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An Update on California High-Speed Rail

Chairman Denham, Ranking Member Brown and members of the Committee: It is my honor to represent President Obama and Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx before you today to discuss the California high-speed rail project. This testimony will explain why we believe high-speed rail is a critical...

Characterization of Locomotive Engineer Schedules

This document was originally written as a Technical Memorandum for internal use by FRA in 2001. A substantial amount of research has been undertaken in the dozen years since this memorandum was produced, including a series of diary studies that provides details about when signalmen, maintenance...