Welcome to the Federal
Railroad Administration's (FRA) news and information
page. The FRA works to ensure a safe, efficient &
effective passenger and freight railroad network. The
agency's safety force inspects the U.S.'s 230,000 miles
of railroad track, 1.2 million freight cars, 20,000
locomotives and 89,000 track miles of signal and train
control systems. The FRA also provides funding for
Amtrak, educates the public about the danger of
highway-rail grade crossings and develops standards and
regulations to enhance rail safety.
PRESS RELEASES FROM 2004
November
Effective Date of Proposed Rule Allowing
for Train Horn “Quiet Zones” Moves to April 1 (11/21/04)
October
FRA
Announces First Ever Use of Locomotive Mounted Cameras to Study
Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Safety and Trespass Prevention (10/19/04)
Federal
Railroad Administration Awards $4.9 Million To Florida DOT for
Self-Propelled Passenger Rail Car Demonstration (10/14/04)
Ohio Receives Grant to Demonstrate New Safety Equipment
at High-Risk Highway-Rail Grade Crossing (10/13/04)
September
Springfield,
Missouri Receives FRA Grant To Fund Rail Traffic Studies (9/30/04)
August
$5.2 Million
Grade Crossing Improvement Grants Help Advance High-Speed Rail
Corridor Development in Five States (8/16/04)
Grade
Crossing Improvement Grant Helps Advance Development of High-Speed
Rail Corridor in Wisconsin (8/16/04)
Grade
Crossing Improvement Grant Helps Advance Development of High-Speed
Rail Corridor in State of Washington (8/16/04)
June
FRA Proposes
to Improve Crash Survivability of Locomotive “Black Box” (6/30/04)
FRA Proposal
Seeks to Improve Working Conditions For Train Crews, Prevent Hearing
Loss (6/23/04)
U.S.
Department of Transportation Issues Action Plan to Prevent
Train-Vehicle Collisions and Pedestrian Deaths (6/15/04)
May
FRA Audit of Remote Control Locomotive Operations
Shows Fewer Accidents and Employee Injuries (5/13/04)
Highway-Rail
Crossing Fatalities Reach Record Low in 2003; Other Railroad Safety
Numbers Show Similar Improvements (5/6/04)
Federal Railroad Administrator Announces
$1 Million Grant to Operation Lifesaver (5/3/04)
April
Federal Railroad Administrator Allan Rutter
Announces Move to Texas Transportation Position (4/30/04)
March
Statement of Federal Railroad Administrator Allan Rutter on Resolution
of Legal Claims Between Amtrak and Bombardier/Alstom Consortium
(3/17/04)
February
Federal Railroad Administrator Announces $4.6 Million Loan to the Stillwater
Central Railroad (2/12/04)
FRA Extends Public Comment Period By 60 Days for
Interim Final Rule on the Use of Locomotive Horns (2/12/04)
January
Federal Railroad Administrator Announces $233 Million Loan To Dakota,
Minnesota & Eastern Railroad (1/7/03)
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