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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...
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...
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...
Monday, January 10, 2005 () Bulkmatic Transport Company, headquartered in Griffith, IN has pleaded guilty to felony charges stemming from its failure to comply with federal hazardous materials transportation laws. Specifically, the company failed to train an employee who was seriously injured...
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...
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...
Wednesday, July 20, 2005 (Washington, DC) The federal government wants to know if it is possible to restrict vehicle access to two Metrolink commuter train lines as a way to improve safety on routes that run from Los Angeles to Symar and Chatsworth, it was announced today. The Federal Railroad...
Tuesday, July 12, 2005 (Washington, DC) The Tex-Mex Railroad, a short line connecting the United States to Mexico, has won approval of a $50 million loan it will use for major safety and infrastructure projects in the wake of growing cross border trade. The loan from the Federal Railroad...
Thursday, June 30, 2005 (Washington, DC) Train “black box” data and information will be better safeguarded for use in accident investigations as a result of a Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) final rule requiring improvements in the crash survivability of locomotive event...
Thursday, June 23, 2005 (Washington, DC) The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today announced the award of two rail safety research grants to universities in Alabama and Illinois intended to improve safety in the railroad industry. Specifically, Tuskegee University received $96,192 to study...