U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood Announces Changes to Positive Train Control Regulations that Will Ensure Safety, Allow Flexibility and Save Money

WASHINGTON – U.S....

Oklahoma Receives $6.75 Million Tiger III Grant to Upgrade Rail for Oil and Gas Delivery

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced  the signing of an agreement for the Oklahoma Department of...

Illinois, Indiana and Michigan to Move Forward on Critical Midwest

High Speed Rail Study  

WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation...

DOT Issues Guidance for Pedestrian Safety at Train Stations. 

First Multistate Order for Standardized Rail Cars Will Help Boost American Manufacturers

WASHINGTON – Rail car manufacturers across the country will have an opportunity to...

DEARBORN, Mich. – Federal Railroad Administrator Joseph C. Szabo today joined Senator Carl Levin and Congressman John Dingell to break ground on a new $28.2 million federally-funded intermodal train and bus station that will help...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced a final locomotive safety rule that eliminates unnecessary regulatory burdens, facilitates the use of new technologies and incorporates existing industry and...

Local Officials, Stakeholders Participate in Passenger Rail Symposium

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Federal Railroad Administrator Joseph C. Szabo today reaffirmed the Obama Administration’s commitment...

Federal high-speed rail investment will fund new railroad bridge

OSAGE CITY, Mo. – Deputy Federal Railroad Administrator Karen Hedlund today joined Missouri Governor Jay Nixon at a...

PORTLAND, Ore. – Federal Railroad Administrator Joseph C. Szabo today joined local officials at Union Station to celebrate the Pacific Northwest Passenger Rail Corridor construction project in Portland. 

Through the High-...