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HQ-2019-1338
On May 28, 2019 at approximately 5:54 a.m., EDT, CSX Transportation (CSX) mixed freight train Q56027 (Train 1), consisting of 3 head-end locomotives, 116 cars, 89 loaded, 27 empties, 7,487 feet long with 11,234 trailing tons, derailed the leading axle (right and left No. 4 wheels) of locomotive...Federal Railroad Administration Launches Web Portal For Public to Report Blocked Railroad Crossings
WASHINGTON- The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today announced it has established a new, dedicated webpage for the public and law enforcement to report blocked highway-rail grade crossings.
Blocked crossings occur when stopped trains impede...
Training Standards Rule
Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 243, Training, Qualifications, and Oversight for Safety-Related Railroad Employees requires each railroad or contractor that employs one or more safety-related railroad employees to develop and submit certain training programs to FRA for approval, and to designate the minimum training qualifications for each occupational category of employee. The regulation also requires most employers to conduct periodic oversight of their employees.
Southwest Regional Investment Fact Sheet
CONTACT: Office of Railroad Policy and Development PHONE: _ SUBJECT: High-Speed Passenger Rail, Passenger Rail KEYWORDS: Southwest Regional Investment Fact Sheet
FRA Locomotive Horn Sounding and Quiet Zone Establishment
CONTACT: PHONE: SUBJECT: Train Horn Noise KEYWORDS: Quiet Zone, Train Horns, Horns, ABSTRACT: Since their inception, railroads have sounded locomotive horns or whistles in advance of grade crossings and under other circumstances as a universal safety precaution.
FRA Track Safety Standards
CONTACT: PHONE: SUBJECT: Track, Tracks & Structures, Track/Train Interactions KEYWORDS: Track Safety Standards, Inspectors, Track Structure, Track Geometry, Road Bed, Track Inspection, ABSTRACT: Railroads are safer today than at any time in our history; however, FRA...
FRA Rail Hazardous Materials
CONTACT: PHONE: SUBJECT: Hazardous Materials KEYWORDS: Hazardous Materials, Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, PHMSA, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration ABSTRACT: While rail accidents involving hazmat have been steadily declining over the last decade,...
FRA Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Safety
CONTACT: PHONE: SUBJECT: Highway-Rail Grade Crossings KEYWORDS: highway-rail grade crossing, Operation Lifesaver ABSTRACT: A highway-rail grade crossing is a location where a public or private road, street, sidewalk or pathway, intersects railroad tracks at the same level....