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Federal advisory urges railroads to review effects of long trains on communities
Washington Post via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Federal Railroad Administration issued a formal safety advisory Thursday calling on railroads to...
FRA grants $570M to projects eliminating railroad crossings
FreightWaves via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoThe Federal Railroad Administration has doled out more than $570 million in funding for projects...
Warnock working to address blocked railroad crossings in bipartisan train safety bill
The Augusta Chronicle via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAfter several high profile railroad safety incidents and investigations into trains blocking...
Is it illegal for trains to block railroad crossings in Texas? Here’s what the law says.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram via Yahoo News· 10 months agoWith railroad companies like BNSF Railway and Union Pacific operating in the Fort Worth area, it’s...
Can states keep trains from blocking crossings? High court wants feds to weigh in
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe U.S. Supreme Court has invited the federal government to weigh in on whether state and local...
Cross with caution: Lack of oversight creates safety risks at private railroad crossings
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoR’Mone Clark received the news seven hours after the accident. His father, Mikeral Leon Clark, had...
If you catch a blocked train crossing in Norfolk, report it!
WAVY via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThe City of Norfolk is reminding drivers about an online system the Federal Railroad Administration...
Freight railroads must keep 2-person crews, according to new federal rule first proposed under Obama
Associated Press via AOL· 2 months agoMajor freight railroads will have to maintain two-person crews on most routes under a new federal...
Federal Railroad Administration to accept grants for dangerous, blocked railroad crossings
WPXI via Yahoo News· 3 months ago11 Investigates has been telling you for about a year that trains are getting longer and longer and sometimes they’ve been seen sitting for hours, blocking first responders from getting to an ...
L.A. Metro awarded $38M grant for construction project at dangerous crossing
KTLA articles via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThe Federal Railroad Administration has awarded millions to L.A. Metro to help cover the costs of a...