Railroads
Short Line Safety Institute: Safety Culture Growth Across Two Railroads
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) recognizes the importance and function of a strong safety culture to railroad safety. Since 2014, FRA’s Office of Research, Development and Technology (RD&T) has supported the American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA) in its...
Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) Program
Overview: This program provides funding for projects that improve the safety, efficiency, and reliability of intercity passenger and freight rail. See the FY 2023-2024 Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for more information.
Visit FRA's Webinars page to view presentation...Telephonic Public Hearing: July 14, 2020
Due to the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) public health emergency, and consistent with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s guidance regarding large events and mass gatherings, FRA conducted a telephonic public hearing for the Washington Union Station Expansion DEIS...
Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS)
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) released the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) and Draft Section 4(f) Evaluation for the Washington Union Station Expansion Project (Project) for comment from agencies and the public in June 2020.
Federal-State Partnership for State of Good Repair Grant Program (FY 2017 - 2021)
Overview: This program provided funding for capital projects within the United States to repair, replace, or rehabilitate qualified railroad assets to reduce the state of good repair backlog and improve intercity passenger rail performance.
Legislative Authority: This...
Reliability and Endurance Testing of Locomotive Waste Heat Recovery System
From August 20, 2012, to September 30, 2015, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) sponsored this research for the optimization and testing of a non-invasive locomotive retrofit technology, Locomotive Waste Heat Recovery System (WHRS) dedicated to capturing and converting locomotive waste...
Performance of Tank Car Pressure Relief Devices Under Fire Conditions
Between August and October 2018, an initial series of tests with water as lading were conducted at Underwriters Laboratories (UL) in Northbrook, IL, to confirm test and instrumentation setup and baseline PRD performance. In August 2019, a subsequent series of tests using ethanol, a flammable...