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Federal Railroad Administration Issues $6.8 Million Loan to the Arkansas and Missouri Railroad
WASHINGTON – The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today issued a $6.8 million Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing (RRIF) loan to the Arkansas and Missouri Railroad (A&M). A&M will use the loan to refinance the purchase of three locomotives that improves the...
FRA Statement Regarding Amtrak Inward Facing Camera Installation
Statement From the FRA regarding Amtrak's decision to install inward facing cameras:
"Inward facing cameras enhance safety while serving as an additional tool for investigators to better understand how accidents occur. Amtrak's decision to install and use cameras is a positive...
Natural Gas Locomotive Technology Workshop Report
The U.S. Energy Information Administration estimates that the supply of natural gas (NG) in America will last more than 100 years, thanks to hydraulic fracking of shale rocks. Fracking is a process by which natural gas is extracted from rock buried deep within the ground, and it has decreased the...Track and Track-Side Video Survey Technology Development
Researchers at HiDef/Createc have completed prototype development and testing of a novel railroad track video surveying technology called Track and Track-Side Video Survey (TTVS). TTVS is designed to capture clear video images of the track and track side areas from a moving platform at speed. This...Federal Railroad Administration Takes Follow-Up Action to Control Train Speeds on Northeast Corridor
FRA will take additional steps in coming days to address speed and curves on ALL passenger corridors
WASHINGTON – The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today issued an Emergency Order that will assist in controlling passenger train speeds at certain locations on the...
Emergency Order No. 31, Establishing Requirements for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation
FRA is issuing this emergency order (EO or Order) to require that the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) take actions to control passenger train speed at certain locations on main line track in the Northeast Corridor (as described by 49 U.S.C. 24905(c)(l)(A)).Highway-Rail Intersection Crash Taxonomy for Connected Vehicle Safety Research
This report characterizes the frequency, severity, and costs of highway-rail intersection (HRI) collisions, and the estimated potential reductions in these metrics resulting from the implementation of Connected Vehicle HRI safety applications. Multiple data sources were accessed with a focus on...