Press Releases

12/22/1999: STATEMENT OF FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATOR MOLITORIS ON PROPOSED MERGER OF CANADIAN NATIONAL-BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE RAILROADS

11/16/1999: U.S. Transportation Secretary Slater Announces Final Rule on Steam Locomotives

11/05/1999: U.S. Transportation Secretary Announces Final Rule Revising Locomotive Engineer Regulations

11/01/1999: U.S. Transportation Secretary Slater Announces Law Enforcement Video For Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Safety

10/29/1999: U.S. Transportation Secretary Slater: Railroad Administration Collected $6 Million in Civil Penalties

10/22/1999: U.S. Transportation Secretary Slater Announces Rail Safety Agreement With The Peruvian Ministry of Transport

10/20/1999: U.S. Transportation Secretary Announces Detail of Erie County Deputy to FRA Safety Office

10/15/1999: U.S. Secretary of Transportation Slater Announces Administration’s Bill to Reauthorize the Surface Transportation Board

10/08/1999: U.S. Transportation Secretary Announces Contract for Rails-With-Trails Best Practices Report

10/08/1999: U. S. Transportation Secretary Slater Announces Y2K Readiness Assessment of Major Freight Railroads

10/07/1999: U. S. Transportation Secretary Slater Announces Non-Electric High-Speed Passenger Rail Demonstration Project

10/01/1999: U.S. Transportation Secretary Slater Announces Grant to Virginia for Tourist Train Feasibility Study

10/01/1999: U.S. Transportation Secretary Slater Announces Report Showing Dramatic Improvement In Rail Safety

9/23/1999: U.S. Transportation Secretary Slater Announces Federal Railroad Administration Initiative To Reduce Accidents Involving Human Error

8/30/1999: U.S. Transportation Secretary Slater Announces Project To Conduct Passenger Rail Car Crash Tests

8/13/1999: U.S. Transportation Secretary Slater Announces Funding of Partnership With Bombardier Transit Systems To Build High-Speed Passenger Locomotive

8/10/1999: FRA Administrator Announces Hazmat Plea Agreement by Missouri Firm

8/02/1999: U.S. Secretary of Transportation Slater Submits Railroad Safety Bill

7/23/1999: U.S. Transportation Secretary Announces Funding For Grade Crossing Hazard Elimination Programs In Designated High-Speed Corridors

7/15/1999: U.S. Transportation Secretary Slater: Reflective Material on Freight Train Cars Would Improve Safety at Highway-Rail Crossings

6/16/1999: FRA Awards Grant To Tuskegee University For Study of Rail Fatigue

6/01/1999: Secretary Slater Announces Safety Policy for Light Rail Transit Operating on Conventional Railroad Tracks

5/24/1999: Secretary Slater Announces Finalists For Maglev Technology Deployment Program

5/19/1999: U.S. Transportation Secretary Slater Announces Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing Program

5/10/1999: U.S. Transportation Secretary Slater Announces Landmark Safety Standards For Railroad Passenger Equipment

5/07/1999: FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATOR MOLITORIS TO RECEIVE ELLIS ISLAND MEDAL OF HONOR

5/05/1999: FRA SUBMITS FIRST STATUS REPORT ON SAFETY OVERSIGHT OF CONRAIL ACQUISITION

4/20/1999: FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATOR MEETS WITH LAREDO MAYOR ON HIGHWAY-RAIL CROSSING SAFETY

4/19/1999: FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATOR PARTICIPATES IN CONGRESSIONAL MEETING ON HIGHWAY-RAIL CROSSING SAFETY

4/09/1999: U.S. TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY SLATER CONDUCTS ROUNDTABLE MEETING ON HIGHWAY-RAIL CROSSING SAFETY

3/16/1999: Statement by FRA Administrator Jolene M. Molitoris Regarding Amtrak’s City of New Orleans

2/08/1999: Federal Railroad Administration Awards Contract For Procurement of Advanced Track Geometry Vehicle

1/28/1999: Transportation Secretary Slater Announces Extension of Chicago Hub High Speed Rail Corridor To Indianapolis and Cincinnati