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Thursday, May 13, 2004 (Washington, DC) Federal Railroad Administrator Allan Rutter today announced a preliminary report strongly indicating that the deployment of remote control locomotives in and around rail yards has resulted in significant safety benefits. The findings are contained in the...
Thursday, May 06, 2004 (Washington, DC) The nation’s rail transportation system achieved a record low number of highway-rail grade crossing fatalities in 2003, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Norman Y. Mineta announced today. Preliminary full-year statistics compiled by the Federal...
Tuesday, June 30, 1998 (Washington, DC) FRA Orders Safety Improvements on Northwestern Pacific Railroad
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today announced that it has issued a compliance order directing the Northwestern Pacific Railroad to improve railroad safety throughout its...
Monday, May 03, 2004 (Washington, DC) Federal Railroad Administrator Allan Rutter today announced a $1 million grant to Operation Lifesaver, Inc. (OLI), the nation's premier railroad safety public education and awareness organization.
The grant will be used by OLI to conduct targeted...
Friday, April 30, 2004 (Washington, DC) “From the beginning, Allan Rutter has served the Bush Administration with dedication and a commitment to delivering results for the American people. And he's done just that. Under his watch, the Federal Railroad Administration made significant...
Tuesday, October 19, 2004 (Washington, DC) The Federal Railroad Administration will partner with the North Carolina Department of Transportation and Norfolk Southern Railway in a $482,000 federally funded research project using locomotive mounted digital video cameras to capture real-time data...
Tuesday, October 19, 2004 (Washington, DC) Oregon’s Port of Umatilla in the northern part of the state has been awarded a $2,781,800 grant from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to replace a gantry crane in use since World War II, U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta...
Friday, October 15, 2004 (Washington, DC) NTAD 2004 Geographic Databases Released. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics today released the 2004 updated edition of the National Transportation Atlas Databases (NTAD). This edition of NTAD includes, for...
Thursday, October 14, 2004 (Washington, DC) A demonstration project of self-propelled passenger rail cars between Miami and West Palm Beach will continue with a $4.9 million grant from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to the Florida Department of Transportation and the South Florida...
Wednesday, October 13, 2004 (Washington, DC) The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has awarded a $497,050 grant to the Ohio Rail Development Commission (ORDC) to test safety equipment that block all lanes of traffic at a high-risk highway-rail grade crossing. The device is comprised of a...