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PUCO Approves $1.4 Million for Rail Crossing Safety Upgrades

November 6, 2025 Railfanning.org News Wire
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has approved more than $1.4 million in safety upgrades for rail crossings in three Ohio counties.

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Operation Lifesaver Urges Safety this Halloween

October 16, 2025 Railfanning.org News Wire
With so much going on this Halloween that brings people outside, Operation Lifesaver reminds everyone to maintain vigilance around tracks and trains.

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Railroad Safety in Focus During Rail Safety Week

September 15, 2025 Railfanning.org News Wire
Operation Lifesaver and Operation Lifesaver Canada, along with freight and passenger railroads, are partnering for a rail safety awareness campaign Sept. 15-21, highlighting the importance of making safe choices around tracks and trains.

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PUCO Approves More Than $1 Million for Ohio Rail Crossing Safety Upgrades

September 10, 2025 Railfanning.org News Wire
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio approved over $1 million in safety upgrades at the Winchester Street grade crossing in the village of Sardinia, Brown County.

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Operation Lifesaver Launches Inaugural ENS Sign Awareness Day on June 24

June 16, 2025 Railfanning.org News Wire
Operation Lifesaver is urging the public to recognize and understand how to use Emergency Notification System (ENS) signs – not just on the first-ever Emergency Notification System Sign Awareness Day, taking place Tuesday, June 24, 2025, but year-round.

BNSF

New Mexico Railway Safety Act Races Through First Committee

February 6, 2025 Source New Mexico
A legislative panel on Tuesday gave the green light to a proposal to protect train workers, passengers and the communities built next to freight train routes, though it still has two more stops before it can go to a vote in the House of Representatives.

FRA

Feds Give Away Announces More Than $1.1 Billion in Taxpayer Money to Reduce Collisions, Blocked Railroad Crossings

January 10, 2025 Railfanning.org News Wire
The Federal Railroad Administration has awarded more than $1.1 billion in Railroad Crossing Elimination Grant Program funding to 123 rail projects, improving or studying more than 1,000 highway-rail crossings nationwide.

FRA

SCDOT to Hold Richland County Public Information Meeting

November 26, 2024 Railfanning.org News Wire
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.

FTA

Operation Lifesaver Awards Online Transit Safety Pledge Grant to Hampton Roads Transit

November 14, 2024 Railfanning.org News Wire
Operation Lifesaver announced the recipient of its Transit Safety Pledge Grant, which was made possible by funding from the Federal Transit Administration.

FTA

OLI: Rail Safety Public Awareness Grants Awarded Across Nation

October 30, 2024 Railfanning.org News Wire
Operation Lifesaver announced the recipients of the 2024 Rail Transit Safety Education Public Awareness Grants.

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