FRA

An Amtrak route between Chicago and Indianapolis will continue to see service seven days a week following an agreement between Amtrak, the Indiana Department of Transportation and Iowa Pacific Holdings.

A new final rule from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is aimed at preventing unattended trains that carry poisonous, toxic or highly flammable contents from rolling away.

Railroads must continue to notify State Emergency Response Commissions and Tribal Emergency Response Commissions of the expected movement of Bakken crude oil trains through individual states and tribal regions, the Federal Railroad Administration said.