Federal Railroad Administration

Norfolk Southern (NS) and Alstom have partnered to convert two 50-year-old GP 38/40 locomotives to hybrid technology.

The freight rail industry, under the leadership of the Association of American Railroad (AAR), on Nov. 8 filed litigation in multiple courts across the nation challenging the Federal Railroad Administration’s…

The Texas and Gonzales Railway (TXGN) and the Texas Rock Crusher Railway (TXR), two subsidiary railroads of TNW Corporation (TNW), have been awarded grants from the Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA)…

Let’s resume where I left off, moving right along, next up: The NPRM intends to amend section 236.1029, PTC System Use and Failures. The provisions authorizing “temporary exceptions” to the…

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) awards partners of the Transportation Technology Center (TTC) more than $84 million in Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) Grant Program funding for workforce…

Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) advances the Southeast Gateway Line project and selects AtkinsRéalis to provide program management support services for its acquisition of 182 new rapid transit…

Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) receives a $544.6 million loan from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Build America Bureau for 775 new passenger railcars. Also, funding is secured through…

Hundreds of railroad professionals from government, industry and academia gathered in Pueblo, Colo., on Oct. 22-23 for the 2nd Annual Transportation Technology Center (TTC) Conference & Tour.

CSX double-stack service to and from the Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore launched Oct. 28 as part of the $500 million Howard Street Tunnel Project.  The project is improving…

Pacific Harbor Line (PHL), together with the California Air Resources Board (CARB), has received partial funding for five new Progress Rail battery-electric locomotives and two battery chargers through the Federal…

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on Oct. 29 released the final report for its investigation of the Sept. 17, 2023, accident involving a CSX mechanical department employee who was struck and killed…

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) on Oct. 23 and 24 published two successive, related Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRMs) the agency says will enhance railroad track safety by requiring railroads…

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) on Oct. 29 reported that 122 freight and passenger rail improvement projects—including 81 at short lines—across 41 states will share more than $2.4 billion in…

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) on Oct. 28 published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that “seeks to bring clarity, transparency, and consistency to the petition process to help ensure…

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) office of Research, Development & Test awarded a contract in 2023 to the University of Texas at Austin for an updated re-examination of freight railway…

A majority of train and engine service employees at the Georgia Central Railway recently voted to join the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) in a representation election certified…

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) on Oct. 25 published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to amend certain regulations on Positive Train Control (PTC) systems.

A groundbreaking ceremony was held Oct. 15 for the $2.3 billion Long Bridge Project, which is slated to boost passenger rail capacity over the Potomac River between Arlington, Va., and…

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has selected nine rail capital projects in Alaska, South Dakota and Wyoming for Special Transportation Circumstances grants totaling more than $108 million. The Special Transportation…

I recently printed out a prepublication copy (uncorrected proofs) of the report Long Freight Trains: Insuring Safe Operations, Mitigating Adverse Impacts submitted by the “Committee on the Impact of Trains Longer…