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Inspection and Maintenance Standards for Steam Locomotives

FRA is proposing to update its requirements issued in 1978 (��1978 standards��) for steam locomotive inspections and maintenance with new standards that represent the consensus recommendations of the Railroad Safety Advisory Committee�s Tourist and Historic Working Group. The proposed standards...

Regulations on Safety Integration Plans Governing Railroad Consolidations, Mergers, and Acquisitions of Control; and Procedures for Surface Transportation Board Consideration of Safety Integration Plans in Cases Involving Railroad Consolidations, Mergers,

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and the Surface Transportation Board (STB or Board), working in conjunction with each other, have developed complementary proposed regulations establishing procedures for the development and implementation of safety integration plans (SIPs) by railroads...

Safety and Health Requirements Related to Camp Cars

To carry out a 2008 Congressional rulemaking mandate, FRA is proposing to create regulations prescribing minimum safety and health requirements for camp cars that a railroad provides as sleeping quarters to any of its train employees, signal employees, and dispatching service employees and...

Roadway Worker Protection

FRA proposes rules for the protection of railroad employees working on or near railroad tracks. This regulation would require that each railroad devise and adopt a program of on-track safety to provide employees working along the railroad with protection from the hazards of being struck by a...

Roadway Maintenance Machine Safety

FRA proposes to amend its regulations by adding operational and design safety standards for railroad ontrack roadway maintenance machines. The proposed regulations cover selfpropelled rail-mounted non-highway machines whose light weight exceeds 7,500 pounds.

Reflectorization of Rail Freight Rolling Stock

FRA is proposing to require retroreflective material on the sides of freight rolling stock (freight cars and locomotives) to enhance the visibility of trains in order to reduce the number of accidents at highway-rail grade crossings in which train visibility is a contributing factor. This...

Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing Program

The Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century of 1998 (TEA� 21) established the Rail Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing (RRIF) Program. The program authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to issue direct loans and loan guarantees to state and local governments, railroads,...