Press Releases

12/14/2007: FRA Announces $4 Million Loan to Great Western Railway

11/28/2007: FRA Moves To New Office

11/15/2007: 11/15/07 Statement from Federal Railroad Administration on the Safety of Tunnels on the Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad

11/09/2007: U.S. DOT News Digest Items: Virginia Railway Express Receives FRA RRIF Loan for New Railcars; FRA Sends Model Legislation to Governors to Protect Against Scam Railroads; FRA Publishes Collision Hazard Analysis Guide for Passenger Rail Operators

10/11/2007: Nation’s First Freight Train Equipped with New, Safer Brake Technology Begins Operations

10/01/2007: DOT Grants $12.8 Million to First Responders and Emergency Workers to Improve Hazardous Materials Planning and Training

9/24/2007: 34 States Have Fewer Train Accidents During First Six Months of 2007; Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Collisions and Fatalities Show Significant Declines

9/21/2007: DOT Digest: FRA Grants to Short Line Railroads and for Rail-Related Research

9/04/2007: FRA Proposed Rule Promotes Adoption of Advanced Train Braking Technology To Improve Rail Safety and Efficiency

8/24/2007: DOT Digest: FRA Grants for Portland & Western RR, Sumpter Valley RR, Rail-Related Suicide Research, and High Speed Rail Grade Crossing Upgrades

8/10/2007: DOT News Digest: FRA Issues Grants to University of Nebraska, Alaska Railroad and Port of Portland (OR)

8/06/2007: La FRA y los socios de la seguridad pública en California, anuncian una campaña para educar a los trabajadores campesinos sobre los peligros que existen cerca de las líneas del ferrocarril

8/06/2007: FRA and California Public Safety Partners Announce Initiative to Educate Farm Workers about Dangers near Railroad Lines

8/01/2007: Proposed Federal Regulations Expected to Improve Safety of Passenger Trains; Afford Passengers and Crew Better Crash Protection

7/27/2007: DOT News Digest: FRA Grant Supports Wireless Communications Research for PTC Application

7/25/2007: Public Invited to Comment on Safety at Private Highway-Rail Grade Crossings at Syracuse, N.Y. Forum on July 26

7/25/2007: FRA Awards $1 Million Grant to Prevent Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Collisions and Trespass Incidents, Aims to Reduce the Leading Causes of Rail-Related Deaths

5/22/2007: Reducing Human Error and Strengthening Hazardous Materials Tank Cars Top Rail Safety Agenda for 2007, says DOT Secretary Peters

5/16/2007: FRA Launches Two New Automated Inspection Vehicles to Detect Track Flaws; 100,000 Miles of Track to be Federally Inspected Each Year

5/11/2007: DOT News Digest: FRA Issues Grant to Nevada DOT to Complete Evaluation of Proposed Maglev Train

5/08/2007: Statement by Federal Railroad Administrator Joseph H. Boardman on Plans by CSX Railroad to Increase Safety Investments

5/07/2007: Statement by Federal Railroad Administrator Joseph H. Boardman On the U.S. DOT Inspector General’s Report on Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Accident Reporting and Data Analysis Safety Oversight

4/18/2007: Federal Railroad Administrator Releases Results of Track Inspections on CSX and Outlines Next Rail Safety Actions during Visit to Rochester, New York

3/29/2007: FRA Approves Waiver for New Braking Technology to Improve Train Control and Safety

3/23/2007: DOT Digest: FRA Issues RRIF Loans to DM&E and RJ Corman Railroad Group

3/19/2007: Federal Railroad Administrator Boardman Visits Albany to Launch Track Inspection Project for New York State, Announces Additional Measures to Improve Rail Safety

3/16/2007: FRA Announces Start of Environmental Impact Statement for California High-Speed Passenger Rail Project

3/13/2007: Statement of Federal Railroad Administrator Joseph H. Boardman on Rail Safety Issues in New York

3/07/2007: Train Accidents Decline for Second Year in a Row Preliminary 2006 Safety Data Show

2/26/2007: FRA Administrator Denies DM&E Powder River Basin Loan Application Citing Unacceptable Risk to Federal Taxpayers

2/14/2007: Federal Government Will Regulate Railroad Hours of Service and Increase Focus on Safety Risk Reduction, Under the Administration’s Proposed Rail Safety Legislation

2/13/2007: New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal Redevelopment Effort Receives FRA Grant Funding to Help Identify Future Transportation Needs

2/02/2007: Rail Employees at Nation’s Largest Rail Yard to Confidentially Report ‘Close Calls’ Under New Federal Rail Safety Pilot Project

1/31/2007: FRA Issues Final Environmental Review on Proposed DM&E Powder River Basin Project, New Safety and Air Quality Requirements Added

1/26/2007: FRA Issues Safety Advisory on Maintenance Equipment

1/19/2007: US DOT News Digest: FRA Issues Safety Advisory for Rail Yard Safety and Proposed Rules for Rail Relocation Grant Program

1/16/2007: Development of New Federal Design Standards for Hazardous Materials Tank Cars to Benefit from Public-Private Partnership

1/08/2007: FRA Inaugurates ‘New Era of Rail Safety’ with Approval of First Positive Train Control System Developed Under New Regulations

1/05/2007: Growing Economy Making it Easier for Roanoke Railroad Industry to Add Jobs, Federal Railroad Administrator Says on Day Government Announced More Than 167,000 Jobs Were Created in December