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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...
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.
CONTACT: Office of Railroad Policy and Development PHONE: _ SUBJECT: High-Speed Passenger Rail, Passenger Rail KEYWORDS: Southwest Regional Investment Fact Sheet
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.
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...
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,...
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....
CONTACT: PHONE: SUBJECT: Positive Train Control, Signal and Train Control KEYWORDS: Positive Train Control, Rail Safety Improvement of 2008, RSIA, PTC ABSTRACT: PTC is a system of integrated technologies capable of preventing collisions, over-speed derailments and unintended...
CONTACT: Mikhail Grizkewitsch PHONE: 000-000-0000 SUBJECT: Trespasser Programs KEYWORDS: Railroad Trespassing, Trespassing, Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Safety and Prevention Team, Community Trespassing Prevention Guide, Operation Lifesaver ABSTRACT: The FRA, in...