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Trump Nominates David Fink Federal Railroad Administration Administrator
President-elect Donald Trump has nominated David Fink as the next administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration. Trump said Fink, a fifth generation railroader and the former president of Pan Am Railways, will bring his more than 45 years of transportation leadership and success, which will deliver the FRA into a new era of safety and technological innovation. Fink’s father, worked for the Pennsylvania Railroad, Penn Central and Guilford Transportation, which rebranded as Pan Am Railways in 2006 after buying an American World Airways’ name, colors and logo. “Under David’s guidance, the Federal Railroad Administration will be GREAT again,” Trump said
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SCDOT to Hold Richland County Public Information Meeting
The South Carolina Department of Transportation and the city of Columbia, South Carolina; the Federal Highway Administration and the Federal Railroad Administration, will host an in-person public meeting next month about the Assembly Street railroad separation project to reduce traffic congestion caused by train crossings.
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FRA Proposes Positive Train Control Amendment
The Federal Railroad Administration published a notice of proposed rulemaking proposing to amend certain positive train control systems regulations. The feds said the proposed rule seeks to improve the efficiency and safety of railroad operations by standardizing regulations concerning railroad operations when PTC systems are not enabled. This can occur due to a PTC outage or when PTC systems are temporarily disabled to facilitate maintenance, repairs or upgrades. Under the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008, Congress mandated the implementation of PTC systems on Class I railroad main lines that carry high levels of freight traffic and certain hazardous materials,
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