WASHINGTON – The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today issued an industry-wide safety advisory to warn about safety hazards associated with flat switching operations on railroads. Since 2009, six railroad employees sustained fatal injuries...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced he is providing $30.2 million to Amtrak to repair damage caused by Hurricane Sandy along its heavily-traveled Northeast Corridor. The funding comes from the Disaster Relief...

Train accident investigations have identified workstation tables as a cause of severe abdominal injuries and fatalities in train accidents. As a result, the FRA has sponsored research to develop a prototype workstation table to minimize the severity...