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The railroad industry's overall safety record has improved over the last decade and most safety trends are moving in the right direction. However, significant train accidents continue to occur, and the train accident rate has not shown substantive improvement in recent years. Moreover, recent train...
The RSIA introduced numerous mandates regarding railroad safety. A number of these mandates require action to be taken after the completion of this report, and FRA has not included in this report those mandates with statutory deadlines after December 30, 2011.
This report summarizes the efforts of the Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) during calendar year l979, to improve railroad safety, principally through the administration of the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970, 45 U.S.C. 421 et seq.
The number of...
This report describes the efforts of the Department of Transportation and the Federal Railroad Administration to improve railroad safety during calendar year 1981 through administration of the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970 (45 U.S.C. 421 et seq).
In 1981, FRA shifted the emphasis of its...
The President's 1984 Annual Report describes the efforts of the Department of Transportation and the Federal Railroad Administration to improve railroad safety through the administration of the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970 (45 U.S.C. 421, 431 et seq.) during calendar year 1984.
The President's 1983 Annual Report describes the efforts of the Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA) to improve railroad safety through the administration of the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970 (45 U.S.C. 421 et seq.) during the calendar year 1983....
This report describes the efforts of the Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Federal Railroad Administration
(FRA) to improve railroad safety through the administration of the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970 (45 U.S.C. 421 et seq.) during the calendar year 1982.
In 1981, FRA shifted...
On June 16, 2018, at 5:29 p.m., CST, a Union Pacific Railroad (UP) freight train (ZG4MQB 16) with 3 engines and 73 cars traveling timetable south (geographical south) collided with a westbound automobile that drove across a private crossing, resulting in the death of all 4 occupants of the...