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Tuesday, January 11, 2005 (Washington, D.C.) The Federal Railroad Administration today will issue a safety advisory to all of the nation's railroads to strengthen procedures for monitoring track switching operations. The advisory is in response to a recent number of incidents involving trains...
Friday, July 31, 1998 (Washington, DC ) Investment in Transportation Means Jobs For Delta States, Secretary Slater Says
Marion, Arkansas -- During a tour of Union Pacific Railroad’s new intermodal railport here, U.S. Transportation Secretary Rodney E. Slater said that this new...
Friday, January 21, 2005 () A short line railroad located in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in far western North Carolina is receiving a $7.5 million direct loan from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to rehabilitate its infrastructure and maintain its economic importance to the...
Monday, January 31, 2005 () U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta today announced the selection of Daniel C. Smith for the position of Associate Administrator for Safety at the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA). Mr. Smith will head the Federal Railroad Administration’s safety...
Thursday, February 03, 2005 () The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has assessed civil penalties against CSX Transportation, Inc. for multiple violations of highway-rail grade crossing safety regulations related to a February 3, 2004 accident in Henrietta, New York where a train struck a...
Monday, March 07, 2005 (Washington, DC) New standards governing Positive Train Control (PTC) systems will accelerate the deployment of train collision prevention technology, the Federal Railroad Administration announced today. PTC systems can improve rail safety through the use of technology...
Monday, March 14, 2005 (Washington, DC) The Riverport Railroad, LLC, a short-line operator located in Northwestern Illinois, is receiving a more than $5.5 million loan from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to rehabilitate rail related infrastructure and facilities that were once part of...
Friday, March 18, 2005 (Washington, DC) The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) announced today that it has changed the effective date of its Interim Final Rule (IFR) on the Use of Locomotive Horns at Highway-Rail Crossings to June 24, 2005 from April 1, 2005. The action is detailed in a...
Friday, April 22, 2005 (Washington, DC) Thousands of communities nationwide will have the choice to consider silencing train horns at highway-rail grade crossings based on meeting safety needs, under a Final Rule made public today by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA). In addition, the...
Due to website redesign, action plan is now available at https://www.fra.dot.gov/eLib/Details/L19673
Monday, May 16, 2005 () A new plan to improve safety along the nation’s railroads was unveiled today by U.S. Secretary of Transportation Norman Y. Mineta during a visit to Columbia...