings as part of a program to enhance safety and prepare federally designated corridors for future high-speed rail operations.
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