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Conductor Certification

Due to our recent website upgrade some of the links in legacy documents might point to the decommissioned site location.  We recommend that users take advantage of the search engine above to locate the material they seek on the current website.  Be assured that we are working...

Bridge Safety Standards

FRA is establishing Federal safety requirements for railroad bridges. This final rule requires track owners to implement bridge management programs, which include annual inspections of railroad bridges, and to audit the programs. This final rule also requires track owners to know the safe load...

Accident Reporting

FRA proposes to amend the railroad accident reporting rules in several ways: requiring the adoption of internal control procedures, allowing the submission of reports on computer diskettes or magnetic tapes, revising accident and injury reporting forms, revising recordkeeping requirements, and...