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California State Rail Plan
Government Code Section 14036 requires the California Department of Transportation (the Department) to complete a 10-year State Rail Plan with both passenger and freight rail elements. The law also provides that the State Rail Plan be updated every two years. The passenger rail element of the...High Speed Rail (HSR) in the United States
There are two approaches to High Speed Rail: improving existing tracks and signaling to allow trains to travel somewhat faster, typically to as much as 110 miles per hour, generally on track shared with freight trains; and building new tracks dedicated exclusively to high speed passenger rail...1985 Track Survey: National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)
From September through December 1984, the FRA conducted an intensive survey of all mainline track utilized by Amtrak (see fig. 1). Three automated track geometry railcars -- the latest in railroad state-of-the-art inspection technology -- measured track gage, cross level, wrap, profile, alignment...Federal Railroad Administration to Railroads: Notification of Crude Oil Trains to States Must Continue
WASHINGTON — The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today sent a letter again instructing railroads transporting crude oil that they must continue to notify State Emergency Response Commissions (SERCs) and Tribal Emergency Response Commissions (TERCs) of the expected movement of Bakken...