FRA Awards $1 Million Grant to Prevent Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Collisions and Trespass Incidents, Aims to Reduce the Leading Causes of Rail-Related Deaths

Wednesday, July 25, 2007 (Washington, DC) Continuing efforts to reduce collisions between trains and motor vehicles at grade crossings and discourage illegal trespassing on railroad tracks, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is providing a $1 million grant to Operation Lifesaver, Inc., a...

Nation’s First Freight Train Equipped with New, Safer Brake Technology Begins Operations

Thursday, October 11, 2007 (Washington, DC) The first train fully equipped with electronically controlled pneumatic (ECP) brake technology began hauling coal today in southwestern Pennsylvania under a waiver approved by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), announced Administrator Joseph H...

America’s First "Smart" Highway-Rail Crossing is Dedicated in Groton, Connecticut

Wednesday, August 26, 1998 (Washington, DC ) America’s First "Smart" Highway-Rail Crossing is Dedicated in Groton, Connecticut

Federal Railroad Administrator Jolene M. Molitoris today participated in the dedication of a new advanced technology gate system at the School Street...

DOT Grants $12.8 Million to First Responders and Emergency Workers to Improve Hazardous Materials Planning and Training

Monday, October 01, 2007 (Washington, DC) U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary E. Peters today announced grants to states, territories and Native American tribes totaling $12.8 million for planning and training to improve the nation’s response to hazardous materials transportation incidents...

34 States Have Fewer Train Accidents During First Six Months of 2007; Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Collisions and Fatalities Show Significant Declines

Monday, September 24, 2007 (Washington, DC) Railroad safety continued to improve significantly during the first half of 2007 as 34 states experienced fewer train derailments and collisions as compared to the same period last year, Federal Railroad Administrator Joseph H. Boardman announced today...

Statement from Robert D. Jamison, Acting Administrator Federal Railroad Administration

Thursday, January 06, 2005 (Washington, DC)

In response to the train derailment and hazardous materials spill involving a Norfolk Southern freight train in Aiken, SC, early this morning, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Norman Y. Mineta and I have dispatched a veteran team of three...

Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Safety Enhanced with New Rule to Make Trains More Visible to Motorists

Monday, January 03, 2005 (Washington DC) Reflective materials will be installed on the sides of locomotives and freight rail cars as a safety measure to make trains more visible to motorists at railroad crossings under a Final Rule published by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) in today...

Statement of Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta on Today’s Appointment of New Federal Railroad Administration Acting Administrator

Monday, January 03, 2005 () U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta applauded President Bush’s appointment today of Robert D. Jamison as Acting Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA). Jamison, currently Deputy Administrator of the Federal Transit Administration (...

FRA Announces $4 Million Loan to Great Western Railway

Friday, December 14, 2007 (Washington, DC) The Great Western Railway (GWR) is receiving a $4 million loan from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) under the Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing (RRIF) Program. The GWR, a subsidiary of Omnitrax, is a short line carrier that...

FRA Moves To New Office

Wednesday, November 28, 2007 (Washington, DC)

The Federal Railroad Administration offices will be closed during the afternoon of Thursday, November 29 and all day Friday, November 30 as it moves into its new building. FRA employees will be available via phone and e-mail during this...