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Petitioner, Glen I. Harshman, through the United Transportation Union (“UTU”), appealed to the Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration (“FRA”), under the provisions of 49 CFR § 240.411, from a decision of an Administrative Hearing Officer (“AHO”) dismissing petitioner’s hearing request...
Petitioner, C. L. Daniels (“Daniels”), represented by Thomas H. Geoghegan and Carol
Nguyen, Despres Schwartz & Geoghegan, appealed to the Administrator of the Federal Railroad
Administration (“FRA”), under the provisions of 49 CFR § 240.411, from a decision of an
Administrative Hearing...
For the reasons set forth below, I affinn the finding of the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Locomotive Engineer Review Board (LERB) dismissing Mr. L.S. Ruben's (Ruben or Petitioner) petition for review of the revocation of his locomotive engineer certification by the Northeastern Illinois...
This document provides guidance on moving tank cars equipped with the McKenzie valves specified in the Railworthiness Directive published March 18, 2015. The document was updated on May 14, 2015 to incorporate the alternate compliance schedule authorized by the May 12, 2015 letter from FRA to RSI.
Remarks by Sarah Feinberg
Acting Administrator of the
Federal Railroad Administration
Before the
NTSB Forum on the Dangers of Railroad Trespassing
Washington, D.C. Monday, March 24, 2015
The following safety tips and resources are provided to assist the law enforcement community in partnering with the Federal Railroad Administration to reduce collisions, injuries and deaths at highway-rail grade crossings, and to keep its own members safe while working around a rail environment.
This report concerns two issues: 1) whether color vision is necessary for locomotive crews who work on railroads where the signal system is either completely redundant with regard to signal color and signal orientation or the signal system only uses signal orientation; 2) what criteria should the...