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FRA Develops Model State Legislation to Improve Safety at Highway-Rail Grade Crossings. The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), together with states, developed model state legislation for use in developing bills to improve safety at highway-rail grade crossings without gates or barriers. The...
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced proposed improvements to existing Passenger Train Emergency Systems regulations that could further protect occupants of passenger trains during emergencies.
“Safety is our highest priority,...
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today awarded more than $186 million to the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) for a high-speed rail project that will reduce travel times and put Americans back to work this spring. “The Great Lakes-Midwest economic...
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced a proposal to require railroads to train and qualify employees in safety-related positions on federal railroad safety laws, regulations and orders.
“Safety is our highest priority and we will continue to work...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced a $54.6 million loan to Kansas City Southern Railway Company (KCSR) for the purchase of 30 new General Electric ES44AC locomotives. These diesel-electric locomotives, built in Erie, Pennsylvania,...
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced that twelve cities and states will share $16.9 million to relocate, replace, and improve segments of railroad track under the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)’s Rail Line Relocation and Improvement competitive...
SEATTLE – Federal Railroad Administrator Joseph C. Szabo today visited King Street Station in Seattle to celebrate the Pacific Northwest Passenger Rail Corridor construction project, which will help increase the station’s capacity while transforming it into a modern...
VANCOUVER, Wash. – Federal Railroad Administrator Joseph Szabo visited the Port of Vancouver today to review early construction work on a critical rail connection that will link the Port of Vancouver to BNSF Railway’s east-west mainline.
The project,...
PORTLAND, Ore. – Federal Railroad Administrator Joseph C. Szabo today joined local officials at Union Station to celebrate the Pacific Northwest Passenger Rail Corridor construction project in Portland.
Through the High-Speed and Intercity Passenger Rail...
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has provided a $750,000 High-Speed Intercity Passenger Rail (HSIPR) Program grant to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to study the expansion of Amtrak’s Keystone Corridor from Harrisburg to Pittsburgh. Passenger trains on the Keystone Corridor...