A federal appeals court rejects rail industry arguments that the two-person crew rule was arbitrary and overreaching.
More than $2 billion in federal grants that have become a vital component of short line and regional railroad operations are now available.
The Trump administration is restricting Mexican train crews from traveling more than 10 miles into the U.S. due to English language proficiency concerns.
The Federal Railroad Administration approved a waiver to allow for the expanded use of automatic track inspection technology.
New Federal Railroad Administration chief is a former Pan Am Railways president and fifth-generation railroader.
Mexican train crews interchanging into the U.S. may pose a safety hazard due to lack of English language skills, a labor union warns.
Republicans and Democrats split over automated track inspection systems and Federal Railroad Administration safety regulations
The Trump administration’s proposed new regulatory enforcement policy could make railroads less accountable, unions assert.
The Federal Railroad Administration has determined that gantry cranes for a Montgomery intermodal facility meet the agency’s Buy America exemption.
David Fink, President Trump’s nominee to oversee rail safety in the U.S., was questioned Tuesday about his own safety record as former head of a railroad.
The Association of American Railroads is asking the Trump administration to repeal a Biden-era rule requiring two-person train crews.
Parallel Systems says its autonomous electric railcars will begin testing on two Georgia railroads this month.
A new study by the Federal Railroad Administration proposes dual-mode locomotives to help railroads save money in the switch to electric power.
President Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday rescinded a freeze on federal grants and other funding that could have had far-reaching effects on the transportation sector, one day after the order was announced amid public uncertainty and criticism, media outlets reported. The reversal also follows a federal judge’s order on Tuesday that temporarily blocked the pause […]
WASHINGTON — While global transportation transitions to a cleaner future fueled by alternative power sources, North American railroads have fewer good options outside of diesel fuel. “We love diesel; we like to take showers in diesel,” joked Michael Nicoletti, a partner at Innovative Rail Technologies (IRT), at “Toward Zero Emissions in Rail: Lessons Learned,” a […]
David Fink, former Pan Am Railways president, has been tabbed by President-elect Donald Trump to lead the Federal Railroad Administration.
BNSF Railway, CSX, and Union Pacific filed lawsuits against the Federal Railroad Administration today for its failure to act on a half dozen safety waiver requests that in some cases would allow railroads to scale back visual inspections in areas where they have deployed new high-tech train and track inspection systems.
In the wake of the disastrous hazardous materials derailment last year in East Palestine, Ohio, the Federal Railroad Administration has repeatedly said it’s doing everything it can to improve rail safety.
A total of 122 projects in 41 states and the District of Columbia have been named recipients in the Federal Railroad Administration’s Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) grant program.
The Federal Railroad Administration has lowered the gates on railroads looking to move to one-person crews.
