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Track Safety Standards; Concrete Crossties

FRA is proposing to amend the Federal Track Safety Standards to promote the safety of railroad operations over track constructed with concrete crossties. In particular, FRA is proposing specific requirements for effective concrete crossties, for rail fastening systems connected to concrete...

Systems for Telephonic Notific ation of Unsafe Conditions at Highway-Rail and Pathway Grade Crossings

FRA is proposing amendments to its primary regulations on grade crossing safety. The major amendments proposed would require a railroad that dispatches a train through a public or private highway-rail or pathway grade crossing to establish and maintain a system that allows a member of the public...

Track Safety Standards; Continuous Welded Rail (CWR)

FRA is proposing to amend the Federal Track Safety Standards to promote the safety of railroad operations over continuous welded rail (CWR). In particular, FRA is proposing specific requirements for the qualification of persons designated to inspect CWR track, or supervise the installation,...

Track Safety Standards; Miscellaneous Proposed Revisions

FRA proposes to amend the Track Safety Standards in order to update and enhance its track safety regulatory program. These proposed amendments present additional regulatory requirements necessary to address today�s railroad operating environment including the introduction of standards...

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...

Railroad Workplace Safety; Adjacent-Controlled-Track On-Track Safety for Roadway Workers

FRA proposes to amend its regulations on railroad workplace safety to reduce further the risk of serious injury or death to roadway workers. In particular, FRA proposes to require that railroads adopt specified on-track safety procedures to protect certain roadway work groups from the movement...

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...

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...

Restrictions on Railroad Operating Employees� Use of Cellular Telephones and Other Electronic Devices

FRA is proposing to amend its railroad communications regulations by restricting use of mobile telephones and other distracting electronic devices by railroad operating employees. This proposed rulemaking would codify most of the requirements of FRA Emergency Order No. 26, which would be...

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.

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