The $466 million project will permit double-stacked containers to pass through the 126-year-old tunnel and generate more business at Baltimore’s port while creating nearly 14,000 jobs.
Operation Lifesaver Inc. (OLI) and the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) are awarding than $200,000 in competitive rail safety awareness grants to Operation Lifesaver programs in a dozen states.
The Federal Railroad Administration has issued a final rule, extending the amount of time freight rail equipment can be left off-air — with its air brake system depressurized — before requiring a new brake inspection.
NJ Transit’s Positive Train Control (PTC) system has been certified by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) as meeting the Dec. 31 deadline for implementation.
Recently introduced legislation would identify and address cases of blocked railroad crossings by examining more than 200,000 grade crossings across the country.
As of Sept. 30, 2020, positive train control (PTC) is in operation or revenue service demonstration (RSD) on 99.6 percent of the 57,537 route miles subject to the federal mandate, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) said.
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has published a new rule establishing metrics and a minimum standard to measure Amtrak intercity passenger trains’ performance and service quality.