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Hours of Service of Railroad Employees; Substantive Regulations for Train Employees Providing Commuter and Intercity Rail Passenger Transportation; Conforming Amendments to Recordkeeping Requirements

FRA is proposing to amend its hours of service recordkeeping regulations, to establish hours of service regulations, including maximum onduty periods, minimum off-duty periods, and other limitations, for train employees (e.g., locomotive engineers and conductors) providing commuter and intercity...

Passenger Equipment Safety Standards

FRA is proposing a rule establishing comprehensive Federal safety standards for railroad passenger equipment. The proposed rule contains requirements concerning equipment design and performance criteria related to passenger and crew survivability in the event of a passenger train accident; the...

Locomotive Safety Standards; Sanders

FRA proposes to revise the existing requirements related to sanders on locomotives. The proposed rule would modify the existing regulations by permitting additional flexibility in the use of locomotives with inoperative sanders. The proposal would provide railroads the ability to better utilize...

Passenger Equipment Safety Standards; Advance Notice

FRA announces the initiation of rulemaking on rail passenger equipment safety standards. FRA requests comment on the need for particular safety requirements and the costs, benefits, and practicability of such requirements. FRA anticipates this rulemaking will address the inspection, testing, and...

Locomotive Safety Standards

FRA proposes to revise the existing regulations containing Railroad Locomotive Safety Standards. The proposed revisions would update, consolidate, and clarify the existing regulations. The proposal incorporates existing industry and engineering best practices related to locomotives and...

Locomotive Event Recorders

To improve the crashworthiness of railroad locomotive event recorders and to enhance the quality of information available for postaccident investigations, FRA proposes to amend its existing regulations in four major ways: By requiring that new locomotives have event recorders with ��hardened��...

Qualifications for Locomotive Engineers

In January 1997, FRA convened a working group comprised of rail industry and labor representatives to recommend revisions to FRA�s requirements for the qualification and certification of locomotive engineers (49 CFR Part 240). The working group examined data, discussed the successes and failures...

Locomotive Cab Sanitation Standards

FRA proposes to amend its regulations by adding standards that address toilet and washing facilities for employees who work in locomotive cabs. The proposal provides exceptions for certain existing equipment and operations, and establishes servicing requirements.